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JayWalker_2009-_关于世界英语热_
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| Let's talk about manias. |
让我们来谈谈狂热。 |
| Let's start with Beatle mania . |
先从甲壳虫热说起 |
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Beatle:n.小妞;有男子气概的新女性; mania:n.狂热;狂躁;热衷;
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| Hysterical teenagers, crying, screaming, pandemonium . |
歇斯底里的少年们, 高呼,尖叫,喧嚣的场面。 |
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Hysterical:adj.歇斯底里的;异常兴奋的; pandemonium:n.一片混乱;闹哄哄的场所;
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| Sports mania. |
体育热 |
| Deafening crowds. |
震耳欲聋的人群。 |
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Deafening:adj.震耳欲聋的;极喧闹的;v.使…聋(deafen的ing形式);n.隔音;
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| All for one idea. Get the ball in the net. |
都是为了一个目标,要球进网。 |
| Okay, religious mania. |
还有,宗教热。 |
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religious:adj.宗教的;虔诚的;严谨的;修道的;n.修道士;尼姑;
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| There's rapture . There's weeping . |
有欢笑,也有泪水。 |
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rapture:n.兴高采烈;vt.使…狂喜; weeping:adj.有下垂枝条的;v.哭泣,流泪;流出,渗出(液体);(weep的现在分词)
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| There's visions . |
还有梦想。 |
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visions:n.愿景; v.想像;
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| Manias can be good. |
狂热可以是件好事。 |
| Manias can be alarming. |
狂热也可以使人担心。 |
| Or manias can be deadly . |
有时狂热也可以是致命的。 |
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deadly:adj.致命的;非常的;死一般的;adv.非常;如死一般地;
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| The world has a new mania. |
现在世界上有一种新的狂热。 |
| A mania for learning English. |
学习英语的狂热 |
| Listen as Chinese students practice their English by screaming it. |
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! |
老师:... 改变我的生活！ |
| Students: I will change my life. |
学生:我要改变我的命运。 |
| T: I don't want to let my parents down. |
老师:我不想让父母失望。 |
| S: I don't want to let my parents down. |
学生:我不想让父母失望。 |
| T: I don't ever want to let my country down. |
老师:我从不想让国家失望。 |
| S: I don't ever want to let my country down. |
学生:我从不想让国家失望。 |
| T: Most importantly ... S: Most importantly ... |
老师:最重要的...学生:最重要的... |
| T: I don't want to let myself down. |
老师:我不想让我自己失望。 |
| S: I don't want to let myself down. |
学生:我不想让我自己失望。 |
| Jay Walker: How many people are trying to learn English worldwide ? |
Jay Walker: 全世界现在有多少人学习英语？ |
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worldwide:adj.全世界的;adv.在世界各地;
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| Two billion of them. |
20亿 |
| Students: A t-shirt. A dress. |
学生:一件衬衫。 一条裙子。 |
| JW: In Latin America , in India, in Southeast Asia, and most of all in China. |
JW:在拉丁美洲 在印度,在东南亚。 和几乎整个中国。 |
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Latin America:n.拉丁美洲(以西班牙语或葡萄牙语为主要语言的美洲地区); Southeast:adj.东南的;来自东南的;n.东南;东南地区;adv.来自东南;
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| If you are a Chinese student you start learning English in the third grade, by law. |
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。 |
| That's why this year |
这就是 为什么今年 |
| China will become the world's largest English speaking country. |
中国会成为全世界最大的讲英语的国家。 |
| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| Why English? In a single word: Opportunity. |
为什么是英语?用一个词来回答:机会。 |
| Opportunity for a better life, a job, to be able to pay for school, or put better food on the table. |
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。 |
| Imagine a student taking a giant test for three full days. |
想象一个学生用整整三天时间参加一次大考。 |
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giant:n.巨人;伟人;巨兽;adj.巨大的;特大的
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| Her score on this one test literally determines her future. |
她的这个考试的成绩 真正地决定了她的前途。 |
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literally:adv.按字面:字面上:确实地: determines:v.查明;测定;准确算出;决定;裁决;安排;(determine的第三人称单数)
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| She studies 12 hours a day for three years to prepare. |
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 |
| 25 percent of her grade is based on English. |
其中25%的成绩 是由英语决定的 |
| It's called the Gaokao. And 80 million high school Chinese students have already taken this grueling test. |
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 |
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grueling:adj.累人的;紧张的;使极度疲劳的;
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| The intensity to learn English is almost unimaginable . Unless you witness it. |
学习英语的强度 几乎不可想象。除非你亲自见证过 |
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intensity:n.强度;强烈;[电子]亮度;紧张; unimaginable:adj.不可思议的;难以想像的; witness:n.证人;目击者;证据;v.目击;证明;为…作证;
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| Teacher: Perfect! Students: Perfect! |
老师:完美！学生:完美！ |
| T: Perfect! S: Perfect! |
老师:完美！学生:完美！ |
| T: I want to speak perfect English. |
老师:我想讲完美的英语 |
| S: I want to speak perfect English. |
学生:我想讲完美的英语 |
| T: I want to speak -- S: I want to speak -- |
老师:我想说--学生:我想说-- |
| T: perfect English. S: perfect English. |
学生:完美的英语。学生:完美的英语 |
| T: I want to change my life! |
老师:我要改变我的命运！ |
| S: I want to change my life! |
学生:我要改变我的命运！ |
| JW: So is English mania good or bad? |
JW:那么这股英语热是好还是坏呢？ |
| Is English a tsunami , washing away other languages? Not likely. |
英语是海啸吗, 席卷其他所有的语言？不见得。 |
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tsunami:n.海啸;
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| English is the world's second language . |
英语是世界第二大语言。 |
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second language:n.第二语言;
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| Your native language is your life. |
你的母语是你的生活 |
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native:adj.本国的;土著的;天然的;与生俱来的;天赋的;n.本地人;土产;当地居民;
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| But with English you can become part of a wider conversation. |
但是英语可以让你参与更大范围的讨论。 |
| A global conversation about global problems. |
一个全世界范围的关于全球问题的讨论。 |
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global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的;
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| Like climate change or poverty . |
比如气候改变或者贫穷 |
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poverty:n.贫困;困难;缺少;低劣;
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| Or hunger or disease . |
或者饥饿,或是疾病 |
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disease:n.病,[医]疾病;弊病;vt.传染;使…有病;
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| The world has other universal languages. |
这个世界上还有其他的全球性语言 |
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universal:adj.普遍的;全体的;全世界的;共同的;
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| Mathematics is the language of science. |
数学是科学的语言 |
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Mathematics:n.数学;数学运算;
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| Music is the language of emotions . |
音乐是感情的语言 |
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emotions:n.强烈的感情;激情;情感;(emotion的复数)
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| And now English is becoming the language of problem solving. |
现在,英语正在成为解决问题的语言 |
| Not because America is pushing it. |
并不是因为美国促使其如此。 |
| But because the world is pulling it. |
而是因为全世界的需要。 |
| So English mania is a turning point . |
所以英语热是一个转折点 |
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turning point:转折点;
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| Like the harnessing of electricity in our cities, or the fall of the Berlin Wall, |
就像我们城市里的供电系统 或者柏林墙的倒塌, |
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harnessing:v.给(马等)装上挽具(harness的现在分词);治理,利用; electricity:n.电力;电流;强烈的紧张情绪;
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| English represents hope for a better future. |
英语代表着希望 拥有一个更好的未来的希望 |
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represents:v.代表;维护…的利益;相当于;(represent的第三人称单数)
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| A future where the world has a common language to solve its common problems. |
未来全世界将用共同语言 去解决共同的问题 |
| Thank you very much. |
非常感谢 |
| (Applause) |
（掌声） |