邹奇奇,演讲稿成年人能从孩子身上学到什么--邹奇奇在ted的演讲稿（英文加中文翻译）（2011-05-2218：21：46）标签：育儿杂谈分类：转载邹奇奇背景资料美国华盛顿州西雅图市华裔女童邹奇奇（英文名adorasvitak），2008年被美国媒体誉为“世界上最聪明的孩子”，她比凤姐牛多了，3岁时就开始阅读各种书籍，从4岁起写下了400多篇故事和诗歌，8岁时出版的故事集《飞扬的手指》轰动美国，其中包含的300多篇故事大多以中世纪为背景，从古埃及写到了文艺复兴，文中透露的政治、宗教和教育见解，思想深刻，文思严谨。邹奇奇也被美国广播公司誉为“美国文坛小巨人”。邹奇奇的母亲邹灿（joyce）是中国重庆人，1988年到美国后，学习法语专业的她又获得了英语文学硕士学位，现在是美国一家电话语音翻译公司的中英文翻译员。奇奇的父亲约翰johnsvitak是一名捷克裔美国人物理学博士，现任职于微软公司。除了奇奇外，他们还有另一个名叫希希的10岁女儿，姐妹俩的名字合起来就是“希奇”。全家生活在美国华盛顿州西雅图市。尽管邹奇奇的外表和其他同龄孩子没啥两样，但她的知识和成就却远非同龄孩子可比。now，iwanttostartwithaquestion：whenwasthelasttimeyouwerecalledchildish。forkidslikeme，beingcalledchildishcanbeafrequentoccurrence.everytimewemakeirrationaldemands，exhibitirresponsiblebehavior，ordisplayanyothersignsofbeingnormalamerican第1页共8页citizens，wearecalledchildish，whichreallybothersme.afterall，takealookattheseevents：imperialismandcolonization，worldwars，georgew.bush.askyourself：who'sresponsible。adults.now，whathavekidsdone。well，annefranktouchedmillionswithherpowerfulaccountoftheholocaust，rubybridgeshelpedendsegregationintheunitedstates，and，mostrecently，charliesimpsonhelpedtoraise120，000poundsforhaitionhislittlebike.so，asyoucanseeevidencedbysuchexamples，agehasabsolutelynothingtodowithit.thetraitsthewordchildishaddressesareseensoofteninadultsthatweshouldabolishthisage-discriminatorywordwhenitcomestocriticizingbehaviorassociatedwithirresponsibilityandirrationalthinking.（applause）thankyou.thenagain，who'stosaythatcertaintypesofirrationalthinkingaren'texactlywhattheworldneeds。maybeyou'vehadgrandplansbefore，butstoppedyourself，thinking：that'simpossibleorthatcoststoomuchorthatwon'tbenefitme.forbetterorworse，wekidsaren'thamperedasmuchwhenitcomestothinkingaboutreasonswhynottodothings.kidscanbefullofinspiringaspirationsandhopefulthinking，likemywishthatnoonewenthungryorthateverythingwerefreekindofutopia.howmanyofyoustilldreamlikethatandbelieveinthepossibilities。sometimesaknowledgeofhistoryandthepastfailuresofutopianidealscanbeaburdenbecauseyouknowthatifeverythingwerefree，thatthefoodstockswouldbecome第2页共8页depleted，andscarceandleadtochaos.ontheotherhand，wekidsstilldreamaboutperfection.andthat'sagoodthingbecauseinordertomakeanythingareality，youhavetodreamaboutitfirst.inmanyways，ouraudacitytoimaginehelpspushtheboundariesofpossibility.forinstance，themuseumofglassintacoma，washington，myhomestate--yoohoowashington--（applause）hasnow，ourinherentwisdomdoesn'thavetobeinsiders'knowledge.kidsalreadydoalotoflearningfromadults，andwehavealottoshare.ithinkthatadultsshouldstartlearningfromkids.now，idomostofmyspeakinginfrontofaneducationcrowd，teachersandstudents，andilikethisanalogy.itshouldn'tjustbeateacherattheheadoftheclassroomtellingstudentsdothis，dothat.thestudentsshouldteachtheirteachers.learningbetweengrownupsandkidsshouldbereciprocal.thereality，unfortunately，isalittledifferent，andithasalottodowithtrust，oralackofit.now，ifyoudon'ttru...
