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1、²»Òª¹ÌÖ´ÓÚÓ¢Óïgenius.wouldheneedthesamelanguageasalawyer,forexample?well,idon¡¯tthinkso.weenglishteachersrejectthemallthetime.weputastopsign,andwestopthemintheirtracks.theycan¡¯tpursuetheirdreamanylonger,tilltheygetenglish.nowletmeputitthisway,ifimetamonolingualdutchspeakerwhohadthecurefo
2、rcancer,wouldistophimfromenteringmybritishuniversity?idon¡¯tthinkso.butindeed,thatisexactlywhatwedo.weenglishteachersarethegatekeepers.andyouhavetosatisfyusfirstthatyourenglishisgoodenough.nowitcanbedangeroustogivetoomuchpower,toanarrowsegmentofsociety.maybethebarrierwouldbetoouniversity.
3、okay.¡°but,¡±ihearyousay,¡°whatabouttheresearch?it¡¯sallinenglish.¡±sothebooksareinenglish,thejournalsaredoneinenglish,butthatisself-fulfillingprophecy.itdeedstheenglishrequirement.andsoitgoeson.iaskyou,whathappenedtotranslation?ifyouthinkabouttheislamicgoldenage,therewaslotsoftranslation
4、then.theytranslatefromlatinandgreekintoarabic,intopersian,andthenitwastranslatedonintothegermaniclanguagesofeuropeandtheromancelanguages.andsolightshoneuponthedarkagesofeurope.nowdon¡¯tgetmewrong.iamnotagainstteachingenglish,allyouenglishteachersoutthere.ilovethatwehaveagloballanguage.wen
5、eedonetodaymorethanever.butiamagainstusingitasabarrier.dowereallywanttoendupwith600languagesandthemainonebeingenglishandchinese?weneedmorethanthat.wheredowedrawtheline?thissystemequatesintelligencewithaknowledgeofenglishwhichisquitearbitrary.andiwanttoremindyouthatthegiantuponwhoseshoulde
6、rstoday¡¯sintelligentsiastanddidnothavetohaveenglish,theydidn¡¯thavetopassanenglishtest.caseinpoint,einstein.he,bytheway,wasconsideredremedialatschoolbecausehewas,infact,dyslexic.butfortunatelyfortheworld,hedidnothavetopassanenglishtest.becausetheydidn¡¯tstartuntil1964withtoefl,theamerica
7、ntestofenglish.nowit¡¯sexploded.therearelotsandlotsoftestsofenglish.andmillionsandmillionsofstudentstakethesetestseveryyear.nowyoumightthink,youandme,thosefeesaren¡¯tbad,they¡¯reokay,buttheyareprohibitivetosomanymillionsofpoorpeople.soimmediately,we¡¯rerejectingthem
