原标题：瑞思英语：孩子能教给我们什么,神童邹奇奇的答案值得我们深思

　　美国华裔女童邹奇奇(英文名Adora Svitak),2008年10月过11岁生日时,被美国媒体誉为“世界上最聪明的孩子”,与父母和姐姐共同生活在美国华盛顿州西雅图市。

　　3岁时就开始阅读各种书籍,4岁时开始写作,6岁用妈妈买的笔记本电脑写作,2005年8岁时就出版12万字的故事集《飞扬的手指》轰动美国。

　　邹奇奇也被美国广播公司誉为“美国文坛小巨人”。

　　邹奇奇从3岁半开始读英文书,已经读了1600多本。

　　随着年龄的增长,她读的书越来越多,而且速度越来越快。如今,邹奇奇一天至少要读完一本二三百页的书。

　　更让人惊讶的是,这个文静秀气的小姑娘偏偏喜欢关于战争和武器的军事书籍。

　　此外,她对历史书籍充满浓厚兴趣,常常阅读关于拿破仑、世界大战的历史书。她爱看法国哲学家的书籍,一天能读3本小说,自4岁以来,她用笔写下了400多篇故事和诗歌,她2005年出版的故事集《飞扬的手指》,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,文中透露出的政治、宗教和教育见解,思想深刻,文思严谨,令人难以相信这是一名8岁女孩的作品。

　　面对自己被人称做“神童”和“世界上最聪明的孩子”的美誉,邹奇奇解释说:“对于神童,人们有许多不同的解释。我的解释是‘具有卓越才能、可以帮助其他孩子的儿童’。我希望我能成为这样的神童,但我并不认为自己能够做到。”

　　https://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak_what_adults_can_learn_from_kids

　　这位不愿意当神童的神童的演讲会给我带来什么呢?这又会给各位爸爸妈妈们什么启示呢?

　　这个世界需要聆听孩子的意见,为什么呢?孩子有大胆无畏的想象力、乐观正向的力量,有了梦想就直接大步向前行,孩子的想法值得大人的正视看待,而一切就从我们愿意跟孩子学习开始。这是大朋友、小朋友都喜欢的演讲,邹奇奇提醒了我们为什么聆听孩子的声音是如此重要。

　　精彩回顾:

　　who's to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren't exactly what the world needs? Maybe you've had grand plans before, but stopped yourself, thinking: That's impossible or that costs too much or that won't benefit me. For better or worse, we kids aren't hampered as much when it comes to thinking about reasons why not to do things. Kids can be full of inspiring aspirations and hopeful thinking, like my wish that no one went hungry or that everything were free kind of utopia.

　　谁能说我们这个世界不正是需要某些类型的非理性思维吗?也许你以前有过宏大的计划,但却半途而废,心想:这个不可能,或代价太高或这对我不利。不管是好是坏,我们小孩子在思考不做某事的理由时,不太受这些考量的影响。小孩可能会有满脑子的奇思妙想和积极的想法,例如我希望没有人挨饿或者所有东西都是免费的,有点像乌托邦的理念。

　　How many of you still dream like that and believe in the possibilities? Sometimes a knowledge of history and the past failures of utopian ideals can be a burden because you know that if everything were free, that the food stocks would become depleted, and scarce and lead to chaos. On the other hand, we kids still dream about perfection. And that's a good thing because in order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

　　你们当中有多少人还会有这样的梦想并相信其可能性?有时候对历史及对乌托邦的了解,可能是一种负担,因为你知道假如所有东西都是免费的,食物储备会被清空,而缺失将会导致混乱。另一方面,我们小孩还对完美抱有希望。这是件好事,因为要将任何事情变为现实,你首先得心怀梦想。

　　Now, what have kids done? Well, Anne Frank touched millions with her powerful account of the Holocaust, Ruby Bridges helped end segregation in the United States, and, most recently, Charlie Simpson helped to raise 120,000 pounds for Haiti on his little bike. So, as you can see evidenced by such examples, age has absolutely nothing to do with it. The traits the word childish addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.

　　而小孩呢,做了些什么?安妮·弗兰克对大屠杀强有力的叙述打动了数百万人的心。鲁比·布里奇斯为美国种族隔离的终结作出了贡献。另外,最近还有一个例子,查理·辛普森骑自行车为海地募得12万英镑。所以,这些例子证明了年龄与行为完全没有关系。"幼稚"这个词所对应的特点是常常可以从大人身上看到,由此我们在批评不负责和非理性的相关行为时,应停止使用这个年龄歧视的词。

　　Now, our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insiders' knowledge. Kids already do a lot of learning from adults, and we have a lot to share. I think that adults should start learning from kids.

　　我们先天的智慧堪比内行人的知识。小孩已经从大人身上学到许多,而我们也有很多东西可以和大人共享。我认为大人应该开始向小孩学习。

　　Now, I do most of my speaking in front of an education crowd, teachers and students, and I like this analogy. It shouldn't just be a teacher at the head of the classroom telling students do this, do that. The students should teach their teachers. Learning between grown ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.

　　听我演讲的观众大都是教育圈子里的,这其中有老师和学生。我喜欢这个类比。不应该只是老师站在教室讲台上告诉学生做这个做那个。学生亦应教育他们的老师。成人和儿童之间应该互相学习。不幸的是,于现实里,情况是截然不同的。这跟信任的关系很大,或者说是缺乏信任的结果。

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