President Bush Attends Kuwait-America Foundation's Stand for Africa Gala DinnerTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Mr. Ambassador, thank you for the invitation. You've got a beautiful place here. (Laughter.) Rima, thanks very much. I'm honored to be with you. I'm a little late because Laura had me watchin

President Bush Discusses EnergyTHE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I want to thank Secretary Kempthorne and Secretary Bodman for joining me. For many Americans, there is no more pressing concern than the price of gasoline. Truckers and farmers and small business owners have been hit especially hard. Every

Most of the educational games that are out there today are really flashcards.今天的多数教育游戏是过时的，它们只是卡片游戏。They&#39re glorified drill and practice.它们都是很耗人的和需要人们的耐心来玩。They don&#39t have the depth, the rich narrative that really engaging video games have,它们没有真正打电子游戏时的那种耐玩性，丰富的游戏互动性，that the boys are really i

Most of the educational games that are out there today are really flashcards.今天的多数教育游戏是过时的，它们只是卡片游戏。They&#39re glorified drill and practice.它们都是很耗人的和需要人们的耐心来玩。They don&#39t have the depth, the rich narrative that really engaging video games have,它们没有真正打电子游戏时的那种耐玩性，丰富的游戏互动性，that the boys are really i

The next reason that boys&#39 cultures are out of sync with school cultures:第二个原因是男孩文化与学校文化相脱节：there are fewer male teachers.有很少的男性教师。Anybody who&#39s over 15 doesn&#39t know what this means,任何超过15岁的人对此不了解，because in the last 10 years,因为在过去10年里，the number of elementary school classroom teachers has

So I&#39m here to tell you that we have a problem with boys,我在这儿是想告诉大家我们的对男孩的教育有问题，and it&#39s a serious problem with boys.男孩子的教育是个严重问题。Their culture isn&#39t working in schools,在学校，男孩文化没有形成。and I&#39m going to share with you ways that we can think about overcoming that problem.我要和大家分享我们关于这一问题的解决方法。

When we look at the universities,当我们环顾大学，60 percent of baccalaureate degrees are going to women now, which is a significant shift.目前女性占60%的本科学历的人数，这是个巨大的转变。And in fact, university administrators are a little uncomfortable about the idea实际上，大学的主管们对此感到有点不安，that we may be getting close to 70 percent fe

Third reason that boys are out of sync with school today:第三个原因是男孩与我们今日的学校相脱节：kindergarten is the old second grade, folks.幼儿园是一种过时的脱节教育。We have a serious compression of the curriculum happening out there.我们教学课程中有严重的压缩问题。When you&#39re three, you better be able to write your name legibly,当孩子三岁时，他们最好能清

that we are one people, with one home, and one glorious American destiny.我们是一国之民,有着共同的家园,以及辉煌的美国命运。We come from all different walks of life - but we all share the same dream - to live in peace and safety,我们来自各行各业--但我们有着共同的梦想--生活在和平和安定的环境中,to work with honor and dignity, and to build a better future

Only when we work together with a shared purpose will we carry on the proud tradition of those who came before us.只有我们为了共同的目的一起努力,我们才将能肩负起那些我们前辈们的自豪传统。Only when we honor our history will we have confidence in our future.只有当我们尊重我们的历史,我们将在未来更加充满自信。And only when we strive for peace among one another wi

My Fellow Americans,我的美国同胞们,I had the profound honor this week of addressing American troops at Fort Myer and speaking to thousands of veterans at the American Legion National Convention.我很荣幸本周在迈尔堡向军人们发表演讲,并和美国退伍军人协会全国大会的数千们退伍军人们交流。Today I want to speak to all Americans about what we can learn from

From Kansas, I moved on to lovely Arizona,离开堪萨斯后，我搬到美丽的亚利桑纳州，where I taught in Flagstaff for a number of years, this time with middle school students.我在Flagstaff小镇教了几年书，这次是教初中的学生。Luckily, I didn&#39t have to teach them American government.幸运的是，我这次不用教美国政治。Could teach them the more exciting topic of g

In the time that passes between when I was a kid in high school and when I started teaching,在过去的这几年间，从我还在念高中到我开始教书的时候，we really see the advent of the Internet.我们真的亲眼目睹网络的发展。Right about the time that the Internet gets going as an educational tool,就在网络开始作为教学用的工具发展的时候，I take off from Wisconsin and move

Fast-forward to Pennsylvania, where I find myself today.快进到宾州，我现在住的地方。I teach at the Science Leadership Academy,我在科学领导学院教书，which is a partnership school between the Franklin Institute and the school district of Philadelphia.它是富兰克林学院和费城学区协同的合办的。We are a nine through 12 public school, but we do school

I have been teaching for a long time, and in doing so have acquired a body of knowledge about kids我从事教师工作很长一段时间了，而在我教书的过程当中我学了很多关于孩子与学习的知识，and learning that I really wish more people would understand about the potential of students.我非常希望更多人可以了解学生的潜能。In 1931, my grandmother -- bottom left for you guy

There are a million pictures that I could click through here,我有上百万张照片可以展示，and had to choose carefully -- this is one of my favorites -- of students learning,可我得小心的选择--好，这是我最喜欢的一张--学生正在学习的照片，of what learning can look like in a landscape where we let go of the idea that kids have to come to school to

My students produced these info-graphics我的学生们制作了这些信息图表，as a result of a unit that we decided to do at the end of the year responding to the oil spill.结果是我们决定以这个汇报作为我们学年的总结报告，内容是回应漏油事件。I asked them to take the examples that we were seeing of the info-graphics that existed in a lot of mass media,我要求他们

Then again, who&#39s to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren&#39t exactly what the world needs?话说回来，谁能说我们这个世界不正是需要某些类型的非理性思维吗？Maybe you&#39ve had grand plans before, but stopped yourself, thinking, &quotThat&#39s impossible,&quot or &quotThat costs too much,&quot or &quotThat won&#39t

Now, I want to start with a question: When was the last time you were called &quotchildish&quot?首先我要问大家一个问题：上一回别人说你幼稚是什么时候？For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence.像我这样的小孩，可能经常会被人说成是幼稚。Every time we make irrational demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or display any o

Now, our inherent wisdom doesn&#39t have to be insider&#39s knowledge. Kids already do a lot of learning from adults, and we have a lot to share.我们先天的智慧，堪比内行人的知识。小孩已经从大人身上学到许多，而我们也有很多东西可以和大人共享。I think that adults should start learning from kids. Now, I do most of my speaking in front of an education

But the way progress happens, is because new generations and new eras grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.但进步是因新的一代人和新的时期而发生，不断的进步和发展，并超越之前的年代。It&#39s the reason we&#39re not in the Dark Ages anymore.这就是为什么我们不再处于黑暗时代。No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to

I loved to write from the age of four, and when I was six, my mom bought me my own laptop equipped with Microsoft Word.四岁的时候我就喜欢上写作，六岁的时候，我妈给我买了台装有微软Word软件的个人手提电脑。Thank you, Bill Gates, and thank you, Ma. I wrote over 300 short stories on that little laptop, and I wanted to get published.谢谢你比尔·盖茨！也谢

So for example, let&#39s take an English speaker.拿一个母语是英语的人来举例。Up on the screen, that is Bono. He speaks English. I presume he has a worldview.这是波诺。他说英文，他有一个世界观。Now, that is Donald Trump. In his way, he speaks English as well.现在这个人是唐纳德·特朗普。他同样也说英文。And here is Ms. Kardashian, and she is an English sp

I think there are a lot of reasons, but I first want to address the one that you&#39re probably most likely to have heard of,我觉得理由很多，但是我首先想要弄清一个概念，可能大家也都听过，because actually it&#39s more dangerous than you might think.但它可能比你想象的还要重要。And that is the idea that a language channels your thoughts,这个观点是语言能塑

There&#39s an interesting illustration of this.举一个有趣的例子。I have to go slightly obscure, but really you should seek it out.可能这个例子没那么直观，但是你应该可以理解。There&#39s a movie by the Canadian film director Denys Arcand加拿大导演Denys Arcand执导的一部电影，read out in English on the page, &quotDennis Ar-cand,&quot if you want

So for example, &quotThe Cat in the Hat Comes Back,&quot a book that I&#39m sure we all often return to, like &quotMoby Dick.&quot例如，《戴帽子的猫回来了》，这本书我相信很多人还经常读，又如《白鲸记》。One phrase in it is, &quotDo you know where I found him?里面有句台词是，“你知道在哪儿找到他的么？Do you know where he was? He was eating cake in the tub,

Today you can lay down -- lie on your living room floor, sipping bourbon,如今你可以躺着，躺在卧室地板上，喝点小酒，and teach yourself any language that you want to with wonderful sets such as Rosetta Stone.用丰富的学习材料，例如Rosetta Stone语言学习软件，开始自学你喜欢的语言。I highly recommend the lesser known Glossika as well.我强烈推荐Glossika这个软件。Yo

Second reason: it&#39s been shown that if you speak two languages, dementia is less likely to set in,第二个原因：有研究指出，同时讲两种语言的人更不容易痴呆，and that you are probably a better multitasker.而且你可能更加的擅长多线操作。And these are factors that set in early,这些都是目前的研究结论and so that ought to give you some sense of when to give j

The language I&#39m speaking right now is on its way to becoming the world&#39s universal language, for better or for worse.我现在说的英语正逐渐变成全球通用语言，这有好处也有弊端。Let&#39s face it, it&#39s the language of the internet, it&#39s the language of finance,我们会认同，这是互联网标准语言，是金融界通用语言，it&#39s the language of air traffic

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