跟读练习: How curiosity paved the way to self-learning | Ray Wu | TEDxYouth@GrandviewHeights - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Everything begins with a problem,
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Everything begins with a problem,
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and it is up to us to find a solution.
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When most people look at this Rubik's Cube,
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they think one of two things.
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Either I can solve it,
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or I can't solve it.
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But when I first looked at the Rubik's Cube,
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I thought, what if I was able to solve it?
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And so I twisted and turned,
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repeated my moves with no luck.
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But then I realized, hey, there's always the Internet.
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And so I Googled how to solve a Rubik's Cube.
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What I found eventually led me to start practicing how to solve it.
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Solving the white side and the first two layers,
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then orientating the last layer,
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and ending off with a quick but precise permutation.
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Voila.
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Today I can solve the cube in about 30 seconds on average,
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with my personal best being 9 seconds.
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But it's not my ability to solve the cube at record speeds that is so special to me,
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rather the spark that started it all.
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Curiosity.
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It's the main reason we learn in the first place.
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And if we weren't so curious creatures,
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we wouldn't have made the inventions that keep us happy and healthy every day,
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like the light bulb.
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But as time progresses on and technology continues to distract us,
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perhaps we're becoming more and more comfortable with life and less and less curious.
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Think about it.
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Why would we need to learn anymore
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if we had everything we needed to know in the palm of our very own hands?
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But this attitude is dangerous and can lead to a less creative and less successful world.
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We need to bring curiosity into our lives so that we can continue growing,
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inventing and discovering for the future.
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Let's first talk about what curiosity is,
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what it means to us,
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before finally learning how we can bring it about our everyday lives.
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Some people don't understand why solving the Rubik's Cube is so much fun.
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But that's the exact reason I do it.
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Because curiosity is all about wanting to learn and discover things you don't know yet.
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In fact, the BBC reported that curiosity comes from basic human nature.
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Meaning we are born to be curious creatures.
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And our minds have evolved to think differently and to learn and grow from experiences.
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And sure, we may be wasting time today by searching random things up on the internet.
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But if our brains know that it's information we will use in our future,
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it's completely worth it.
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Just by wanting to learn more,
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you're already taking the first step to becoming more and more curious every day.
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When I was younger, I didn't tell myself I was going to get into soccer,
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football, basketball, skating, or skiing.
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I just saw other people do it.
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And I thought, that looks fun.
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Could I have a try?
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They say curiosity killed the cat,
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but curiosity comes in handy once in a while.
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Actually, more than not.
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Why?
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Because it lets us discover things we don't know that we don't know.
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What I mean by that is you can discover things you don't know,
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but you can also discover things that you never knew existed.
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Nobody ever tells you to be curious.
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Your parents and teachers are more likely to tell you other advice,
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like talk to strangers, try new things, or never give up.
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Curiosity comes from within.
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You are the only person in this world that can tell yourself what to learn,
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how to learn it, or whether to learn it at all all.
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For example, I recently found out that Christopher Columbus didn't discover America first.
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In fact, Leif Erikson and the Vikings may have arrived sooner,
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and if so, almost five centuries before Columbus.
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And many more people possibly have arrived before them.
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My curiosity even led me to discover about how you could
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reuse the water inside hydroelectric cars to make them more efficient vehicles.
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Or important allied strategic maneuvers that led them to win World War II.
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The world is huge and all of this curiosity is stretching my brain.
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But if it means I get to be more informed
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and especially if it means I get to share my knowledge with friends and family,
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it's completely worth it.
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Curiosity is the fuel for discovery and learning.
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Curious These people ask questions,
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and the more you ask,
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the more you know, just like a snowball effect.
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If you throw a snowball of questions,
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you'll be facing an avalanche of information,
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but it's not really a bad thing.
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So how can all of us learn how to be a bit more curious in our everyday lives?
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I've come up with a three-step system I'd like to share with everyone.
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I call it age.
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A-G-E.
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The first letter is A.
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For ask good questions, and in return, you'll get good answers.
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My teacher, Miss Lum, always said that if you ask a good question,
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you'll get a better answer.
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Never tell your brain that your question is silly or dumb,
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because the only way you'll know the answer is by asking for it.
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Sometimes we stop ourselves in class from asking questions because we feel embarrassed.
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But you might just be helping someone who is too scared to ask.
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And don't worry, our parents and teachers are always there to guide us.
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So we should use their help as much as possible.
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And there's always the internet.
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The second letter is G for go beyond.
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Don't just learn what's required,
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learn as much as you can beyond it.
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When we're given a boring assignment at school,
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we're most likely to just want to learn what's required.
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But there is so much more information,
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so much more perspectives, so many more details,
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and so much more to learn about one same thing.
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And not wanting to learn it is like throwing a perfect opportunity out the window and into the trash.
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And while we usually do the first thing that's most obvious,
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if you did something different,
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draw out your ideas or brainstorm with friends.
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It might just make learning that bit more interesting and exciting.
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Last but not least, E, for be excited.
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Study things that bring you joy.
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You're only going to want to learn and remember things that you like anyway.
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So why not enjoy studying them?
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And don't worry, no one is ever going to stop you.
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Because the world will never run out of information.
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I'm only nine, but my curiosity has already paved such a long road for me.
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When I grow up, I'd like to study medicine and become an epidemiologist.
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I would like to find out how we could have better prevented corona,
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how we can create a safer world,
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and how I could become an agent of change to show the doctors of today
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and the heroes that have sacrificed their lives for the greater good of humanity.
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They'll know that in the future there will be people just like them,
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willing to make such great sacrifices and their core values will never be forgotten.
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Today, we've seen how curiosity can inspire us,
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educate us and change us for the better.
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We've seen how it can benefit us and how we can become more and more curious every day.
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It's clear that because of curiosity,
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learning is way more fun and useful than we used to think.
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Sometimes we forget to enjoy new discoveries.
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And that's when learning becomes challenging and boring.
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And so to jumpstart your curious mind,
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I challenge you to learn one new thing this week.
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Not because you have to,
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but because you want to.
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Pick up a new hobby,
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learn how something works, or even something fun,
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like how to solve a Rubik's cube.
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The future belongs to those who are curious.
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Those who are not afraid to explore it,
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touch it, feel it, taste it,
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discover it, question it and turn it inside out.
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Indeed, we learn more by looking for the answers to a question than learning the answers itself.
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And so today, ladies and gentlemen,
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boys and girls, I would like to leave you with a quote from Albert Einstein.
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The only important thing is to not stop questioning.
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Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
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Thank you.
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