Jay Walker 解释为什么全世界20亿人在学英语。 他展示了一些图片和一些令人激动的录像,展示了成千上万的中国学生练习世界第二语言英语的场面。下面是小编为大家收集关于TED英语演讲：西方是如何看待中国高考的，欢迎借鉴参考。
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)
让我们来谈谈狂热。先从甲壳虫热说起。歇斯底里的少年们，高呼、尖叫、喧嚣的场面。体育热，震耳欲聋的人群。都是为了一个目标，要球进网。还有，宗教热。有欢笑，也有泪水。还有梦想。狂热可以是件好事，狂热也可以使人担心，有时狂热也可以是致命的。
The world has a new mania. A mania for learning English. Listen as Chinese students practice their English, by screaming it:
现在世界上有一种新的狂热。学习英语的狂热。听，中国学生在练习讲英语用高声叫喊的方式练习英语。
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!
老师：... 改变我的生活!
学生：我要改变我的命运。
老师：我不想让父母失望。
学生：我不想让父母失望。
老师：我从不想让国家失望。
学生：我从不想让国家失望。
老师：最重要的...学生：最重要的...
老师：我不想让我自己失望。
学生：我不想让我自己失望。
How many people are trying to learn English worldwide? Two billion of them.
Students: A t-shirt. A dress.
Jay Walker: 全世界现在有多少人学习英语?20亿
学生：一件衬衫。一条裙子。
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、在东南亚、和几乎整个中国。如果你是个中国学生根据法律，在小学三年级你得开始学习英语。这就是为什么今年中国会成为全世界最大的讲英语的国家。
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.
为什么是英语?用一个词来回答：机会。一个获得更好生活、工作的机会。可以上得起学，可以吃更好的食物。想象一个学生用整整三天时间参加一次大考。她的这个考试的成绩真正地决定了她的前途。她每天学习12个小时，三年间都是如此，就是为了准备这个考试，其中25%的成绩是由英语决定的，这个考试叫做高考。有8000万的中国高中生都已经参加过这个“独木桥”考试，学习英语的强度几乎不可想象。除非你亲自见证过。
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!
老师：完美!学生：完美!
老师：完美!学生：完美!
老师：我想讲完美的英语
学生：我想讲完美的英语
老师：我想说—学生：我想说—
学生：完美的英语。学生：完美的英语
老师：我要改变我的命运!
学生：我要改变我的命运!
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：那么这股英语热是好还是坏呢?英语是海啸吗，席卷其他所有的语言?不见得，英语是世界第二大语言。你的母语是你的生活，但是英语可以让你参与更大范围的讨论。一个全世界范围的关于全球问题的讨论。比如气候改变或者贫穷或者饥饿，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.
这个世界上还有其他的全球性语言，数学是科学的语言、音乐是感情的语言。现在，英语正在成为解决问题的语言，并不是因为美国促使其如此。而是因为全世界的需要。
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.
所以英语热是一个转折点，就像我们城市里的供电系统或者柏林墙的倒塌，英语代表着希望，拥有一个更好的未来的希望，未来全世界将用共同语言去解决共同的问题。
Thank you very much.(Applause)
非常感谢 (掌声)
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