文都分享Ted英语演讲:教育扼杀创造力吗
I said, "What happened?" She said, "She did. I can't tell you how wonderful it was. We walked in this room and it was full of people like me. People who couldn't sit still. People who had to move to think." Who had to move to think. They did ballet; they did tap; they did jazz; they did modern; they did contemporary. She was eventually auditioned for the Royal Ballet School; she became a soloist; she had a wonderful career at the Royal Ballet. She eventually graduated from the Royal Ballet School and founded her own company -- the Gillian Lynne Dance Company -- met Andrew Lloyd Weber. She's been responsible for some of the most successful musical theater productions in history; she's given pleasure to millions; and she's a multi-millionaire. Somebody else might have put her on medication and told her to calm down.
话说到这，我问Gillian：“后来怎么样了？” 她回答道：“我妈妈送我去了舞蹈学校。我无法形容那里有多棒。 那里有很多 像我这样的人--坐不住的人。 我们必须在动态中才能思考。” 他们跳芭蕾，跳踢踏舞，跳爵士舞， 跳现代舞。 后来她考入皇家芭蕾舞学校， 成为芭蕾舞女主演，事业发展很成功 从那毕业后 从皇家芭蕾舞学校毕业后 她成立了自己的公司--Gillian Lynne 舞蹈公司 遇到了Andrew Lloyd Weber（注：歌舞剧《猫》的编曲者）。她负责 担任过一些极其成功的音乐剧的编舞 她给数以万计的观众带来了艺术享受， 她也是个亿万富翁。可是，有人 也许曾认为她有多动症命令她 “冷静。”
Now, I think ... (Applause) What I think it comes to is this: Al Gore spoke the other night about ecology and the revolution that was triggered by Rachel Carson. I believe our only hope for the future is to adopt a new conception of human ecology, one in which we start to reconstitute our conception of the richness of human capacity. Our education system has mined our minds in the way that we strip-mine the earth: for a particular commodity. And for the future, it won't serve us. We have to rethink the fundamental principles on which we're educating our children. There was a wonderful quote by Jonas Salk, who said, "If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish." And he's right.
现在，我想说的是--（掌声） AL Gore（注：美国前副总统） 曾在这里做过一次演讲 内容是关于生态学以及Rachel Carson（注：美国海洋生物学家）引发的那次环境保护运动。 我相信对于未来，我们的出路 是贯彻一种新的人性化生态的思想， 也就是说我们应重新定义 人类能力的多样化。 我们的教育体系培养我们的方式 正如我们开采地球的方式--以功利为目的。 但这种方式对于未来将不再适用。 我们必须重新思考那些最基本的准则 也就是我们教育孩子的准则。 Jonas Salk（注：美国生物学家、医学家）曾说过：“如果所有的昆虫 都从地球上消失的话， 那么50年之内，所有生命也将从地球上消失。 而如果人类从地球上消失的话， 那么50年之内，其他物种会活得更好。” 他说的很对。
What TED celebrates is the gift of the human imagination. We have to be careful now that we use this gift wisely and that we avert some of the scenarios that we've talked about. And the only way we'll do it is by seeing our creative capacities for the richness they are and seeing our children for the hope that they are. And our task is to educate their whole being, so they can face this future. By the way -- we may not see this future, but they will. And our job is to help them make something of it. Thank you very much.
TED倡导的是人类的创造性思维。 现在，我们必须运用这种思维方式小心地 避开那些按部就班的规则 达到这个目的的方法 就是运用创造力 限度地发挥创造力，而且 用孩子们喜欢的方式培养他们。我们的任务 是全方位地培养孩子，这样他们才能面对未来的社会。 顺便说句--我们可能活不到未来那天 但孩子们会。而我们要做的就是帮助 他们能在未来有所作为。谢谢大家。
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