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8岁女孩邹奇奇：成年人能从孩子那里学到什么Now, I want to start with a question: When was the last time you were called childish? For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or display any other signs of being normal American citizens, we are called childish, which really bothers me. After all, take a look at these events:Imperialism and colonization, world wars, George W. Bush. Ask yourself: Whos responsible? Adults.首先，我想问个问题：您最后一次被评论作“幼稚”是什么时候？对于像我这样的孩子来说，被称作“幼稚”是家常便饭。每当我们作出不合理的要求，表现出不负责任的行为，或者显示出任何其他美国平民的迹象时，我们就被称作“幼稚”。真烦的说。总之，看看这些事情吧，帝国主义和殖民，世界大战——George W. Bush，扪心自问：是谁的责任？成年人的！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 Haition 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.那么，孩子们都做了什么？Anne Frank 以对大屠杀的有力记述感动了数百万人；Ruby Bridges帮助了美国种族隔离的终止。此外，最近期的Charlie Simpson帮忙为海地筹集了120,000磅的捐款，在他小小的自行车上。于是，如您所见，这些例子证实了年龄与不负责任毫无关系。“幼稚”一词所称呼的特征，在成年人中如此常见，因此我们应当废除这个有年龄偏见色彩的词语。当批评与不负责任以及非理性思考相关的行为。Thank you.?Then again, whos to say that certain types of irrational thinking arent exactly what the world needs? Maybe youve had grand plans before, but stopped yourself, thinking: Thats impossible or that costs too much or that wont benefit me. For better or worse, we kids arent hampered as muchwhen 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. How many of you still dream like that and believe in the pos