TED演讲：不要固执于英语！

2017-01-17 本文已影响0人正儿八经逻辑

<big><big><big>TED Talk
Don't insist on English!</big></big></big>
by Patricia Ryan

http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english
http://open.163.com/movie/2011/7/I/D/M77TTPVIK_M77TTVCID.html

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great-grandparents
to communicate across generations
the Gulf　旧金山湾区, 美国硅谷
Kuwait　科威特 (阿拉伯产油国)
a hardship post　一个艰苦地区
to modernize the country
to empower the citizens through educations
oil wealth
to stop them in their tracks
They can't pursue their dream any longer, till they get English.
Now let me put it this way, ...　现在我这么说吧
the Islamic Golden Age
Light shone upon the Dark Ages of Europe.
Shone is the past tense of shine.
Don't get me wrong.　别误会。
I am not against teaching English. I love it that we have a global language. We need one today more than ever. But I am gainst using it as a barrier. This system equates intelligence with a knowledge of English which is quite arbitrary.　把智慧和英语能力划等号，这是非常武断的。
Einstein was considered remedial at school because he was dyslexic.　爱因斯坦在学校是个需要补课的学生，因为他诵读困难。
<big><big>Education: The Great Divide</big></big>
Now I get it. I understand why people would want to focus on English. They want to give their children the best chance in life. And to do that, they need a western education. Because, of course, best jobs go to people out of western universities, that I put on earlier. It's a circular thing.
So bingo, problem solved.　所以，瞧！问题解决了。
If you think a thought, you are stuck.　如果你想不通，就卡(qiǎ)住了。
But if another language can think that thought, then, by cooperating, we can achieve and learn so much more.
When a language dies, we don't know what we lose with that language.
The children can lead Africa from what it is today, a dark continent, to a light continent.
Mind your language.　重视你的语言。
Use it to spread great ideas.

TED演讲：不要固执于英语！

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