TED演讲稿：说英语的三种方式

2017-11-09 14:47:47来源：网络

　　以下是新东方在线口译网为大家带来的TED演讲稿：说英语的三种方式。TED是美国的一家私有非盈利机构，该机构以它组织的TED大会著称，这个会议的宗旨是“用思想的力量来改变世界”。大家在锻炼雅思听力的时候，也可以学习一下里面的主角们的思维模式，论述方法，希望还能对大家的英语写作有所启迪。

　　贾米拉·利斯考特是一位“三语演说家”在她 “蹩脚英语”的演说中，她赞美并挑战了三种口味全然不同的英语，分别是和朋友对话的英语，在课堂上说的英语，和父母聊天的英语。她展示了不同语言所代表的复杂的历史和现当代的身份认同，她展现了什么是“口才好”。

　　Today, a baffled lady observed the shell where my soul dwells

　　And announced that I'm "articulate"

　　Which means that when it comes to enunciation and diction

　　I don't even think of it

　　‘Cause I’m "articulate"

　　So when my professor asks a question

　　And my answer is tainted with a connotation of urbanized suggestion

　　There’s no misdirected intention

　　Pay attention

　　‘Cause I’m “articulate”

　　So when my father asks, “Wha’ kinda ting is dis?”

　　My “articulate” answer never goes amiss

　　I say “father, this is the impending problem at hand”

　　And when I’m on the block I switch it up just because I can

　　So when my boy says, “What’s good with you son?”

　　I just say, “I jus’ fall out wit dem people but I done!”

　　And sometimes in class

　　I might pause the intellectual sounding flow to ask

　　“Yo! Why dese books neva be about my peoples”

　　Yes, I have decided to treat all three of my languages as equals

　　Because I’m “articulate”

　　9But who controls articulation?

　　Because the English language is a multifaceted oration

　　Subject to indefinite transformation

　　Now you may think that it is ignorant to speak broken English

　　But I’m here to tell you that even “articulate” Americans sound foolish to the British

　　So when my Professor comes on the block and says, “Hello”

　　I stop him and say “Noooo …

　　You’re being inarticulate … the proper way is to say ‘what’s good’”

　　Now you may think that’s too hood, that’s not cool

　　But I’m here to tell you that even our language has rules

　　So when Mommy mocks me and says “ya’ll-be-madd-going-to-the-store”

　　I say “Mommy, no, that sentence is not following the law

　　Never does the word "madd" go before a present participle

　　That’s simply the principle of this English”

　　If I had the vocal capacity I would sing this from every mountaintop,

　　From every suburbia, and every hood

　　‘Cause the only God of language is the one recorded in the Genesis

　　Of this world saying “it is good"

　　So I may not always come before you with excellency of speech

　　But do not judge me by my language and assume

　　That I’m too ignorant to teach

　　‘Cause I speak three tongues

　　One for each:

　　Home, school and friends

　　I’m a tri-lingual orator

　　Sometimes I’m consistent with my language now

　　Then switch it up so I don’t bore later

　　Sometimes I fight back two tongues

　　While I use the other one in the classroom

　　And when I mistakenly mix them up

　　I feel crazy like … I’m cooking in the bathroom

　　I know that I had to borrow your language because mines was stolen

　　But you can’t expect me to speak your history wholly while mines is broken

　　These words are spoken

　　By someone who is simply fed up with the Eurocentric ideals of this season

　　And the reason I speak a composite version of your language

　　Is because mines was raped away along with my history

　　I speak broken English so the profusing gashes can remind us

　　That our current state is not a mystery

　　I’m so tired of the negative images that are driving my people mad

　　So unless you’ve seen it rob a bank stop calling my hair bad

　　I’m so sick of this nonsensical racial disparity

　　So don’t call it good unless your hair is known for donating to charity

　　As much as has been raped away from our people

　　How can you expect me to treat their imprint on your language

　　As anything less than equal

　　Let there be no confusion

　　Let there be no hesitation

　　This is not a promotion of ignorance

　　This is a linguistic celebration

　　That’s why I put "tri-lingual" on my last job application

　　I can help to diversify your consumer market is all I wanted them to know

　　04:08And when they call me for the interview I’ll be more than happy to show that

　　I can say:

　　“What’s good”

　　“Whatagwan”

　　And of course …“Hello”

　　Because I’m “articulate”

　　Thank you.

　　(Applause)

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