TED英语演讲稿大人可以跟孩子学什么.doc

TED英语演讲稿大人可以跟孩子学什么　　美国华盛顿州西雅图市华裔女童邹奇奇(英文名AdoraSvitak)，xx年被美国媒体誉为“世界上最聪明的孩子”，她比凤姐牛多了，3岁时就开始阅读各种书籍，从4岁起写下了400多篇和诗歌，8岁时出版的故事集《飞扬的手指》轰动美国，其中包含的300多篇故事大多以中世纪为背景，从古埃及写到了文艺复兴，文中透露的政治、宗教和教育见解，思想深刻，文思严谨邹奇奇也被美国播送公司誉为“美国文坛小巨人”　　邹奇奇的母亲邹灿(Joyce)是中国重庆人，1988年到美国后，法语专业的她又获得了英学硕士学位，现在是美国一家语音翻译公司的中英文翻译员奇奇的父亲约翰JohnSvitak是一名捷克裔美国人物理学博士，现任职于微软公司除了奇奇外，他们还有另一个名叫希希的10岁女儿，姐妹俩的名字合起来就是“希奇”全家生活在美国华盛顿州西雅图市尽管邹奇奇的外表和其他同龄孩子没啥两样，但她的知识和成就却远非同龄孩子可比　　Now,Iwanttostartwithaquestion:Whenwasthelasttimeyouwerecalledchildish?Forkidslikeme,beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentourrence.Everytimewemakeirrationaldemands,exhibitirresponsiblebehavior,ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalAmericancitizens,wearecalledchildish,whichreallybothersme.Afterall,takealookattheseevents:Imperialismandcolonization,worldwars,GeorgeW.Bush.Askyourself:Whosresponsible?Adults.　　Now,whathavekidsdone?Well,AnneFranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfulaountoftheHolocaust,RubyBridgeshelpedendsegregationintheUnitedStates,and,mostrecently,CharlieSimpsonhelpedtoraise120,000poundsforHaitionhislittlebike.So,asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexamples,agehasabsolutelynothingtodowithit.Thetraitsthewordchildishaddressesareseensoofteninadultsthatweshouldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitestocriticizingbehaviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinking.(Applause)　　Thankyou.Thenagain,whostosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingarentexactlywhattheworldneeds?Maybeyouvehadgrandplansbefore,butstoppedyourself,thinking:Thatsimpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwontbenefitme.Forbetterorworse,wekidsarenthamperedasmuchwhenitestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.Kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefulthinking,likemywishthatnoonewenthungryorthateverythingwerefreekindofutopia.Howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossibilities?Sometimesaknowledgeofhistoryandthepastfailuresofutopianidealscanbeaburdenbecauseyouknowthatifeverythingwerefree,thatthefoodstockswouldbeedepleted,andscarceandleadtochaos.Ontheotherhand,wekidsstilldreamaboutperfection.Andthatsagoodthingbecauseinordertomakeanythingareality,youhavetodreamaboutitfirst.　　Inmanyways,ouraudacitytoimaginehelpspushtheboundariesofpossibility.Forinstance,theMuseumofGlassinTaa,Washington,myhomestate--yoohooWashington--(Applause)hasaprogramcalledKidsDesignGlass,andkidsdrawtheirownideasforglassart.Now,theresidentartistsaidtheygotsomeoftheirbestideasthroughtheprogrambecausekidsdontthinkaboutthelimitationsofhowharditcanbetoblowglassintocertainshapes.Theyjustthinkofgoodideas.Now,whenyouthinkofglass,youmightthinkofcolorfulChihulydesignsormaybeItalianvases,butkidschallengeglassartiststogobeyondthatintotherealmofbroken-heartedsnakesandbaconboys,whoyoucanseehasmeatvision.(Laughter)　　Now,ourinherentwisdomdoesnthavetobeinsidersknowledge.Kidsalreadydoalotoflearningfromadults,andwehavealottoshare.Ithinkthatadultsshouldstartlearningfromkids.Now,Idomostofmyspeakinginfrontofaneducationcrowd,teachersandstudents,andIlikethisanalogy.Itshouldntjustbeateacherattheheadoftheclassroomtellingstudentsdothis,dothat.Thestudentsshouldteachtheirteachers.Learningbetweengrownupsandkidsshouldbereciprocal.Thereality,unfortunately,isalittledifferent,andithasalottodowithtrust,oralackofit.　　Now,ifyoudonttrustsomeone,youplacerestrictionsonthem,right.IfIdoubtmyoldersistersabilitytopaybackthe10percentinterestIestablishedonherlastloan,Imgoingtowithholdherabilitytogetmoremoneyfrommeuntilshepaysitback.(Laughter)Truestory,bytheway.Now,adultsseemtohaveaprevalentlyrestrictiveattitudetowardskidsfromevery"dontdothat,""dontdothis"intheschoolhandbook,torestrictionsonschoolinteruse.Ashistorypointsout,regimesbeeoppressivewhentheyrefearfulaboutkeepingcontrol.And,althoughadultsmaynotbequiteattheleveloftotalitarianregimes,kidshaveno,orverylittle,sayinmakingtherules,whenreallytheattitudeshouldbereciprocal,meaningthattheadultpopulationshouldlearnandtakeintoaountthewishesoftheyoungerpopulation.。