16.The Democratization of Education---Commencement Address by Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll at Oxford University 16.教育的民主化——哥伦比亚女歌手夏奇拉在牛津大学的演讲 I have a fantasy about this future that I want to share w
Now to the second potential misunderstanding. 至于第二个可能的误解 I've been talking a lot about my experiences in the Middle East, and some of you might be thinking now 我一直在谈论我在中东地区的经历，你们有些人可能在想 that the solut
It's the good feeling I got 这就是那位老人将我 from being saved from the death trap of the storm drain by the old man, 从雨篦子的“死亡陷阱”中“拯救”出来之后，我得到的那种美妙的感觉； or how I feel like part of a community when I talk to so
I mean, over the next five years, Disney and Warner Bros. and a bunch of movie studios 我的意思是，在未来的五年当中，迪士尼和华纳兄弟公司，还有一群电影工作室 are going to release over 30 feature-length films with comic book characters,
And so I get this question all the time from parents, and they ask me, "Would you let your own child play football?" 家长们总是问我这样一个问题，他们问我，“你会让你自己的小孩儿打橄榄球吗？” Or, "Should I let my child play soccer?" 或者“我
5.Three Ways to Have a Better Life 5.三种方法让你生活更美好 Bend down once in a while and smell a flower. 偶尔弯下腰闯一闻花香。 Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear. On a hot summer day in the country yo
These six companies produce nine out of every 10 movies you watch, 这六家公司制作了你所接触过的90%的电影， nine out of every 10 television shows, nine out of every 10 songs, nine out of every 10 books. 90%的电视节目，90%的歌曲，
So what I did was I scrolled down to the bottom of the email, and I pressed, "Unsubscribe." 于是我滑到邮箱的最底部，点击了下“取消订阅”。 And I thought that'd be the end of it. But a week later, I got another one that said
So one thing that I do agree with, and I think most experts would, is that the brain does have these dynamics. 其中一点我个人是同意的，我相信绝大多数专家也同意，那就是脑部确实有这样的动态。 It does lag behind the skull and then catch up an
7.The Lies Made by Novelists 7.小说家编造的谎言 I have come to Jerusalem today as a novelist, which is to say as a professional spinner of lies. 今天我作为一个小说家来到耶路撒冷，也就是说，作为一个职业撒谎者。 Of course, novelists are not t
Then there are artists who are extracting anatomy from both the medical world and the art world 还有些艺术家将解剖学从艺术和医学中抽离， and are placing it directly on the streets. 直接带上了街头。 London-based SHOK-1 paints gia
In 1998, the people of Indonesia took to the streets and overthrew their longtime dictator, Suharto. 1998年，印度尼西亚人民走上街头，推翻了长期的独裁者苏哈托 It was an amazing moment, but it was also a scary one. 那是一个令人激动的时刻，但
11.The Business Logic of Sustainability 11.为何商业可以做到可持续 Hawken fulfilled business and industry, leading humankind away from the abyss. Because with continued unchecked decline of the biosphere, a very
They also resolved seven potential World Trade Organization cases on high-technology products, agriculture and intellectual-property protection. These breakthroughs will expand opportunities for Ameri
We have to stop. 我们必须停止。 And when I was putting this together, people said to me, 当我这么说的时候，一些人回复我说： "Well, that's never going to happen." And I said, "Oh really?" “好吧，但那绝不可能发生。”然后我说：“是吗？” Because just
18. John McCain's Concession Speech 18. 麦凯恩败选演讲 My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. 我的朋友们，我们已经走完了这次漫长的旅程。美国人民已经说出了他们的决
12.Give Me a Call 12.给我打电话 That's the nineteen years I'm announcing my retirement from professional basketball. It's now the time for me to begin my new life. I would like to thank my mother and fathe
4. China and the WTO: the 15-year Itch 4. 中国与WTO：十五年的渴望 I have spent much of my time this morning talking about the implications of an agreement which became official on the 11th of December 2001. I a
Is "better off" finding a secure job that you can count on for the rest of your life? Those are nearly extinct. 是找到了一个稳定的工作，一辈子都不用愁，就意味着“生活安逸”吗？这种情况几乎不存在。 People move jobs, on average, every 4.7 years
9.Amazon We Are What We Choose 9.亚马逊 选择塑造人生 But what I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy---they're
