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1、精品好文档,推荐学习交流Howtoescapeeducation'sdeathvalley——KenRobinsonThankyouverymuch.0:16ImovedtoAmerica12yearsagowithmywifeTerryandourtwokids.Actually,truthfully,wemovedtoLosAngeles--thinkingweweremovingtoAmerica,butanyway,it'sashortplaneridefromLosAngelestoAmerica.0:37Igothere12yearsago,andwhenIgot
2、here,Iwastoldvariousthings,like,"Americansdon'tgetirony(讽刺,嘲弄)."Haveyoucomeacrossthisidea?It'snottrue.I'vetraveledthewholelengthandbreadth(宽度、广度→broadadj.)ofthiscountry.IhavefoundnoevidencethatAmericansdon'tgetirony.It'soneofthoseculturalmyths(谬见、神话),like,"TheBritisharereserved(拘谨的;含蓄的)"Ido
3、n'tknowwhypeoplethinkthis.We'veinvaded(侵略,入侵→invasionn.)everycountrywe'veencountered(意外地遇见,偶然碰见).Butit'snottrueAmericansdon'tgetirony,butIjustwantyoutoknowthatthat'swhatpeoplearesayingaboutyoubehindyourback.Youknow,sowhenyouleavelivingroomsinEurope,peoplesay,thankfully,nobodywasironicinyour
4、presence(=inthepresenceofsb:在…的面前).1:27ButIknewthatAmericansgetironywhenIcameacrossthatlegislation(立法、法规)NoChildLeftBehind.Becausewhoeverthoughtofthattitlegetsirony,don'tthey,because--becauseit'sleavingmillionsofchildrenbehind.NowIcanseethat'snotaveryattractivenameforlegislation:MillionsofC
5、hildrenLeftBehind.Icanseethat.What'stheplan?Well,wepropose(建议、打算)toleavemillionsofchildrenbehind,andhere'showit'sgoingtowork.2:04Andit'sworkingbeautifully.Insomepartsofthecountry,60percentofkidsdropoutofhighschool.IntheNativeAmericancommunities,it's80percentofkids.Ifwehalved(使减半)thatnumber,
6、oneestimate(估计)isitwouldcreateanetgain净收益totheU.S.economyover10yearsofnearlyatrillion万亿dollars.Froman(economic)pointofview(从…角度来看),thisisgoodmath,isn'tit,thatweshoulddothis?Itactuallycostsanenormousamounttomopup[清除(不合意或危险的事物)]thedamagefromthedropout(辍学、退学)crisis.2:41Butthedropoutcrisisisjus
7、tthetipofaniceberg冰山.Whatitdoesn'tcountareallthekidswhoareinschoolbutbeingdisengaged脱离的fromit,whodon'tenjoyit,whodon'tgetanyrealbenefitfromit.2:54Andthereasonisnotthatwe'renotspendingenoughmoney.Americaspendsmoremoneyoneducationthanmostothercountries.Cla