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ted英语演讲稿范文4篇

ted英语演讲稿范文4篇

thankyouverymuch.

imovedtoamerica12yearsagowithmywifeterryandour

twokids.actually,truthfully,wemovedtolosangeles--(laughter)

--thinkingweweremovingtoamerica,butanyway,itsashort

planeridefromlosangelestoamerica.

igothere12yearsago,andwhenigothere,iwastold

variousthings,like,americansdontgetirony.haveyoucome

acrossthisidea?itsnottrue.ivetraveledthewholelengthand

breadthofthiscountry.ihavefoundnoevidencethatamericans

dontgetirony.itsoneofthoseculturalmyths,like,thebritish

arereserved.idontknowwhypeoplethinkthis.weveinvaded

everycountryweveencountered.(laughter)butitsnottrue

americansdontgetirony,butijustwantyoutoknowthatthats

whatpeoplearesayingaboutyoubehindyourback.youknow,

sowhenyouleavelivingroomsineurope,peoplesay,thankfully,

nobodywasironicinyourpresence.

butiknewthatamericansgetironywhenicameacrossthat

legislationnochildleftbehind.becausewhoeverthought

ofthattitlegetsirony,dontthey,because--(laughter)

(applause)becauseitsleavingmillionsofchildrenbehind.nowi

canseethatsnotaveryattractivenameforlegislation:millions

ofchildrenleftbehind.icanseethat.whatstheplan?well,we

proposetoleavemillionsofchildrenbehind,andhereshowits

goingtowork.

anditsworkingbeautifully.insomepartsofthecountry,60

percentofkidsdropoutofhighschool.inthenativeamerican

communities,its80percentofkids.ifwehalvedthatnumber,

oneestimateisitwouldcreateanetgaintotheu.s.economy

over10yearsofnearlyatrilliondollars.fromaneconomicpoint

ofview,thisisgoodmath,isntit,thatweshoulddothis?it

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