Hi, everybody. 大家好。 Over the past month, I've been visiting towns across America, 上个月我走访全国多个城市， talking about what our country needs to do to secure a better bargain for the middle class. 与人们交流如何为
I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and fight for themselves. 我不是在告诉男性不须再为女性权益发声了，我是在关注女性的自主独立和为她们抗争。 So dear sisters a
Tests are part of a student's life.The purpose of testing is to translate intellectual performance into numbers for comparison within the same standards.The Educational Testing Service(ETS)has created
Part 6 Lord Chesterfield to His Son 第六部分 切斯特菲尔德勋爵致儿子 London,March 6, 1747 1747年3月6日于伦敦 Dear boy, 亲爱的孩子: Whatever you do, will always affect me, very sensibly, one way or another, and I am now most agr
You know, I grew up in the inner city, 要知道，我是在市区长大的， and there were kids who were failing in schools 56 years ago when I first went to school, 当时，很多学生在学业上就已经一事无成了，那可是在56年前，当时我刚开始读书， and those schools
But when they really get pushy, people really get pushy, I say, "I do it because you do it for your kid." 但是当他们变得有进取心时，我们就会变得更有进取心，我说：“我这样做就像你们为自己的儿子做的原因一样。” And you've never read a study from MIT tha
When the country cares about something, we'll spend a trillion dollars without blinking an eye. 当一个国家在乎一些事了，我们就算花一万亿美元也不会眨一下眼睛的。 When the safety of America is threatened, we will spend any amount of m
Here's what we know. We know that the problem begins immediately. Right? 以下是我们所知道的东西。我们知道，问题很快就会来的。对吧？ This idea, zero to three. 我们来谈谈婴儿从出生到三岁的变化情况。 My wife, Yvonne, and I, we have four kids, three gr
Now look, I'm a technology fan, but I have to admit to you all I'm a little old. 我是一个技术发烧友，但我得承认我年纪是大了点。 So I was a little slow, and I did not trust technology, and when they first came out with those
I'm a little nervous, because my wife Yvonne said to me, she said, "Geoff, you watch the TED Talks." 我有点紧张，因为我的妻子Yvonne对我说：“Geoff，你看TED演讲的，对吧？” I said, "Yes, honey, I love TED Talks." 我说：“对啊，亲爱的，我喜欢TE
If you think about technology, imagine if that's how we thought about technology. 如果我们来看一看技术，试想如果这就是我们对技术的看法。 Every time something didn't work, we just threw in the towel and said, "Let's forget it."
Because in my older years, I've become somewhat of a clairvoyant. 到了我这把年纪，我可以说是已经开了慧眼了。 I can predict school scores. You take me to any school. 我可以很容易地预测到某所学校的成绩的。只要你把我带到任何一所学校。 I'm really good at inn
You know, I always wonder, who makes up those rules? 我一直都挺郁闷的，到底是谁制定这样的臭规定啊？ For years I went to -- Look, I went the Harvard Ed School. I thought I knew something. 多年以来，我一直会去哈佛的Ed学校。我想我还是了解一些情况的。 They
If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom", she's going to call me "Point B", 如果我有一个女儿，她会叫我B点（Point B），而不是妈妈， because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find he
Now, I know that the number one rule to being cool is to seem unfazed, to never admit that anything scares you or impresses you or excites you. 现在我知道要扮酷的第一法则，要显得不为所动，从来都不承认会有吓着你，或令你惊讶或使你兴奋的事。 Somebody
I'd like to close with this poem. 我想以此诗来做结束。 When they bombed Hiroshima, the explosion formed a mini-supernova, so every living animal, human or plant that received direct contact with the rays from t
When I was a freshman in high school, I was a live wire of nervous hormones. And I was underdeveloped and over-excitable. 当我是高一新生时，我是一个神经激素异常活跃的人。我发育不良，但又过度兴奋。 And despite my fear of ever being looked
And we saw over and over the way that spoken-word poetry cracks open locks. But it turns out sometimes, poetry can be really scary. 我们看到，口语诗遍地兴起，好似雨后春笋一样。但有时结局却是，诗歌可真吓人。 Turns out sometimes, you have
All right, so I want you to take a moment, and I want you to think of three things that you know to be true. 好吧，我想让大家花点时间,想出三件你们认为是真的事情。 They can be about whatever you want-- technology, entertainment
Now I can divide my spoken-word journey into three steps. Step one was the moment I said, "I can. I can do this." 现在我可以把我口语诗经历分为三阶段。第一阶段那时我会说，“我能，我能做到这个。” And that was thanks to a girl in a hoodie. St
