04　Teach Teachers How to Create Magic A老师如何创造魔力A

Christopher Emdin, science TED, October，2013

克里斯托弗·艾姆丁在TED的演讲

Right now there is an aspiring teacher who is working on a 60-page paper based on some age-old education theory developed by some dead education professor wondering to herself what this task that she's engaging in has to do with what she wants to do with her life, which is to be an educator, change lives, and spark magic. Right now there is an aspiring teacher in a graduate school of education who is watching a professor babble on and on about engagement in the most disengaging way possible.

现在有一位有追求的老师正准备写一篇60页的论文，论文是关于源于一些古老的教育理念，而这些理念都是由一些早已逝去的教育家们研究的，于是这位老师就问自己，她正在完成的这项任务——成为一个教育者，改变生命，启迪人生——是否和她的工作有联系呢。还有一位有理想的老师，就读教育研究生院，在那里听了一位教授以一种最无聊的方式不停地重复着教育中的互动性。

Right now there's a first-year teacher at home who is pouring through lesson plans trying to make sense of standards, who is trying to make sense of how to grade students appropriately, while at the same time saying to herself over and over again，“Don't smile till November，”because that's what she was taught in her teacher education program. Right now there's a student who is coming up with a way to convince his mom or dad that he's very, very sick and can’t make it to school tomorrow.

现在更有一位教一年级的老师，在家中对课程计划进行复查，她试图找到达标的感觉。这位老师还在想如何才能更加合理地为学生打分，同时又反复地对自己说：“在11月前都不要微笑。”因为这些都是她从教育课程中学到的知识。有位学生正试图想出一个好主意，说服他的父母他很不舒服，所以明天不能上学了。

On the other hand, right now there are amazing educators that are sharing information, information that is shared in such a beautiful way that the students are sitting at the edge of their seats just waiting for a bead of sweat to drop off the face of this person so they can soak up all that knowledge. Right now there is also a person who has an entire audience rapt with attention, a person that is weaving a powerful narrative about a world that the people who are listening have never imagined or seen before, but if they close their eyes tightly enough, they can envision that world because the storytelling is so compelling.Right now there's a person who can tell an audience to put their hands up in the air and they will stay there till he says，“Put them down.”Right now.

另一方面，一些了不起的教育家们在传授知识，以一种最优美的方式传授着，学生靠近老师的身边，只为了等待一滴甘露从老师的脸上掉下来，并从中汲取所有的知识。又有一位让所有观众全神贯注的人，他利用生动的语言，描绘着一个闻所未闻的世界，那个故事实在是太精彩了，只要你闭上眼睛就能想象出那个世界。还有一个人，他让观众们将双手伸向空中，直到他说放下，才可以放下。现在就这样吧。

So people will then say，“Well, Chris, you describe the guy who is going through some awful training but you're also describing these powerful educators. If you're thinking about the world of education or urban education in particular, these guys will probably cancel each other out, and then we'll be okay.”

人们会说，“克里斯，你在描述一个正在接受可怕训练的家伙，你也描述了那些有感召力的教育者。如果你想谈教育，或者是关注城市教育的话，那些人可能会有相反的效果并会相互抵消，我们就没事了。”

单词解析Word Analysis

aspiring[əˈspaɪərɪŋ]adj.有抱负的；有追求的

例　Mark Twain was an aspiring writer.

马克·吐温是个有抱负的作家。

spark[spɑːk]v.发动；鼓舞n.火花；闪光

例　This proposal will spark another debate.

这个提议会引起另一个讨论。

babble[ˈbæb（ə）l]v.喋喋不休

例　She always babbles about trifles.

她总是唠叨些琐事。

appropriately[əˈprəʊpriətli]adv.适当地；合适地

例　Try to dress appropriately when you are interviewed.

面试的时候要穿着恰当。

convince[kənˈvɪns]v.说服；使确信

例　He convinced me to wash the dishes.

他说服我刷了碗。

rapt[ræpt]adj.全神贯注的

例　She fixed a rapt eye on him.

她全神贯注地望着他。

envision[ɪnˈvɪʒn]v.想象；预想

例　Try to envision a bright future.

试着展望一下美好的未来。

compelling[kəmˈpelɪŋ]adj.引人注目的；强制的

例　This is quite a compelling idea.

这是个非常引人注目的想法。

语法知识点Grammar Points

①Right now there is an aspiring teacher who is working on a 60-page paper based on some age-old education theory……

这个句子中有一个结构“based on”，做后置定语修饰paper，表示“根据；基于”。

例　The whole plan is based on his own supposition.

整个计划建立在他的臆想上。

②……some dead education professor wondering to herself what this task that she’s engaging in has to do with what she wants to do with her life, which is to be an educator, change lives, and spark magic.

这个句子中有一个结构“engage in”，表示“从事于；参加”。

例　Mr.Smith engaged in political affairs when he was in thirties.

史密斯先生在三十岁的时候从事政治事务。

③Right now there’s a first-year teacher at home who is pouring through lesson plans trying to make sense of standards……

这个句子中有一个结构“make sense of”，表示“搞清……的意思”。去掉of, make sense表示讲得通，比如“That makes sense.”表示那是讲得通的。

例　How do we make sense of these peculiar phenomena?

我们该如何弄清楚这些奇怪的现象呢？

④On the other hand, right now there are amazing educators that are sharing information……

这个句子中有一个结构“on the other hand”，表示“在另一方面”。经常和“on the one hand”连用。连起来的意思为“在一方面……；在另一方面……”。

例　On the one hand, I want to go to the party.But on the other hand, I ought to be studying

一方面我想去派对，但是另一方面我应该学习。

经典名句Famous Classics

1.Don't ever let somebody tell you can't do something.You got a dream, you got to protect it！

别让别人告诉你，你成不了才！如果你有梦想的话，就要去捍卫！

2.When we step on the battlefield, I will be The First Boots On and the Last Boots Off.

当我们踏上战场，我必将首先发起冲锋，也必然坚守到最后。

3.Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

任何值得做的事就值得把它做好！

4.We are what we repeatedly do.Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

重复的行为造就了我们；因而，卓越不是一种举动，而是一种习惯。

5.Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

有些人想成功，还有些人渴望成功，另有些人通过努力使梦想成真。

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