Jay Walker 解釋為什么全世界20億人在學英語。 他展示了一些圖片和一些令人激動的錄像,展示了成千上萬的中國學生練習世界第二語言英語的場面。下面是小編為大家收集關于TED英語演講：西方是如何看待中國高考的，歡迎借鑒參考。

TED英語演講：西方是如何看待中國高考的精選篇1

演說者：Jay Walker

TED英語演講：西方是如何看待中國高考的精選篇2

Let&39;s talk about manias. Let&39;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&39;s rapture, there&39;s weeping, there&39;s visions. Manias can be good. Manias can be alarming. Or manias can be deadly.(Recording of crowd cheering)

讓我們來談談狂熱。先從甲殼蟲熱說起。歇斯底里的少年們，高呼、尖叫、喧囂的場面。體育熱，震耳欲聾的人群。都是為了一個目標，要球進網。還有，宗教熱。有歡笑，也有淚水。還有夢想。狂熱可以是件好事，狂熱也可以使人擔心，有時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:

現在世界上有一種新的狂熱。學習英語的狂熱。聽，中國學生在練習講英語用高聲叫喊的方式練習英語。

Teacher: ... change my life!

Students: I want to change my life!

T: I don&39;t want to let my parents down!

S: I don&39;t want to let my parents down!

T: I don&39;t ever want to let my country down!

S: I don&39;t ever want to let my country down!

T: Most importantly... S: Most importantly...

T: I don&39;t want to let myself down!

S: I don&39;t want to let myself down!

老師：... 改變我的生活!

學生：我要改變我的命運。

老師：我不想讓父母失望。

學生：我不想讓父母失望。

老師：我從不想讓國家失望。

學生：我從不想讓國家失望。

老師：最重要的...學生：最重要的...

老師：我不想讓我自己失望。

學生：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: 全世界現在有多少人學習英語?20億

學生：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&39;re a Chinese student, you start learning English in the third grade, by law. That&39;s why this year, China will become the world&39;s largest English-speaking country.

JW：在拉丁美洲、在印度、在東南亞、和幾乎整個中國。如果你是個中國學生根據法律，在小學三年級你得開始學習英語。這就是為什么今年中國會成為全世界最大的講英語的國家。

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&39;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?用一個詞來回答：機會。一個獲得更好生活、工作的機會。可以上得起學，可以吃更好的食物。想象一個學生用整整三天時間參加一次大考。她的這個考試的成績真正地決定了她的前途。她每天學習12個小時，三年間都是如此，就是為了準備這個考試，其中25%的成績是由英語決定的，這個考試叫做高考。有8000萬的中國高中生都已經參加過這個“獨木橋”考試，學習英語的強度幾乎不可想象。除非你親自見證過。

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!學生：完美!

老師：完美!學生：完美!

老師：我想講完美的英語

學生：我想講完美的英語

老師：我想說—學生：我想說—

學生：完美的英語。學生：完美的英語

老師：我要改變我的命運!

學生：我要改變我的命運!

JW: So is English mania good or bad? Is English a tsunami, washing away other languages? Not likely.English is the world&39;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：那么這股英語熱是好還是壞呢?英語是海嘯嗎，席卷其他所有的語言?不見得，英語是世界第二大語言。你的母語是你的生活，但是英語可以讓你參與更大范圍的討論。一個全世界范圍的關于全球問題的討論。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.

這個世界上還有其他的全球性語言，數學是科學的語言、音樂是感情的語言。現在，英語正在成為解決問題的語言，并不是因為美國促使其如此。而是因為全世界的需要。

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.

所以英語熱是一個轉折點，就像我們城市里的供電系統或者柏林墻的倒塌，英語代表著希望，擁有一個更好的未來的希望，未來全世界將用共同語言去解決共同的問題。

Thank you very much.(Applause)

非常感謝 (掌聲)

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