TED英語(yǔ)演講：西方是如何看待中國(guó)高考的
Jay Walker 解釋為什么全世界20億人在學(xué)英語(yǔ)。 他展示了一些圖片和一些令人激動(dòng)的錄像,展示了成千上萬(wàn)的中國(guó)學(xué)生練習(xí)世界第二語(yǔ)言英語(yǔ)的場(chǎng)面。下面是小編為大家收集關(guān)于TED英語(yǔ)演講：西方是如何看待中國(guó)高考的，歡迎借鑒參考。
演說(shuō)題目：The world's English mania
演說(shuō)者：Jay Walker
演講稿
Let's talk about manias. Let's start with Beatlemania.(Recording of crowd roaring)Hysterical teenagers, crying, screaming, pandemonium.(Recording of crowd roaring)Sports mania: deafening crowds, all for one idea — get the ball in the net. (Recording) Goal! Okay, religious mania: there's rapture, there's weeping, there's visions. Manias can be good. Manias can be alarming. Or manias can be deadly.(Recording of crowd cheering)
讓我們來(lái)談?wù)効駸?。先從甲殼蟲(chóng)熱說(shuō)起。歇斯底里的少年們，高呼、尖叫、喧囂的場(chǎng)面。體育熱，震耳欲聾的人群。都是為了一個(gè)目標(biāo)，要球進(jìn)網(wǎng)。還有，宗教熱。有歡笑，也有淚水。還有夢(mèng)想。狂熱可以是件好事，狂熱也可以使人擔(dān)心，有時(shí)狂熱也可以是致命的。
The world has a new mania. A mania for learning English. Listen as Chinese students practice their English, by screaming it:
現(xiàn)在世界上有一種新的狂熱。學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的狂熱。聽(tīng)，中國(guó)學(xué)生在練習(xí)講英語(yǔ)用高聲叫喊的方式練習(xí)英語(yǔ)。
Teacher: ... change my life!
Students: I want to change my life!
T: I don't want to let my parents down!
S: I don't want to let my parents down!
T: I don't ever want to let my country down!
S: I don't ever want to let my country down!
T: Most importantly... S: Most importantly...
T: I don't want to let myself down!
S: I don't want to let myself down!
老師：... 改變我的生活!
學(xué)生：我要改變我的命運(yùn)。
老師：我不想讓父母失望。
學(xué)生：我不想讓父母失望。
老師：我從不想讓國(guó)家失望。
學(xué)生：我從不想讓國(guó)家失望。
老師：最重要的...學(xué)生：最重要的...
老師：我不想讓我自己失望。
學(xué)生：我不想讓我自己失望。
How many people are trying to learn English worldwide? Two billion of them.
Students: A t-shirt. A dress.
Jay Walker: 全世界現(xiàn)在有多少人學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)?20億
學(xué)生：一件襯衫。一條裙子。
Jay Walker: In Latin America, in India, in Southeast Asia, and most of all, in China. If you're a Chinese student, you start learning English in the third grade, by law. That's why this year, China will become the world's largest English-speaking country.
JW：在拉丁美洲、在印度、在東南亞、和幾乎整個(gè)中國(guó)。如果你是個(gè)中國(guó)學(xué)生根據(jù)法律，在小學(xué)三年級(jí)你得開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。這就是為什么今年中國(guó)會(huì)成為全世界最大的講英語(yǔ)的國(guó)家。
Why English? In a single word: opportunity. Opportunity for a better life, a job, to be able to pay for school, or put better food on the table. Imagine a student taking a giant test for three full days. Her score on this one test literally determines her future. She studies 12 hours a day for three years to prepare.Twenty-five percent of her grade is based on English. It's called the gaokao, and 80 million high school Chinese students have already taken this grueling test. The intensity to learn English is almost unimaginable, unless you witness it.
為什么是英語(yǔ)?用一個(gè)詞來(lái)回答：機(jī)會(huì)。一個(gè)獲得更好生活、工作的機(jī)會(huì)?？梢陨系闷饘W(xué)，可以吃更好的食物。想象一個(gè)學(xué)生用整整三天時(shí)間參加一次大考。她的這個(gè)考試的成績(jī)真正地決定了她的前途。她每天學(xué)習(xí)12個(gè)小時(shí)，三年間都是如此，就是為了準(zhǔn)備這個(gè)考試，其中25%的成績(jī)是由英語(yǔ)決定的，這個(gè)考試叫做高考。有8000萬(wàn)的中國(guó)高中生都已經(jīng)參加過(guò)這個(gè)“獨(dú)木橋”考試，學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的強(qiáng)度幾乎不可想象。除非你親自見(jiàn)證過(guò)。
Teacher: Perfect! Students: Perfect!
T: Perfect! S: Perfect!
T: I want to speak perfect English!
S: I want to speak perfect English!
T: I want to speak ... S: I want to speak ...
T: ... perfect English! S: ... perfect English!
T (yelling more loudly): I want to change my life!
S (yelling more loudly): I want to change my life!
老師：完美!學(xué)生：完美!
老師：完美!學(xué)生：完美!
老師：我想講完美的英語(yǔ)
學(xué)生：我想講完美的英語(yǔ)
老師：我想說(shuō)—學(xué)生：我想說(shuō)—
學(xué)生：完美的英語(yǔ)。學(xué)生：完美的英語(yǔ)
老師：我要改變我的命運(yùn)!
學(xué)生：我要改變我的命運(yùn)!
JW: So is English mania good or bad? Is English a tsunami, washing away other languages? Not likely.English is the world's second language. Your native language is your life. But with English you can become part of a wider conversation — a global conversation about global problems, like climate change or poverty, or hunger or disease.
JW：那么這股英語(yǔ)熱是好還是壞呢?英語(yǔ)是海嘯嗎，席卷其他所有的語(yǔ)言?不見(jiàn)得，英語(yǔ)是世界第二大語(yǔ)言。你的母語(yǔ)是你的生活，但是英語(yǔ)可以讓你參與更大范圍的討論。一個(gè)全世界范圍的關(guān)于全球問(wèn)題的討論。比如氣候改變或者貧窮或者饑餓，或是疾病。
The world has other universal languages. Mathematics is the language of science. Music is the language of emotions. And now English is becoming the language of problem-solving. Not because America is pushing it, but because the world is pulling it.
這個(gè)世界上還有其他的全球性語(yǔ)言，數(shù)學(xué)是科學(xué)的語(yǔ)言、音樂(lè)是感情的語(yǔ)言?，F(xiàn)在，英語(yǔ)正在成為解決問(wèn)題的語(yǔ)言，并不是因?yàn)槊绹?guó)促使其如此。而是因?yàn)槿澜绲男枰?/p>
So English mania is a turning point.Like the harnessing of electricity in our cities, or the fall of the Berlin Wall, English represents hope for a better future — a future where the world has a common language to solve its common problems.
所以英語(yǔ)熱是一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)，就像我們城市里的供電系統(tǒng)或者柏林墻的倒塌，英語(yǔ)代表著希望，擁有一個(gè)更好的未來(lái)的希望，未來(lái)全世界將用共同語(yǔ)言去解決共同的問(wèn)題。
Thank you very much.(Applause)
非常感謝 (掌聲)
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