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ted中英文演讲稿 　　Iknowwhatyourethinking.YouthinkIvelostmyway,andsomebodysgoingtocomeonthestageinaminuteandguidemegentlybacktomyseat.(Applause)IgetthatallthetimeinDubai.Hereonholidayareyou,dear?(Laughter)Cometovisitthechildren?Howlongareyoustaying?　　我知道你们在想什么，你们觉得我迷路了，马上就会有人走上台温和地把我带回我的座位上。。我在迪拜总会遇上这种事。“来这里度假的吗，亲爱的？”“来探望孩子的吗？这次要待多久呢？　　Wellactually,Ihopeforawhilelongeryet.IhavebeenlivingandteachingintheGulfforover30years.(Applause)Andinthattime,Ihaveseenalotofchanges.Nowthatstatisticisquiteshocking.AndIwanttotalktoyoutodayaboutlanguagelossandtheglobalizationofEnglish.IwanttotellyouaboutmyfriendwhowasteachingEnglishtoadultsinAbuDhabi.Andonefineday,shedecidedtotakethemintothegardentoteachthemsomenaturevocabulary.ButitwasshewhoendeduplearningalltheArabicwordsforthelocalplants,aswellastheiruses--medicinaluses,cosmetics,cooking,herbal.Howdidthosestudentsgetallthatknowledge?Ofcourse,fromtheirgrandparentsandeventheirgreat-grandparents.Itsnotnecessarytotellyouhowimportantitistobeabletocommunicateacrossgenerations.　　恩，事实上，我希望能再待久一点。我在波斯湾这边生活和教书已经超过30年了。这段时间里，我看到了很多变化。现在这份数据是挺吓人的，而我今天要和你们说的是有关语言的消失和英语的全球化。我想和你们谈谈我的朋友，她在阿布达比教成人英语。在一个晴朗的日子里，她决定带她的学生到花园去教他们一些大自然的词汇。但最后却变成是她在学习所有当地植物在阿拉伯语中是怎么说的。还有这些植物是如何被用作药材，化妆品，烹饪，香草。这些学生是怎么得到这些知识的呢？当然是从他们的祖父母，甚至曾祖父母那里得来的。不需要我来告诉你们能够跨代沟通是多么重要。　　Butsadly,today,languagesaredyingatanunprecedentedrate.Alanguagediesevery14days.Now,atthesametime,Englishistheundisputedgloballanguage.Couldtherebeaconnection?WellIdontknow.ButIdoknowthatIveseenalotofchanges.WhenIfirstcameouttotheGulf,IcametoKuwaitinthedayswhenitwasstillahardshippost.Actually,　　notthatlongago.Thatisalittlebittooearly.Butnevertheless,IwasrecruitedbytheBritishCouncilalongwithabout25　　otherteachers.Andwewerethefirstnon-MuslimstoteachinthestateschoolsthereinKuwait.WewerebroughttoteachEnglishbecausethegovernmentwantedtomodernizethecountryandempowerthecitizensthrougheducation.Andofcourse,thebenefitedfromsomeofthatlovelyoilwealth.但遗憾的是，今天很多语言正在以前所未有的速度消失。每14天就有一种语言消失，而与此同时，英语却无庸置疑地成为全球性的语言。这其中有