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1、TED英语演讲稿:大人可以跟孩子学什么? 邹奇奇背景资料 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多篇故事和诗歌,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。邹奇奇也被美国广播公司誉为“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,学习法语专业的她又获得了英语文学硕士
2、学位,现在是美国一家电话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,beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentoccu
3、rrence.everytimewemakeirrationaldemands,exhibitirresponsiblebehavior,ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalamericancitizens,wearecalledchildish,whichreallybothersme.afterall,takealookattheseevents:imperialismandcolonization,worldwars,georgew.bush.askyourself:who'sresponsible?adults. no
4、w,whathavekidsdone?well,annefranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfulaccountoftheholocaust,rubybridgeshelpedendsegregationintheunitedstates,and,mostrecently,charliesimpsonhelpedtoraise120,000poundsforhaitionhislittlebike.so,asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexamples,agehasabsolutelynothingtodowith
5、it.thetraitsthewordchildishaddressesareseensoofteninadultsthatweshouldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitcomestocriticizingbehaviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinking.(applause) thankyou.thenagain,who'stosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingaren'texactlywhatthe
6、worldneeds?maybeyou'vehadgrandplansbefore,butstoppedyourself,thinking:that'simpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwon'tbenefitme.forbetterorworse,wekidsaren'thamperedasmuchwhenitcomestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefulthinking,likemywishth
7、atnoonewenthungryorthateverythingwerefreekindofutopia.howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossibilities?sometimesaknowledgeofhistoryandthepastfailuresofutopianidealscanbeaburdenbecauseyouknowthatifeverythingwerefree,thatthefoodstockswouldbecomedepleted,andscarceandleadtochao
8、s.ontheother