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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
2、后，学习法语专业的她又获得了英语文学硕士学位，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?forkidslike
3、me,beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentoccurrence.everytimewemakeirrationaldemands,exhibitirresponsiblebehavior,ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalamericancitizens,wearecalledchildish,whichreallybothersme.afterall,takealookattheseevents:imperialismandcolonization,wor
4、ldwars,georgew.bush.askyourself:who'sresponsible?adults. now,whathavekidsdone?well,annefranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfulaccountoftheholocaust,rubybridgeshelpedendsegregationintheunitedstates,and,mostrecently,charliesimpsonhelpedtoraise120,000poundsforhaitionhis
5、littlebike.so,asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexamples,agehasabsolutelynothingtodowithit.thetraitsthewordchildishaddressesareseensoofteninadultsthatweshouldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitcomestocriticizingbehaviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinki
6、ng.(applause) thankyou.thenagain,who'stosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingaren'texactlywhattheworldneeds?maybeyou'vehadgrandplansbefore,butstoppedyourself,thinking:that'simpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwon'tbenefitme.forbetterorworse,wekidsaren'thamperedas
7、muchwhenitcomestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefulthinking,likemywishthatnoonewenthungryorthateverythingwerefreekindofutopia.howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossibilities?sometimesaknowledgeofhistoryand
8、thepastfailuresofutopianidealscanbeaburdenbecauseyouknowthatifeverythingwerefree,thatthefoodstockswouldbecomedepleted,andscarceandleadtochaos.ontheother
