邹奇奇,演讲稿8岁女孩邹奇奇:成年人能从孩子那里学到什么now,iwanttostartwithaquestion:whenwasthelasttimeyouwerecalledchildish。forkidslikeme,beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentoccurrence.everytimewemakeirrationaldemands,exhibitirresponsiblebehavior,ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalamericancitizens,wearecalledchildish,whichreallybothersme.afterall,takealookattheseevents:imperialismandcolonization,worldwars,georgew.bush.askyourself:who'sresponsible。adults.首先,我想问个问题:您最后一次被评论作“幼稚”是什么时候。对于像我这样的孩子来说,被称作“幼稚”是家常便饭。每当我们作出不合理的要求,表现出不负责任的行为,或者显示出任何其他美国平民的迹象时,我们就被称作“幼稚”。真烦的说。总之,看看这些事情吧,帝国主义和殖民,世界大战——georgew.bush,扪心自问:是谁的责任。成年人的。now,whathavekidsdone。well,annefranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfulaccountoftheholocaust,rubybridgeshelpedendsegregationintheunitedstates,and,mostrecently,charliesimpsonhelpedtoraise120,000poundsforhaitionhislittlebike.so,asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexamples,agehasabsolutelynothingtodowithit.thetraitsthewordchildishaddressesareseensoofteninadultsthatweshouldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitcomestocriticizingbehaviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinking.那么,孩子们都做了什么。annefrank以对大屠杀的有力记述感动了数百万人;rubybridges帮助了美国种族隔离的终止。此外,最近期的charliesimpson帮忙为海地筹集了120,000磅的捐款,在他小小的自行车上。于是,如您所见,这些例子证实了年龄与不负责任毫无关系。“幼稚”一词所称呼的特征,在成年人中如此常见,因此我们应当废除这个有年第1页共7页龄偏见色彩的词语。当批评与不负责任以及非理性思考相关的行为。thankyou.thenagain,who'stosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingaren'texactlywhattheworldneeds。maybeyou'vehadgrandplansbefore,butstoppedyourself,thinking:that'simpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwon'tbenefitme.forbetterorworse,wekidsaren'thamperedasmuchwhenitcomestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefulthinking,likemywishthatnoonewenthungryorthateverythingwerefreekindofutopia.howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossibilities。sometimesaknowledgeofhistoryandthepastfailuresofutopianidealscanbeaburdenbecauseyouknowthatifeverythingwerefree,thatthefoodstockswouldbecomedepleted,andscarceandleadtochaos.ontheotherhand,wekidsstilldreamaboutperfection.andthat'sagoodthingbecauseinordertomakeanythingareality,youhavetodreamaboutitfirst.谢谢。再说了,谁又能说怎样的非理性思考不是世界所需的。也许你曾想象大展宏图,又阻止了自己,又阻止了自己心想。“那不可能的”或“代价太高”或“于我无益”,与您不同我们孩子很少受到这样的牵制,当考虑为什么不做某事时孩子们充满了鼓舞人心的抱负以及抱有希望的考虑,就像我的愿望“没人挨饿”或者“一切都是自由的那种乌托邦”,你们当中有多少仍心存这样的梦想且相信它们有实现的可能。有时知晓乌托邦式理想的历史以及它们曾有的失败,可以是个重负。因为您知道如果一切都自由,食品储备耗尽、缺乏导致混乱。另一方面我们孩子仍然梦想着完美,这是好事。因为,要实现任何一件事您都得先构想才行。inmanyways,ouraudacitytoimaginehelpspushtheboundariesofpossibility.forinstance,themuseumofglassintacoma,washington,myhomestate--yoohoowashington--(applause)hasaprogramcalledkidsdesignglass,andkidsdr第2页共7页awtheirownideasforglassart.now,theresidentartistsaidtheygotsomeoftheirbestideasthroughtheprogrambec...