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关于英语字幕演讲范文三篇

关于英语字幕演讲范文三篇

篇一：

TED演讲——不要固执于英语英文字幕

不要固执于英语

Iknowwhatyou’rethinking.YouthinkI’velostmyway,andsomebody’sgoingtocomeonthestageinaminuteandguidemegentlybacktomyseat.IgetthatallthetimeinDubai.“Hereonholidayareyou,dear?

”“Cometovisitthechildren?

”“Howlongareyoustaying?

”Wellactually,Ihopeforawhilelongeryet.IhavebeenlivingandteachinginGulfforover30years.Andinthattime,Ihaveseenalotofchanges.Nowthatstatisticisquitshocking.AndIwanttotalktoyoutodayaboutlanguagelossandtheglobalizationofEnglish.IwanttotellyouaboutmyfriendwhowasteacherEnglishtoadultsinAbuDhabi.Andonefineday,shedecidedtotakethemintothegardentoteachthemsomenaturevocabulary.ButitwasshewhoendeduplearningalltheArabicwordsforthelocalplants,aswellastheiruses,medicinaluses,cosmetics,cooking,herbal.Howdidthosestudentsgetallthatknowledge?

Ofcourse,fromtheirgrandparentsandeventheirgreat-grandparents.It’snotnecessarytotellyouhowimportantitistobeabletocommunicateacrossgeneration.Butsadly,today,languagesaredyingatanunprecedentedrate.Alanguagediesevery14days.Nowatthesametime,Englishistheundisputedgloballanguage.Couldtherebeaconnection?

Wedon’tknow.ButIdoknowthatI’veseenalotofchanges.WhenIfirstcameouttotheGulf,IcametoKuwaitinthedaysitwasstillahardshippost.Actually,notthatlongago.Thatisalittlebittooearly.Butnevertheless,IwasrecruitedbytheBritishCouncilalongwithabout25otherteachers.Andwewerethefirstnon-MuslimstoteachinthestateschoolsthereinKuwait.WewerebroughttoteachEnglishbecausethegovernmentwantedtomodernizethecountryandempowerthecitizensthrougheducation.Andofcourse,theU.K.benefitedfromsomeofthatlovelyoilwealth.

Okay.NowthisisthemajorchangethatI’veseenhowteachingEnglishhasmorphedfrombeingamutuallybeneficialpracticetobecomingamassiveinternationalbusinessthatitistoday.Nolongerjustaforeignlanguageontheschoolcurriculum.AndnolongerthesoledomainofmotherEngland.IthasbecomeabandwagonforeveryEnglish-speakingnationonearth.Andwhynot?

Afterall,thebesteducationaccordingtothelatestWorldUniversityRankingsistobefoundintheuniversitiesoftheU.K.andtheU.S.SoeverybodywantstohaveanEnglisheducation,naturally.Butifyou’renotanativespeaker,youhavetopassatest.Nowcanitberighttorejectastudentonlinguisticabilityalone?

Perhapsyouhaveacomputerscientistwho’sa

genius.Wouldheneedthesamelanguageasalawyer,forexample?

Well,Idon’tthinkso.WeEnglishteachersrejectthemallthetime.Weputastopsign,andwestopthemintheirtracks.Theycan’tpursuetheirdreamanylonger,tilltheygetEnglish.Nowletmeputitthisway,ifImetamonolingualDutchspeakerwhohadthecureforcancer,wouldIstophimfromenteringmyBritishUniversity?

Idon’tthinkso.Butindeed,thatisexactlywhatwedo.WeEnglishteachersarethegatekeepers.AndyouhavetosatisfyusfirstthatyourEnglishisgoodenough.Nowitcanbedangeroustogivetoomuchpower,toanarrowsegmentofsociety.Maybethebarrierwouldbetoouniversity.Okay.

“But,”Ihearyousay,“Whatabouttheresearch?

It’sallinEnglish.”SothebooksareinEnglish,thejournalsaredoneinEnglish,butthatisself-fulfillingprophecy.ItdeedstheEnglishrequirement.Andsoitgoeson.Iaskyou,whathappenedtotranslation?

IfyouthinkabouttheIslamicGoldenAge,therewaslotsoftranslationthen.TheytranslatefromLatinandGreekintoArabic,intoPersian,andthenitwastranslatedonintotheGermaniclanguagesofEuropeandtheRomancelanguages.AndsolightshoneupontheDarkAgesofEurope.Nowdon’tgetmewrong.IamnotagainstteachingEnglish,allyouEnglishteachersoutthere.Ilovethatwehaveagloballanguage.Weneedonetodaymorethanever.ButIamagainstusingitasabarrier.Dowereallywanttoendupwith600languagesandthemainonebeingEnglishandChinese?

Weneedmorethanthat.Wheredowedrawtheline?

ThissystemequatesintelligencewithaknowledgeofEnglishwhichisquitearbitrary.AndIwanttoremindyouthatthegiantuponwhoseshoulderstoday’sintelligentsiastanddidnothavetohaveEnglish,theydidn’thavetopassanEnglishtest.Caseinpoint,Einstein.He,bytheway,wasconsideredremedialatschoolbecausehewas,infact,dyslexic.Butfortunatelyfortheworld,hedidnothavetopassanEnglishtest.Becausetheydidn’tstartuntil1964withTOEFL,theAmericanTestofEnglish.Nowit’sexploded.TherearelotsandlotsoftestsofEnglish.Andmillionsandmillionsofstudentstakethesetestseveryyear.Nowyoumightthink,youandme,thosefeesaren’tbad,they’reokay,buttheyareprohibitivetosomanymillionsofpoorpeople.Soimmediately,we’rerejectingthem.ItbringstomindaheadlineIsawrecently:

“Education:

TheGreatDivide.”NowIgetit,IunderstandwhypeoplewouldfocusonEnglish.Theywanttogivetheirchildrenthebestchanceinthelife.Andtodothat,theyneedaWesterneducation.Because,ofcourse,thebestjobsgotopeopleoutoftheWesternUniversities,thatIputonearlier.It’sacircularthing.

Okay.Letmetellyouastoryabouttwoscientists,twoEnglishscientists.Theyweredoinganexperimenttodowithgeneticsandtheforelimbsandthehindlimbsofanimals.Buttheycouldn’tgettheresultstheywanted.Theyreallydidn’tknowwhattodo,untilalongcameaGermanscientistwhorealizedthattheywereusingtwowordsforforelimbandhindlimb,whereasgeneticsdoesnotdifferentiateandneitherdoesGerman.Sobingo,problemsolved.Ifyoucan’tthinkathought,youarestuck.Butifanotherlanguagecanthinkthatthought,then,bycooperating,wecanachieveandlearnsomuchmore.Mydaughter,cametoEnglandfromKuwait.ShehadstudiedscienceandmathematicsinArabic.It’sanArabicmediumschool.ShehadtotranslateitintoEnglishathergrammarschool.Andshewasthebestintheclassatthosesubjects.Whichtellsus,thatwhenstudentscometousfromabroad,wemaynotbegivingthemenoughcreditforwhattheyknow.Andtheyknowitintheirownlanguage.Whenalanguagedies,wedon’tknowwhatwelosewiththatlanguage.Thisis–Idon’tknowifyousawitonCNNrecently—theygivetheHeroesAwardtoayoungKenyanshepherdboywhocouldn’tstudyatnightinhisvillagelikeallthevillagechildren,becausetheKerosenelamp,ithadsmokeanditdamagedhiseyes.Andanyway,therewasneverenoughkerosene,becausewhatdoesadollaradaybuyforyou?

Soheinventedacost-freesolarlamp.Andnowthechildreninhisvillagegetthesamegradesatschoolasthechildrenwhohaveelectricityathome.Whenhereceivedhisaward,hesaidtheselovelywords:

ThechildrencanleadAfricafromadarkcontinent,toalightcontinent.Asimpleidea,butitcouldhavesuchfat-reachingconsequences.

Peoplewhohavenolight,whetherit’sphysicalormetaphorical,cannotpassourexam,andwecanneverknowwhattheyknow.Letusnotkeepthemandourselvesinthedark.Letuscelebratediversity.Mindyourlanguage.Useittospreadgreatideas.

篇二：

奥巴马全胜中英文演讲字幕

Thankyousomuch.

非常感谢你们。

Tonight,inthiselection,you,theAmericanpeople,remindedusthatwhileourroadhasbeenhard,whileourjourneyhasbeenlong,wehavepickedourselvesup,wehavefoughtourwayback,andweknowinourheartsthatfortheUnitedStatesofAmericathebestisyettocome.

今晚，在这次选举中，你们，美国人民，提醒了我们尽管路程艰辛、路程漫长，我们仍能振作精神，奋起反击，我们心中坚信，最好的时代，还在等着美利坚。

IwanttothankeveryAmericanwhoparticipatedinthiselection...

我想感谢每一位亲身参与大选的美国人。

...whetheryouvotedfortheveryfirsttimeorwaitedinlineforaverylongtime.

无论这是你的第一次投票或是在队伍中等待了很久。

Bytheway,wehavetofixthat.

顺便说一句，这个问题真是亟待解决。

Whetheryoupoundedthepavementorpickedupthephone...

无论你是步行前往，还是拿起电话

...whetheryouheldanObamasignoraRomneysign,youmadeyourvoiceheardandyoumadeadifference.

无论你举的牌子上写的是奥巴马还是罗姆尼，你都发出了你自己的声音，你也一样，创造了不同。

IjustspokewithGovernorRomneyandIcongratulatedhimandPaulRyanonahard-foughtcampaign.

我刚刚和罗姆尼州长通了电话，向他和保罗·瑞安，就这场艰难的战役表示了我的祝贺。

Wemayhavebattledfiercely,butit’sonlybecausewelovethiscountrydeeplyandwecaresostronglyaboutitsfuture.FromGeorgetoLenoretotheirsonMitt,theRomneyfamilyhaschosentogivebacktoAmericathroughpublicserviceandthatisthelegacythatwehonorandapplaudtonight.

双方的选战或许惨烈，但这正是因为我们如此深爱这个国家。

如此关心它的未来，从乔治到兰诺夫妇，再到他们的儿子米特，罗姆尼一家选择通过献身公务来回报美国。

今晚，我们向这一份宝贵遗产献上尊敬和掌声。

Intheweeksahead,IalsolookforwardtosittingdownwithGovernorRomneytotalkaboutwherewecanworktogethertomovethiscountryforward.

在未来的几个星期，我还希望能和罗姆尼州长坐下来讨论在哪些方面，我们可以共同努力，推动这个国家向前。

Iwanttothankmyfriendandpartnerofthelastfouryears,America’shappywarrior,thebestvicepresidentanybodycouldeverhopefor,JoeBiden.

我想谢谢我的朋友，我过去四年的搭档。

美国的欢乐战士——乔·拜登，能有他做副总统，夫复何求。

AndIwouldn’tbethemanIamtodaywithoutthewomanwhoagreedtomarryme20yearsago.

另外，如果没有那位20年前同意嫁给我的女人，我今天也不可能站在这里。

Letmesaythispublicly:

Michelle,Ihaveneverlovedyoumore.IhaveneverbeenproudertowatchtherestofAmericafallinlovewithyou,too,asournation’sfirstlady.

让我告诉所有人吧，米歇尔，我对你的爱是如此深切，我目睹着我之外的美国人爱上你，我对你作为美国第一夫人感到的骄傲，也是如此地深切。

SashaandMalia,beforeourveryeyesyou’regrowinguptobecometwostrong,smart,

beautifulyoungwomen,justlikeyourmom.

萨沙和玛利亚，就在我们的注视下，你们已经成长为两位坚强、智慧、美丽的年轻女士，就像你们的妈妈一样。

AndI’msoproudofyouguys.ButIwillsaythatfornowonedog’sprobablyenough.

我真的为你们骄傲，不过我还是要说，就现在看，一条狗