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What Adults Can Learn From Kids

英语视听校本公开课 常州一中 吴百荣

Warming-up video

Kids True love is like a mixture of friendship, appreciatio

n and happiness----Ben, 8 yr

Kids' definition and comprehension of love so true, s

o original, so amazing

Kids are amazing in thinking, which is worth l

earning!!!

Adora Svitak-- 美国华裔女神童邹奇奇

born October 15, 1997

She is a Chinese American child prodigy, activist, and internationally published author

known for her essays, stories, poems, blogs, full-length books, and advocacy(倡议 ) work.

first known to the public at the age of 6, when she w

as recognized on local news in Seattle for her writin

g abilities.

at the age of 7, appeared with Diane Sawyer on Good

Morning America.

began writing blogs and keeping an online journal, w

here she comments on matters of both international

significance and subjects of personal interest.

She has lectured before large audiences of both student

s and adults across the United States, and in the United

Kingdom.

In February 2010, Svitak spoke at the TED Conference, s

aying the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wi

ld creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams d

eserve high expectations, she says.

What Can Adults Learn From Kids

Listen and fill in the blanks.

1. For kids like me, being called childish can be a _______ _________.

2.Then again, who's to say that certain types of __________ thinking aren't exactly what the world needs?

3.On the other hand, we kids still dream about ___________. And that's a good thing because in order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

4.In many ways, our audacity( 大胆 ) to ___________ helps push the boundaries of possibility.

frequent

occurrence

irrational

perfection

imagine

5. It shouldn't just be a teacher at the head of the classroom telling students do this, do that. The students should teach their teachers. Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal( ).

6.The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it. Now, if you don't trust someone, you place ___________ on them, right.

7.Now, what's even worse than restriction is that adults often underestimate( ) kids abilities.

8.Adults and fellow TEDsters, you need to listen and learn from kids and _______us and _______ more from us. You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow.

相互的

restrictions

低估

trust expect

Comprehension of the speech

What can adults learn from kids accord

ing to Adora?

irrational thinking/dream about perfection/imagine

Reflection--Comment on the speech

What do you think of the speech? the speech

the speaker

the gesture/voice/tone/language... used

What can you learn from the speech?

the opinion expressed/conveyed

impressive/boring/inspiring/humorous...

fun/passionate/enthusiastic...

appropriate/inappropriate/loud/fluent/powerful...

I am ...(shocked/convinced/in agreement with/totally against...)

As far as I am concerned, the most important quality that should be learned from kids is ...

Keep being kids

irrational thinking

dream about perfection

dare to imagine

Homework

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