【正文】 I want to talk to you today about language loss and the globalization of want to tell you about my friend who was teaching English to adults in Abu one fine day, she decided to take them into the garden to teach them some nature it was she who ended up learning all the Arabic words for the local plants, as well as their usesmedicinal uses, cosmetics, cooking, did those students get all that knowledge? Of course, from their grandparents and even their 39。我在波斯灣這邊生活和教書(shū)已經(jīng)超過(guò)30年了?，F(xiàn)在這份數(shù)據(jù)是挺嚇人的，而我今天要和你們說(shuō)的是有關(guān)語(yǔ)言的消失和英語(yǔ)的全球化。在一個(gè)晴朗的日子里，她決定帶她的學(xué)生到花園去教他們一些大自然的詞匯。還有這些植物是如何被用作藥材，化妝品，烹飪，香草。不需要我來(lái)告訴你們能夠跨代溝通是多么重要。t I do know that I39。每14天就有一種語(yǔ)言消失，而與此同時(shí)，英語(yǔ)卻無(wú)庸置疑地成為全球性的語(yǔ)言。但我知道的是，我見(jiàn)證過(guò)許多改變。當(dāng)時(shí)教英文仍然是個(gè)困難的工作?？傊液推渌?5位老師一起被英國(guó)文化協(xié)會(huì)聘用。我們被派到那里教英語(yǔ)，是因?yàn)楫?dāng)?shù)卣Ｍ麌?guó)家可以現(xiàn)代化并透過(guò)教育提升公民的水平。兩分鐘做個(gè)小測(cè)試，看看你的英語(yǔ)水平第二篇：【美聯(lián)英語(yǔ)】堅(jiān)持關(guān)于堅(jiān)持的英語(yǔ)演講稿(中英文對(duì)照)2兩分鐘做個(gè)小測(cè)試，看看你的英語(yǔ)水平美聯(lián)英語(yǔ)提供：關(guān)于堅(jiān)持的英語(yǔ)演講稿（中英文對(duì)照）2 別堅(jiān)持說(shuō)英語(yǔ) Don39。re think I39。s going to e on the stage in a minute and guide me gently back to my seat.(Applause)I get that all the time in Dubai.“Here on holiday are you, dear?”(Laughter)“Come to visit the children? How long are you staying?” 我知道你們?cè)谙胧裁?，你們覺(jué)得我迷路了，馬上就會(huì)有人走上臺(tái)溫和地把我?guī)Щ匚业淖簧?。我在迪拜總?huì)遇上這種事。我在波斯灣這邊生活和教書(shū)已經(jīng)超過(guò)30年了?，F(xiàn)在這份數(shù)據(jù)是挺嚇人的，而我今天要和你們說(shuō)的是有關(guān)語(yǔ)言的消失和英語(yǔ)的全球化。在一個(gè)晴朗的日子里，她決定帶她的學(xué)生到花園去教他們一些大自然的詞匯。還有這些植物是如何被用作藥材，化妝品，烹飪，香草。不需要我來(lái)告訴你們能夠跨代溝通是多么重要。t I do know that I39。每14天就有一種語(yǔ)言消失，而與此同時(shí)，英語(yǔ)卻無(wú)庸置疑地成為全球性的語(yǔ)言。但我知個(gè)困難的工作?？傊?，我和其他25位老師一起被英國(guó)文化協(xié)會(huì)聘用。我們被派到那里教英語(yǔ)，是因?yàn)楫?dāng)?shù)卣Ｍ麌?guó)家可以現(xiàn)代化并透過(guò)教育提升公民的水平。 this is the major change that I39。re not a native speaker, you have to pass a ，我見(jiàn)過(guò)最大的改變，就是英語(yǔ)教學(xué)的蛻變?nèi)绾螐囊粋€(gè)互惠互利的行為變成今天這種大規(guī)模的國(guó)際產(chǎn)業(yè)。英語(yǔ)(教學(xué))已經(jīng)成為所有英語(yǔ)系國(guó)家追逐的潮流。所以自然每個(gè)人都想接受英語(yǔ)教育，但如果你不是以英文為母語(yǔ)，你就要通過(guò)考試。s a he need the same language as a lawyer, for example? Well, I don39。t think indeed, that is exactly what we English teachers are the you have to satisfy us first that your English is good it can be dangerous to give too much power to a narrow segment of the barrier would be too ?譬如如果你碰到一位天才計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)家，但他會(huì)需要有和律師一樣的語(yǔ)言能力嗎?我不這么認(rèn)為。我們處處設(shè)限，將學(xué)生擋在路上，使他們無(wú)法再追求自己的夢(mèng)想，直到他們通過(guò)考試。但事實(shí)上，我們的確在做這種事。你必須先讓我們滿(mǎn)意，使我們認(rèn)定你的英文夠好。把太多的權(quán)力交由這么小的一群人把持，也許會(huì)令這種障礙太過(guò)普及。s all in English.“ So the books are in English, the journals are done in English, but that is a selffulfilling feeds the English so it goes ask you, what happened to translation? If you think about the Islamic Golden Age, there was lots of translation translated from Latin and Greek into Arabic, into Persian, and then it was translated on into the Germanic languages of Europe and the Romance so light shone upon the Dark Ages of out love it that we have a global need one today more than I am against using it as a we really want to end up with 600 languages and the main one being English, or Chinese? We need more than do we draw the line? This system equates intelligence with a knowledge of English which is quite ，我聽(tīng)到你們問(wèn)”但是研究呢?研究報(bào)告都要用英文。有英語(yǔ)要求，自然就有英語(yǔ)供給，然后就這么循環(huán)下去。于是文明照亮了歐洲的黑暗時(shí)代。我很高興我們有一個(gè)全球性的語(yǔ)言，這在今日尤為重要。難道我們真希望世界上只剩下600種語(yǔ)言，其中又以英文或中文為主流嗎?我們需要的不只如此。And I want to remind you that the giants upon whose shoulders today39。t have to pass an English in point, , by the way, was considered remedial at school because he was, in fact, fortunately for the world, he did not have to pass an English they didn39。s are lots and lots of tests of millions and millions of students take these tests every prohibitive to so many millions of poor immediately, we39。愛(ài)因斯坦就是典型的例子。但對(duì)整個(gè)世界來(lái)說(shuō),很幸運(yùn)的當(dāng)時(shí)他不需要通過(guò)英語(yǔ)考試，因?yàn)樗麄冎钡?964年才開(kāi)始使用托福?，F(xiàn)在你會(huì)認(rèn)為，你和我都這么想，這些費(fèi)用不貴，價(jià)錢(qián)滿(mǎn)合理的。所以，當(dāng)下我們又拒絕了他們。s a circular ：“教育：大鴻溝”現(xiàn)在我懂了。為了達(dá)成這目的，他們需要西方教育。就像我之前說(shuō)的，這是一種循環(huán)。t get the results they really didn39。t think a thought, you are if another language