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1、Ted中英對照演講稿大人能從小孩身上學(xué)到什么Now,Iwanttostartwithaquestion:Whenwasthelasttimeyouwerecalledchildish?Forkidslikeme,beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentoccurrence.Everytimewemakeirrationaldemands,exhibitirresponsiblebehavior,ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalAmericancitizens,wearecalledchildish,whichreallyboth
2、ersme.Afterall,takealookattheseevents:Imperialismandcolonization,worldwars,GeorgeW.Bush.Askyourself:Who'sresponsible?Adults.?首先我要問大家一個問題：上一回別人說你幼稚是什么時候？像我這樣的小孩，可能經(jīng)常會被人說成是幼稚。每一次我們提出不合理的要求，做出不負(fù)責(zé)任的行為，或者展現(xiàn)出有別于普通美國公民的慣常行為之時，我們就被說成是幼稚。這讓我很不服氣。首先，讓我們來回顧下這些事件：帝國主義和殖民主義，世界大戰(zhàn)，小布什。請你們捫心自問下：這些該歸咎于誰？是大人。Now,wha
3、thavekidsdone?Well,AnneFranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfulaccountoftheHolocaust,RubyBridgeshelpedendsegregationintheUnitedStates,and,mostrecently,CharlieSimpsonhelpedtoraise120,000poundsforHaitionhislittlebike.So,asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexamples,agehasabsolutelynothingtodowithit.Thetraitsthewordc
4、hildishaddressesareseensoofteninadultsthatweshouldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitcomestocriticizingbehaviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinking.?而小孩呢，做了些什么？安妮·弗蘭克(AnneFrank)對大屠殺強(qiáng)有力的敘述打動了數(shù)百萬人的心。魯比·布里奇斯為美國種族隔離的終結(jié)作出了貢獻(xiàn)。另外，最近還有一個例子，查理·辛普森（CharlieSimpson）騎自行車為海地募得12萬英鎊。所以，這些例子證明了年
5、齡與行為完全沒有關(guān)系。"幼稚"這個詞所對應(yīng)的特點(diǎn)是常常可以從大人身上看到，由此我們在批評不負(fù)責(zé)和非理性的相關(guān)行為時，應(yīng)停止使用這個年齡歧視的詞。?(Applause)?Thankyou.?Thenagain,who'stosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingaren'texactlywhattheworldneeds?Maybeyou'vehadgrandplansbefore,butstoppedyourself,thinking:That'simpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwon'tbenefitme.Forb
6、etterorworse,wekidsaren'thamperedasmuchwhenitcomestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.Kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefulthinking,likemywishthatnoonewenthungryorthateverythingwerefreekindofutopia.Howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossibilities?Sometimesaknowledgeofhistoryand
7、thepastfailuresofutopianidealscanbeaburdenbecauseyouknowthatifeverythingwerefree,thatthefoodstockswouldbecomedepleted,andscarceandleadtochaos.Ontheotherhand,wekidsstilldreamaboutperfection.Andthat'sagoodthi
