ted演讲稿精选

1、ted演讲稿精选

简介：残奥会短跑冠aimee mullins天生没有腓骨，从小就要学习靠义肢走路和奔跑。如今，她不仅是短跑选手、演员、模特，还是一位稳健的演讲者。她不喜欢字典中 “disabled”这个词，因为负面词汇足以毁掉一个人。但是，坦然面对不幸，你会发现等待你的是更多的机会。

i'd like to share with you a discovery that i made a few months ago while writing an article for italian wired. i always keep my thesaurus handy whenever i'm writing anything， but i'd already finished editing the piece， and i realized that i had never onc

e in my life looked up the word "disabled" to see what i'd find.

let me read you the entry. "disabled， adjective: crippled， helpless， useless， wrecked， stalled， maimed， wounded， mangled， lame， mutilated， run-down， worn-out， weakened， impotent， castrated， paralyzed， handicapped， senile， decrepit， laid-up， done-up， done-for， done-in cracked-up， counted-out; see also hurt， useless and weak. antonyms， healthy， strong， capable." i was reading this list out loud to a friend and at first was laughing， it was so ludicrous， but i'd just gotten past "mangled，" and my voice broke， and i had to stop and collect myself from the emotional shock and impact that the assault from these words unleashed.

you know， of course， this is my raggedy old thesaurus so i'm thinking this must be an ancient print date， right? but， in fact， the print date was the early 1980s， when i would have been starting primary school and forming an understanding of myself outside the family unit and as related to the other kids and the world around me. and， needless to say， thank god i wasn't using a thesaurus back then. i mean， from this entry， it would seem that i was born into a world that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them， when in fact， today i'm celebrated for the opportunities and adventures my life has procured.

so， i immediately went to look up the __ online edition， e_pecting to find a revision worth noting. here's the updated version of this entry. unfortunately， it's not much better. i find the last two words under "near antonyms，" particularly unsettling: "whole" and "wholesome."

so， it's not just about the words. it's what we believe about people when we name them with these words. it's about the values behind the words， and how we construct those values. our language affects our thinking and how we view the world and how we view other people. in fact， many ancient societies， including the greeks and the romans， believed that to utter a curse verbally was so powerful， because to say the thing out loud brought it into e_istence. so， what reality do we want to call into e_istence: a person who is limited， or a person who's empowered? by casually doing something as simple as naming a person， a child， we might be putting lids and casting shadows on their power. wouldn't we want to open doors for them instead?

one such person who opened doors for me was my childhood doctor at the a.i. dupont institute in wilmington， delaware. his name was dr. pizzutillo， an italian american， whose name， apparently， was too difficult for most americans to pronounce， so he went by dr. p. and dr. p always wore really colorful bow ties and had the very perfect disposition to work with children.

i loved almost everything about my time spent at this hospital， with the e_ception of my physical therapy sessions. i had to do what seemed like innumerable repetitions of e_ercises with these thick， elastic bands -- different colors， you know -- to help build up my leg muscles， and i hated these bands more than anything -- i hated them， had names for them. i hated them. and， you know， i was already bargaining， as a five year-old child， with dr. p to try to get out of doing these e_ercises， unsuccessfully， of course. and， one day， he came in to my session -- e_haustive and unforgiving， these sessions -- and he said to me， "wow. aimee， you are such a strong and powerful little girl， i think you're going to break one of those bands. when you do break it， i'm going to give you a hundred bucks."

now， of course， this was a simple ploy on dr. p's part to get me to do the e_ercises i didn't want to do before the prospect of being the richest five-year-old in the second floor ward， but what he effectively did for me was reshape an awful daily occurrence into a new and promising e_perience for me. and i have to wonder today to what e_tent his vision and his declaration of me as a strong and powerful little girl shaped my own view of myself as an inherently strong， powerful and athletic person well into the future.

this is an e_ample of how adults in positions of power can ignite the power of a child. but， in the previous instances of those thesaurus entries， our language isn't allowing us to evolve into the reality that we would all want， the possibility of an individual to see themselves as capable. our language hasn't caught up with the changes in our society， many of which have been brought about by technology. certainly， from a medical standpoint， my legs， laser surgery for vision impairment， titanium knees and hip replacements for aging bodies that are allowing people to more fully engage with their abilities， and move beyond the limits that nature has imposed on them -- not to mention social networking platforms allow people to self-identify， to claim their own descriptions of themselves， so they can go align with global groups of their own choosing. so， perhaps technology is revealing more clearly to us now what has always been a truth: that everyone has something rare and powerful to offer our society， and that the human ability to adapt is our greatest asset.

the human ability to adapt， it's an interesting thing， because people have continually wanted to talk to me about overcoming adversity， and i'm going to make an admission: this phrase never sat right with me， and i always felt uneasy trying to answer people's questions about it， and i think i'm starting to figure out why. implicit in this phrase of "overcoming adversity" is the idea that success， or happiness， is about emerging on the other side of a challenging e_perience unscathed or unmarked by the e_perience， as if my successes in life have come about from an ability to sidestep or circumnavigate the presumed pitfalls of a life with prosthetics， or what other people perceive as my disability. but， in fact， we are changed. we are marked， of course， by a challenge， whether physically， emotionally or both. and i'm going to suggest that this is a good thing. adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. it's part of our life. and i tend to think of it like my shadow. sometimes i see a lot of it， sometimes there's very little， but it's always with me. and， certainly， i'm not trying to diminish the impact， the weight， of a person's struggle.

there is adversity and challenge in life， and it's all very real and relative to every single person， but the question isn't whether or not you're going to meet adversity， but how you're going to meet it. so， our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity， but preparing them to meet it well. and we do a disservice to our kids when we make them feel that they're not equipped to adapt. there's an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not i'm disabled. and， truthfully， the only real and consistent disability i've had to confront is the world ever thinking that i could be described by those definitions.

in our desire to protect those we care about by giving them the cold， hard truth about their medical prognosis， or， indeed， a prognosis on the e_pected quality of their life， we have to make sure that we don't put the first brick in a wall that will actually disable someone. perhaps the e_isting model of only looking at what is broken in you and how do we fi_ it， serves to be more disabling to the individual than the pathology itself.

by not treating the wholeness of a person， by not acknowledging their potency， we are creating another ill on top of whatever natural struggle they might have. we are effectively grading someone's worth to our community. so we need to see through the pathology and into the range of human capability. and， most importantly， there's a partnership between those perceived deficiencies and our greatest creative ability. so it's not about devaluing， or negating， these more trying times as something we want to avoid or sweep under the rug， but instead to find those opportunities wrapped in the adversity. so maybe the idea i want to put out there is not so much overcoming adversity as it is opening ourselves up to it， embracing it， grappling with it， to use a wrestling term， maybe even dancing with it. and， perhaps， if we see adversity as natural， consistent and useful， we're less burdened by the presence of it.

this year we celebrate the 200th birthday of charles darwin， and it was 150 years ago， when writing about evolution， that darwin illustrated， i think， a truth about the human character. to paraphrase: it's not the strongest of the species that survives， nor is it the most intelligent that survives; it is the one that is most adaptable to change. conflict is the genesis of creation. from darwin's work， amongst others， we can recognize that the human ability to survive and flourish is driven by the struggle of the human spirit through conflict into transformation. so， again， transformation， adaptation， is our greatest human skill. and， perhaps， until we're tested， we don't know what we're made of. maybe that's what adversity gives us: a sense of self， a sense of our own power. so， we can give ourselves a gift. we can re-imagine adversity as something more than just tough times. maybe we can see it as change. adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

i think the greatest adversity that we've created for ourselves is this idea of normalcy. now， who's normal? there's no normal. there's common， there's typical. there's no normal， and would you want to meet that poor， beige person if they e_isted? (laughter) i don't think so. if we can change this paradigm from one of achieving normalcy to one of possibility -- or potency， to be even a little bit more dangerous -- we can release the power of so many more children， and invite them to engage their rare and valuable abilities with the community.

anthropologists tell us that the one thing we as humans have always required of our community members is to be of use， to be able to contribute. there's evidence that neanderthals， 60，000 years ago， carried their elderly and those with serious physical injury， and perhaps it's because the life e_perience of survival of these people proved of value to the community. they didn't view these people as broken and useless; they were seen as rare and valuable.

a few years ago， i was in a food market in the town where i grew up in that red zone in northeastern pennsylvania， and i was standing over a bushel of tomatoes. it was summertime: i had shorts on. i hear this guy， his voice behind me say， "well， if it isn't aimee mullins." and i turn around， and it's this older man. i have no idea who he is.

and i said， "i'm sorry， sir， have we met? i don't remember meeting you."

he said， "well， you wouldn't remember meeting me. i mean， when we met i was delivering you from your mother's womb." (laughter) oh， that guy. and， but of course， actually， it did click.

this man was dr. kean， a man that i had only known about through my mother's stories of that day， because， of course， typical fashion， i arrived late for my birthday by two weeks. and so my mother's prenatal physician had gone on vacation， so the man who delivered me was a complete stranger to my parents. and， because i was born without the fibula bones， and had feet turned in， and a few toes in this foot and a few toes in that， he had to be the bearer -- this stranger had to be the bearer of bad news.

he said to me， "i had to give this prognosis to your parents that you would never walk， and you would never have the kind of mobility that other kids have or any kind of life of independence， and you've been making liar out of me ever since." (laughter) (applause)

the e_traordinary thing is that he said he had saved newspaper clippings throughout my whole childhood， whether winning a second grade spelling bee， marching with the girl scouts， you know， the halloween parade， winning my college scholarship， or any of my sports victories， and he was using it， and integrating it into teaching resident students， med students from hahnemann medical school and hershey medical school. and he called this part of the course the _ factor， the potential of the human will. no prognosis can account for how powerful this could be as a determinant in the quality of someone's life. and dr. kean went on to tell me， he said， "in my e_perience， unless repeatedly told otherwise， and even if given a modicum of support， if left to their own devices， a child will achieve."

see， dr. kean made that shift in thinking. he understood that there's a difference between the medical condition and what someone might do with it. and there's been a shift in my thinking over time， in that， if you had asked me at 15 years old， if i would have traded prosthetics for flesh-and-bone legs， i wouldn't have hesitated for a second. i aspired to that kind of normalcy back then. but if you ask me today， i'm not so sure. and it's because of the e_periences i've had with them， not in spite of the e_periences i've had with them. and perhaps this shift in me has happened because i've been e_posed to more people who have opened doors for me than those who have put lids and cast shadows on me.

see， all you really need is one person to show you the epiphany of your own power， and you're off. if you can hand somebody the key to their own power -- the human spirit is so receptive -- if you can do that and open a door for someone at a crucial moment， you are educating them in the best sense. you're teaching them to open doors for themselves. in fact， the e_act meaning of the word "educate" comes from the root word "educe." it means "to bring forth what is within， to bring out potential." so again， which potential do we want to bring out?

there was a case study done in 1960s britain， when they were moving from grammar schools to comprehensive schools. it's called the streaming trials. we call it "tracking" here in the states. it's separating students from a， b， c， d and so on. and the "a students" get the tougher curriculum， the best teachers， etc. well， they took， over a three-month period， d-level students， gave them a's， told them they were "a's，" told them they were bright， and at the end of this three-month period， they were performing at a-level.

and， of course， the heartbreaking， flip side of this study， is that they took the "a students" and told them they were "d's." and that's what happened at the end of that three-month period. those who were still around in school， besides the people who had dropped out. a crucial part of this case study was that the teachers were duped too. the teachers didn't know a switch had been made. they were simply told， "these are the 'a-students，' these are the 'd-students.'" and that's how they went about teaching them and treating them.

so， i think that the only true disability is a crushed spirit， a spirit that's been crushed doesn't have hope， it doesn't see beauty， it no longer has our natural， childlike curiosity and our innate ability to imagine. if instead， we can bolster a human spirit to keep hope， to see beauty in themselves and others， to be curious and imaginative， then we are truly using our power well. when a spirit has those qualities， we are able to create new realities and new ways of being.

i'd like to leave you with a poem by a fourteenth-century persian poet named hafiz that my friend， jacques dembois told me about， and the poem is called "the god who only knows four words": "every child has known god， not the god of names， not the god of don'ts， but the god who only knows four words and keeps repeating them， saying， 'come dance with me. come， dance with me. come， dance with me.'"

thank you. (applause)

2、ted演讲稿精选

chinese restaurants have played an important role in american history， as a matter of fact. the cuban missile crisis was resolved in a chinese restaurant called yenching palace in washington， d.c.， which unfortunately is closed now， and about to be turned into walgreen's. and the house that john wilkes booth planned the assassination of abraham lincoln is actually also now a chinese restaurant called wok 'n roll， on h street in washington.

事实上，中国餐馆在美国历史上发挥了很重要的作用。古巴导弹危机是在华盛顿一家名叫“燕京馆”的中餐馆里解决的。很不幸，这家餐馆现在关门了，即将被改建成沃尔格林连锁药店。而约翰威尔克斯布斯刺杀林肯的那所房子现在也成了一家中餐馆，就是位于华盛顿的“锅和卷”。

and if you think about it， a lot of the foods that you think of or we think of or americans think of as chinese food are barely recognizable to chinese， for e_ample: beef with broccoli， egg rolls， general tso's chicken， fortune cookies， chop suey， the take-out bo_es.

如果你仔细想想，就会发现很多你们所认为或我们所认为，或是美国人所认为的中国食物，中国人并不认识。比如西兰花牛肉、蛋卷、左宗棠鸡、幸运饼干、杂碎、外卖盒子。

so， the interesting question is， how do you go from fortune cookies being something that is japanese to being something that is chinese? well， the short answer is， we locked up all the japanese during world war ii， including those that made fortune cookies， so that's the time when the chinese moved in， kind of saw a market opportunity and took over.

所以有趣的是，幸运饼干是怎么从日本的东西变成中国的东西的呢?简单地说，我们在二战时扣押了所以的日本人，包括那些做幸运饼干的。这时候，中国人来了，看到了商机，自然就据为己有了。

general tso's chicken -- which， by the way， in the us naval academy is called admiral tso's chicken. i love this dish. the original name in my book was actually called the long march of general tso， and he has marched very far indeed， because he is sweet， he is fried， and he is chicken -- all things that americans love.

左宗棠鸡，在美国海校被称为左司令鸡。我很喜欢这道菜。在我的书里，这道菜实际上叫左将的长征，它确实在美国很受欢迎 ，因为它是甜的，油炸的，是鸡肉做的全部都是美国人的最爱。

so， you know， i realized when i was there， general tso is kind of a lot like colonel sanders in america， in that he's known for chicken and not war. but in china， this guy's actually known for war and not chicken.

我意识到左宗棠将有点像美国的桑德斯上校(肯德基创始人)，因为他是因鸡肉而出名的而不是战争。而在中国，左宗棠确实是因为战争而不是鸡肉闻名的。

so it's kind of part of the phenomenon i called spontaneous self-organization， right， where， like in ant colonies， where little decisions made by -- on the micro-level actually have a big impact on the macro-level.

这就有点像我所说的自发组织现象。就像在蚂蚁群中，在微观层面上做的小小决定会在宏观层面上产生巨大的影响。

and the great innovation of chicken mcnuggets was not nuggetfying them， because that's kind of an easy concept， but the trick behind chicken mcnuggets was， they were able to remove the chicken from the bone in a cost-effective manner， which is why it took so long for other people to copy them.

麦乐鸡块的发明并没有给他们带来切实收益，因为这个想法很简单，但麦乐鸡背后的技巧是如何用一种划算的方式来把鸡肉从骨头上剔出来。这就是为什么过了这么久才有人模仿他们。

we can think of chinese restaurants perhaps as linu_: sort of an open source thing， right， where ideas from one person can be copied and propagated across the entire system， that there can be specialized versions of chinese food， you know， depending on the region.

我们可以把中餐馆比作linu_：一种开源系统。一个人的想法可以在整个系统中被复制，被普及。在不同的地区，就有特别版本的中国菜。

3、ted演讲稿精选

简介：残奥会短跑冠aimee mullins天生没有腓骨，从小就要学习靠义肢走路和奔跑。如今，她不仅是短跑选手、演员、模特，还是一位稳健的演讲者。她不喜欢字典中 “disabled”这个词，因为负面词汇足以毁掉一个人。但是，坦然面对不幸，你会发现等待你的是更多的机会。

i'd like to share with you a discovery that i made a few months ago while writing an article for italian wired. i always keep my thesaurus handy whenever i'm writing anything， but i'd already finished editing the piece， and i realized that i had never once in my life looked up the word "disabled" to see what i'd find.

let me read you the entry. "disabled， adjective: crippled， helpless， useless， wrecked， stalled， maimed， wounded， mangled， lame， mutilated， run-down， worn-out， weakened， impotent， castrated， paralyzed， handicapped， senile， decrepit， laid-up， done-up， done-for， done-in cracked-up， counted-out; see also hurt， useless and weak. antonyms， healthy， strong， capable." i was reading this list out loud to a friend and at first was laughing， it was so ludicrous， but i'd just gotten past "mangled，" and my voice broke， and i had to stop and collect myself from the emotional shock and impact that the assault from these words unleashed.

you know， of course， this is my raggedy old thesaurus so i'm thinking this must be an ancient print date， right? but， in fact， the print date was the early 1980s， when i would have been starting primary school and forming an understanding of myself outside the family unit and as related to the other kids and the world around me. and， needless to say， thank god i wasn't using a thesaurus back then. i mean， from this entry， it would seem that i was born into a world that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them， when in fact， today i'm celebrated for the opportunities and adventures my life has procured.

so， i immediately went to look up the __ online edition， e_pecting to find a revision worth noting. here's the updated version of this entry. unfortunately， it's not much better. i find the last two words under "near antonyms，" particularly unsettling: "whole" and "wholesome."

so， it's not just about the words. it's what we believe about people when we name them with these words. it's about the values behind the words， and how we construct those values. our language affects our thinking and how we view the world and how we view other people. in fact， many ancient societies， including the greeks and the romans， believed that to utter a curse verbally was so powerful， because to say the thing out loud brought it into e_istence. so， what reality do we want to call into e_istence: a person who is limited， or a person who's empowered? by casually doing something as simple as naming a person， a child， we might be putting lids and casting shadows on their power. wouldn't we want to open doors for them instead?

one such person who opened doors for me was my childhood doctor at the a.i. dupont institute in wilmington， delaware. his name was dr. pizzutillo， an italian american， whose name， apparently， was too difficult for most americans to pronounce， so he went by dr. p. and dr. p always wore really colorful bow ties and had the very perfect disposition to work with children.

i loved almost everything about my time spent at this hospital， with the e_ception of my physical therapy sessions. i had to do what seemed like innumerable repetitions of e_ercises with these thick， elastic bands -- different colors， you know -- to help build up my leg muscles， and i hated these bands more than anything -- i hated them， had names for them. i hated them. and， you know， i was already bargaining， as a five year-old child， with dr. p to try to get out of doing these e_ercises， unsuccessfully， of course. and， one day， he came in to my session -- e_haustive and unforgiving， these sessions -- and he said to me， "wow. aimee， you are such a strong and powerful little girl， i think you're going to break one of those bands. when you do break it， i'm going to give you a hundred bucks."

now， of course， this was a simple ploy on dr. p's part to get me to do the e_ercises i didn't want to do before the prospect of being the richest five-year-old in the second floor ward， but what he effectively did for me was reshape an awful daily occurrence into a new and promising e_perience for me. and i have to wonder today to what e_tent his vision and his declaration of me as a strong and powerful little girl shaped my own view of myself as an inherently strong， powerful and athletic person well into the future.

this is an e_ample of how adults in positions of power can ignite the power of a child. but， in the previous instances of those thesaurus entries， our language isn't allowing us to evolve into the reality that we would all want， the possibility of an individual to see themselves as capable. our language hasn't caught up with the changes in our society， many of which have been brought about by technology. certainly， from a medical standpoint， my legs， laser surgery for vision impairment， titanium knees and hip replacements for aging bodies that are allowing people to more fully engage with their abilities， and move beyond the limits that nature has imposed on them -- not to mention social networking platforms allow people to self-identify， to claim their own descriptions of themselves， so they can go align with global groups of their own choosing. so， perhaps technology is revealing more clearly to us now what has always been a truth: that everyone has something rare and powerful to offer our society， and that the human ability to adapt is our greatest asset.

the human ability to adapt， it's an interesting thing， because people have continually wanted to talk to me about overcoming adversity， and i'm going to make an admission: this phrase never sat right with me， and i always felt uneasy trying to answer people's questions about it， and i think i'm starting to figure out why. implicit in this phrase of "overcoming adversity" is the idea that success， or happiness， is about emerging on the other side of a challenging e_perience unscathed or unmarked by the e_perience， as if my successes in life have come about from an ability to sidestep or circumnavigate the presumed pitfalls of a life with prosthetics， or what other people perceive as my disability. but， in fact， we are changed. we are marked， of course， by a challenge， whether physically， emotionally or both. and i'm going to suggest that this is a good thing. adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. it's part of our life. and i tend to think of it like my shadow. sometimes i see a lot of it， sometimes there's very little， but it's always with me. and， certainly， i'm not trying to diminish the impact， the weight， of a person's struggle.

there is adversity and challenge in life， and it's all very real and relative to every single person， but the question isn't whether or not you're going to meet adversity， but how you're going to meet it. so， our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity， but preparing them to meet it well. and we do a disservice to our kids when we make them feel that they're not equipped to adapt. there's an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not i'm disabled. and， truthfully， the only real and consistent disability i've had to confront is the world ever thinking that i could be described by those definitions.

in our desire to protect those we care about by giving them the cold， hard truth about their medical prognosis， or， indeed， a prognosis on the e_pected quality of their life， we have to make sure that we don't put the first brick in a wall that will actually disable someone. perhaps the e_isting model of only looking at what is broken in you and how do we fi_ it， serves to be more disabling to the individual than the pathology itself.

by not treating the wholeness of a person， by not acknowledging their potency， we are creating another ill on top of whatever natural struggle they might have. we are effectively grading someone's worth to our community. so we need to see through the pathology and into the range of human capability. and， most importantly， there's a partnership between those perceived deficiencies and our greatest creative ability. so it's not about devaluing， or negating， these more trying times as something we want to avoid or sweep under the rug， but instead to find those opportunities wrapped in the adversity. so maybe the idea i want to put out there is not so much overcoming adversity as it is opening ourselves up to it， embracing it， grappling with it， to use a wrestling term， maybe even dancing with it. and， perhaps， if we see adversity as natural， consistent and useful， we're less burdened by the presence of it.

this year we celebrate the 200th birthday of charles darwin， and it was 150 years ago， when writing about evolution， that darwin illustrated， i think， a truth about the human character. to paraphrase: it's not the strongest of the species that survives， nor is it the most intelligent that survives; it is the one that is most adaptable to change. conflict is the genesis of creation. from darwin's work， amongst others， we can recognize that the human ability to survive and flourish is driven by the struggle of the human spirit through conflict into transformation. so， again， transformation， adaptation， is our greatest human skill. and， perhaps， until we're tested， we don't know what we're made of. maybe that's what adversity gives us: a sense of self， a sense of our own power. so， we can give ourselves a gift. we can re-imagine adversity as something more than just tough times. maybe we can see it as change. adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

i think the greatest adversity that we've created for ourselves is this idea of normalcy. now， who's normal? there's no normal. there's common， there's typical. there's no normal， and would you want to meet that poor， beige person if they e_isted? (laughter) i don't think so. if we can change this paradigm from one of achieving normalcy to one of possibility -- or potency， to be even a little bit more dangerous -- we can release the power of so many more children， and invite them to engage their rare and valuable abilities with the community.

anthropologists tell us that the one thing we as humans have always required of our community members is to be of use， to be able to contribute. there's evidence that neanderthals， 60，000 years ago， carried their elderly and those with serious physical injury， and perhaps it's because the life e_perience of survival of these people proved of value to the community. they didn't view these people as broken and useless; they were seen as rare and valuable.

a few years ago， i was in a food market in the town where i grew up in that red zone in northeastern pennsylvania， and i was standing over a bushel of tomatoes. it was summertime: i had shorts on. i hear this guy， his voice behind me say， "well， if it isn't aimee mullins." and i turn around， and it's this older man. i have no idea who he is.

and i said， "i'm sorry， sir， have we met? i don't remember meeting you."

he said， "well， you wouldn't remember meeting me. i mean， when we met i was delivering you from your mother's womb." (laughter) oh， that guy. and， but of course， actually， it did click.

this man was dr. kean， a man that i had only known about through my mother's stories of that day， because， of course， typical fashion， i arrived late for my birthday by two weeks. and so my mother's prenatal physician had gone on vacation， so the man who delivered me was a complete stranger to my parents. and， because i was born without the fibula bones， and had feet turned in， and a few toes in this foot and a few toes in that， he had to be the bearer -- this stranger had to be the bearer of bad news.

he said to me， "i had to give this prognosis to your parents that you would never walk， and you would never have the kind of mobility that other kids have or any kind of life of independence， and you've been making liar out of me ever since." (laughter) (applause)

the e_traordinary thing is that he said he had saved newspaper clippings throughout my whole childhood， whether winning a second grade spelling bee， marching with the girl scouts， you know， the halloween parade， winning my college scholarship， or any of my sports victories， and he was using it， and integrating it into teaching resident students， med students from hahnemann medical school and hershey medical school. and he called this part of the course the _ factor， the potential of the human will. no prognosis can account for how powerful this could be as a determinant in the quality of someone's life. and dr. kean went on to tell me， he said， "in my e_perience， unless repeatedly told otherwise， and even if given a modicum of support， if left to their own devices， a child will achieve."

see， dr. kean made that shift in thinking. he understood that there's a difference between the medical condition and what someone might do with it. and there's been a shift in my thinking over time， in that， if you had asked me at 15 years old， if i would have traded prosthetics for flesh-and-bone legs， i wouldn't have hesitated for a second. i aspired to that kind of normalcy back then. but if you ask me today， i'm not so sure. and it's because of the e_periences i've had with them， not in spite of the e_periences i've had with them. and perhaps this shift in me has happened because i've been e_posed to more people who have opened doors for me than those who have put lids and cast shadows on me.

see， all you really need is one person to show you the epiphany of your own power， and you're off. if you can hand somebody the key to their own power -- the human spirit is so receptive -- if you can do that and open a door for someone at a crucial moment， you are educating them in the best sense. you're teaching them to open doors for themselves. in fact， the e_act meaning of the word "educate" comes from the root word "educe." it means "to bring forth what is within， to bring out potential." so again， which potential do we want to bring out?

there was a case study done in 1960s britain， when they were moving from grammar schools to comprehensive schools. it's called the streaming trials. we call it "tracking" here in the states. it's separating students from a， b， c， d and so on. and the "a students" get the tougher curriculum， the best teachers， etc. well， they took， over a three-month period， d-level students， gave them a's， told them they were "a's，" told them they were bright， and at the end of this three-month period， they were performing at a-level.

and， of course， the heartbreaking， flip side of this study， is that they took the "a students" and told them they were "d's." and that's what happened at the end of that three-month period. those who were still around in school， besides the people who had dropped out. a crucial part of this case study was that the teachers were duped too. the teachers didn't know a switch had been made. they were simply told， "these are the 'a-students，' these are the 'd-students.'" and that's how they went about teaching them and treating them.

so， i think that the only true disability is a crushed spirit， a spirit that's been crushed doesn't have hope， it doesn't see beauty， it no longer has our natural， childlike curiosity and our innate ability to imagine. if instead， we can bolster a human spirit to keep hope， to see beauty in themselves and others， to be curious and imaginative， then we are truly using our power well. when a spirit has those qualities， we are able to create new realities and new ways of being.

i'd like to leave you with a poem by a fourteenth-century persian poet named hafiz that my friend， jacques dembois told me about， and the poem is called "the god who only knows four words": "every child has known god， not the god of names， not the god of don'ts， but the god who only knows four words and keeps repeating them， saying， 'come dance with me. come， dance with me. come， dance with me.'"

thank you. (applause)

4、ted演讲稿精选

in a funny， rapid-fire 4 minutes， ale_is ohanian of reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to web stardom. the lesson of mister splashy pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the facebook age.

这段有趣的4分钟演讲，来自 reddit 网站创始人 ale_is ohanian。他讲了一个座头鲸在网上一夜成名的真实故事。“溅水先生”的故事是脸书时代米姆(小编注：根据《牛津英语词典》，meme被定义为：“文化的基本单位，通过非遗传的方式，特别是模仿而得到传递。”)制造者和传播者共同创造的经典案例。

演讲的开头，ale_is ohanian 介绍了“溅水先生”的故事。“绿色和平”环保组织为了阻止日本的捕鲸行为，在一只鲸鱼体内植入新片，并发起一个为这只座头鲸起名的活动。“绿色和平”组织希望起低调奢华有内涵的名字，但经过 reddit 的宣传和推动，票数最多的却是非常不高大上的“溅水先生”这个名字。经过几番折腾，“绿色和平”接受了这个名字，并且这一行动成功阻止了日本捕鲸活动。

演讲内容节选(ale_ ohanian 从社交网络的角度分析这个事件)

and actually， redditors in the internet community were happy to participate， but they weren't whale lovers. a few of them certainly were. but we're talking about a lot of people who were just really interested and really caught up in this great meme， and in fact someone from greenpeace came back on the site and thanked reddit for its participation. but this wasn't really out of altruism. this was just out of interest in doing something cool.

事实上，reddit 的社区用户们很高兴参与其中，但他们并非是鲸鱼爱好者。当然，他们中的一小部分或许是。我们看到的是一群人积极地去参与到这个米姆(社会活动)中，实际上 “绿色和平”中的人登陆 reddit.com，感谢大家的参与。网友们这么做并非是完全的利他主义。他们只是觉得做这件事很酷。

and this is kind of how the internet works. this is that great big secret. because the internet provides this level playing field. your link is just as good as your link， which is just as good as my link. as long as we have a browser， anyone can get to any website no matter how big a budget you have.

这就是互联网的运作方式。这就是我说的秘密。因为互联网提供的是一个机会均等平台。你分享的链接跟他分享的链接一样有趣，我分享的链接也不赖。只要我们有一个浏览器，不论你的财富几何，你都可以去到想浏览的页面。

the other important thing is that it costs nothing to get that content online now. there are so many great publishing tools that are available， it only takes a few minutes of your time now to actually produce something. and the cost of iteration is so cheap that you might as well give it a go.

另外，从互联网获取内容不需要任何成本。如今，互联网有各种各样的发布工具，你只需要几分钟就可以成为内容的提供者。这种行为的成本非常低，你也可以试试。

and if you do， be genuine about it. be honest. be up front. and one of the great lessons that greenpeace actually learned was that it's okay to lose control. the final message that i want to share with all of you -- that you can do well online. if you want to succeed you've got to be okay to just lose control. thank you.

如果你真的决定试试，那么请真挚、诚实、坦率地去做。“绿色和平”在这个故事中获得的教训是，有时候失控并不一定是坏事。最后我想告诉你们的是你可以在网络上做得很好。如果你想在网络上成功，你得经得起一点失控。谢谢。

5、ted演讲稿精选

I was one of the only kids in college who had a reason to go to the P.O. bo_ at the end of the day， and that was mainly because my mother has never believed in email， in Facebook， in te_ting or cell phones in general. And so while other kids were BBM-ing their parents， I was literally waiting by the mailbo_ to get a letter from home to see how the weekend had gone， which was a little frustrating when Grandma was in the hospital， but I was just looking for some sort of scribble， some unkempt cursive from my mother.

And so when I moved to New York City after college and got completely sucker-punched in the face by depression， I did the only thing I could think of at the time. I wrote those same kinds of letters that my mother had written me for strangers， and tucked them all throughout the city， dozens and dozens of them. I left them everywhere， in cafes and in libraries， at the U.N.， everywhere. I blogged about those letters and the days when they were necessary， and I posed a kind of crazy promise to the Internet: that if you asked me for a hand-written letter， I would write you one， no questions asked. Overnight， my inbo_ morphed into this harbor of heartbreak -- a single mother in Sacramento， a girl being bullied in rural Kansas， all asking me， a 22-year-old girl who barely even knew her own coffee order， to write them a love letter and give them a reason to wait by the mailbo_.

Well， today I fuel a global organization that is fueled by those trips to the mailbo_， fueled by the ways in which we can harness social media like never before to write and mail strangers letters when they need them most， but most of all， fueled by crates of mail like this one， my trusty mail crate， filled with the scriptings of ordinary people， strangers writing letters to other strangers not because they're ever going to meet and laugh over a cup of coffee， but because they have found one another by way of letter-writing.

But， you know， the thing that always gets me about these letters is that most of them have been written by people that have never known themselves loved on a piece of paper. They could not tell you about the ink of their own love letters. They're the ones from my generation， the ones of us that have grown up into a world where everything is paperless， and where some of our best conversations have happened upon a screen. We have learned to diary our pain onto Facebook， and we speak swiftly in 140 characters or less.

But what if it's not about efficiency this time? I was on the subway yesterday with this mail crate， which is a conversation starter， let me tell you. If you ever need one， just carry one of these. (Laughter) And a man just stared at me， and he was like， "Well， why don't you use the Internet?" And I thought， "Well， sir， I am not a strategist， nor am I specialist. I am merely a storyteller." And so I could tell you about a woman whose husband has just come home from Afghanistan， and she is having a hard time unearthing this thing called conversation， and so she tucks love letters throughout the house as a way to say， "Come back to me. Find me when you can." Or a girl who decides that she is going to leave love letters around her campus in Dubuque， Iowa， only to find her efforts ripple-effected the ne_t day when she walks out onto the quad and finds love letters hanging from the trees， tucked in the bushes and the benches. Or the man who decides that he is going to take his life， uses Facebook as a way to say goodbye to friends and family. Well， tonight he sleeps safely with a stack of letters just like this one tucked beneath his pillow， scripted by strangers who were there for him when.

These are the kinds of stories that convinced me that letter-writing will never again need to flip back her hair and talk about efficiency， because she is an art form now， all the parts of her， the signing， the scripting， the mailing， the doodles in the margins. The mere fact that somebody would even just sit down， pull out a piece of paper and think about someone the whole way through， with an intention that is so much harder to unearth when the browser is up and the iPhone is pinging and we've got si_ conversations rolling in at once， that is an art form that does not fall down to the Goliath of "get faster，" no matter how many social networks we might join. We still clutch close these letters to our chest， to the words that speak louder than loud， when we turn pages into palettes to say the things that we have needed to say， the words that we have needed to write， to sisters and brothers and even to strangers， for far too long. Thank you. (Applause) (Applause)

6、青春演讲稿 青春演讲稿精选范文

尊敬的老师们，亲爱的同学们：

大家好!

一段岁月，一畔青春。青春的道路，漫长而曲折。走过平坦的大道，能感受到一路顺风的畅快;走过崎岖的小径，能感受到跋山涉水的艰难。一路汗水泼洒，埋头奋斗，在奋斗的青春路上栽下成功的鲜花，涂抹青春的色彩。

夏天是整个宇宙向上的一个阶段，在这时使人的身心解脱尽重重的束缚，激情与热血在年轻的身躯中澎湃。追随心的律动，我参加了全国钢琴大赛。

梦在前方，一路行进不止，奋斗不止。

月色的银辉像是这暗夜的伤口，点点月光便从其中流泻下来。小小的窗口依旧亮着一盏昏黄的灯，为我的奋斗指引方向。与月色媲美，与青春同行。

虽不及孔子“读《易》韦编三绝”，每日里我的手指也确是红肿胀痛，渐渐磨成了茧。但整日的练习，关节的酸痛，思绪的凝注，都掩不过指下生涩的音符。

“为什么无法成功，奋斗难道毫无出路?”我数次的失败后不禁对自己的行为感到怀疑。我几乎放弃。扭头望向窗外，月光依旧平静如初，一如那个我立下决心的夜。“愿你走过韶华，依旧不忘初心。”我要继续奋斗。发狂似的练习，整栋楼似是将要被我摧毁，谱上凌乱分散的音符，被我的眼神紧紧攥住，压到琴键上。我的身体开始随旋律舞动，常常眼光呆滞，神情投入，着魔似的溺在音乐中，演奏中。

不知温暖了几十遍琴键瘦小细长的身躯，黑白相间的花田上多了两只自由翻飞的蝴蝶，它们飞舞，腾跃，流出一段醉人的音乐，瀑布般泄下，卷席，包裹着我。此刻的我，全然忘尽体内愈加强烈的酸痛感，醉心于此。汗水在不知觉间从发梢滑下，间杂着微咸。

或许，是奋斗的滋味?

走进华丽的演奏大厅，着了闪耀的礼服，等待着，等待着奋斗的花儿绽放。“五号!”我昂首阔步，走上舞台。

指尖滑过，蝴蝶翻飞。一曲《春舞》将舞台搬至阳春三月的田野。我沉醉于蝴蝶绚烂的色泽，觉着青春的神秘与极美已在蜕变中彰示了全部的答案。而那些蝴蝶沐浴着阳光，正舞与奋斗的花田之上。曲毕，掌声意欲掀起屋顶。当纤细的手指给予璀璨的奖杯以温度，奋斗之花，已然绽放。

奋斗在左，汗水在右，走在奋斗的青春路旁，随时播种，悄然绽放，使穿枝拂叶的我奋力奔跑，探求成功的方向。拨开重重荆棘，抬眼发现，我，在奋斗的青春路上。

7、青春演讲稿 青春演讲稿精选范文

各位领导、各位评委、各位青年朋友们：

大家好!

我叫某某，很高兴能够和大家一起探讨追求卓越，奉献青春，这个话题，今天我要演讲的题目是《甘于奉献，点燃烈火青春》。

让青春烈火燃烧永恒，让生命闪电划过天边，用所有热情换回时间，让年轻的梦没有终点!我非常欣赏《烈火青春》里面的这段话，并一直用它激励自己的学习、工作和生活。我认为，青春就应该燃烧，发出亮光才有价值!人的一生可能燃烧也可能腐朽，既然这样，我不愿腐朽，也不能腐朽，我愿意燃烧起来!在座的朋友们!你们愿意吗?

青春，是我们一生中最美丽的季节，她孕育着早春的生机，展现着盛夏的热烈，暗藏着金秋的硕实，昭示着寒冬的希望，充满诗意而不缺乏拼搏的激情，时尚浪漫而又饱含着奋斗的艰辛。当一个人的青春融汇到一个时代、一份事业中，这样的青春就不会远去，而这份事业也必将在岁月的历练中折射出耀眼的光芒。

说到这里，我想起了这样一句话：“有的人活着，他已经死了;有的人死了，他还活着。”生命的意义在于活着，那么活着的意义又是什么呢?当然不是为了活着而活着，答案只有两个字，奉献!我们可以设想一下，不付出、不创造、不追求，这样的青春必然在似水年华中渐渐老去，回首过往，没有痕迹，没有追忆，人生四处弥漫着叹息。我想，这绝对不是我们存在的意义。古往今来，有无数能人志士在自己的青春年华就已经成就了不朽的人生，在这里我来不及一一列举。可是，有一个人的名字我却不能不提，他是我们永远的学习榜样，一个最平凡最无私也是最伟大的人。大家知道他是谁吗?这个传奇人物就是雷锋，他告诫我们说：“青春啊，永远是美好的，可是真正的青春，只属于那些永远力争上游的人，永远忘我劳动的人，永远谦虚的人!”我想在座的每一位包括我自己都可以成为这样的人。

说实话，三年前，我刚来工作的时候也有过失落和茫然，感觉现实不尽如人意，感觉离曾经的梦想总是有一些距离，一度陷入困惑之中。可是，青春的我是一把刚铸好的刀，不容得你有片刻的等待和迟疑。我决不能眼睁睁看着这把刀慢慢氧化，失去光泽，随即斑驳、锈蚀、风化，最后成为一块废铁。我告诉自己，“只要你是金子，就能放光，只要你斗志昂扬的面对生活、面对工作，你就会有所获得。”路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。青春是学习的季节，青春是奋斗的岁月，不要停止我们前进的步伐，因为青春的路正长。有空的时候静下心来好好看看书，回头想想自己走过的路，为自己的人生做好一个规划，把自己的理想铭刻在心中，做一个甘于寂寞，敢于创新、干劲十足的年青人。

青春不是人生的一段时期，而是心灵的一种状况。如果你的心灵很年青，你就会常常保持许多梦想，在浓云密布的日子里，依然会抓住瞬间闪过的金色阳光。我们虽出生于不同的年代，工作在不同的岗位，但我们拥有一个共同的家，在这里，我们信守同样的企业精神，写下同样的奉献承诺，拥有同样的壮美青春。这是一次演讲，更是一次告白。当我满带着青春的气息，怀揣着沉甸甸的梦想与信念站在这里的那刻，我的内心是如此的坦荡与激昂，那种难以形容的兴奋与紧张，我真诚的邀请你们一同分享。

8、青春演讲稿 青春演讲稿精选范文

亲爱的老师，同学们：

大家好!

岁月总数得那么匆匆，不经意间，我已经度过了14个秋冬春夏。在妈妈嘴里，常常听到我呀呀学语时的趣事，今天我迈入了一个黄金岁月青春。随着年龄的增长，我的心里多了一些“士兵”，他们都是青春的孩子，他们帮助我打败一系列的敌人……

记得小时侯，我做功课时，常常会突然觉得做得乏味，原来有一个叫做“惰性”的人过来跟我捣乱。唉，休息吧，我就这样一次又一次地被惰性打败，隐隐地听到那个叫“惰性”的人在偷偷的笑着。可是现在，我心中多了一个叫做“意志”的士兵，惰性这个时候又来捣乱了。于是毅力提醒我，都初二了，再不努力就不行了，“意志”帮我赶走了那个坏家伙，我尝到了一次次战胜“惰性”的喜悦。

还记得以前，如果有人无意碰我一下，我就会听到一个声音传出来：“某吧，孩子”，原来是“小心眼”老爷爷在说话，于是我就打了他好几下，边打边想：这次我可占便宜了。就这样，我的朋友越来越少。可是我就是无法抗拒他，也不忍心打败他，因为他毕竟使我“赚”来不少“财富”。如今，我的心里有多了一个“士兵”，他终于帮助我打败了“小心眼爷爷”，他的名字就叫“宽容”。“宽容”成了我的朋友，也使我赢得了其他更多的好朋友。现在再遇到这种事情，我只是对那个碰我的人微微一笑。

刚进入初中，我迷上了电脑，虚拟的世界让我留恋忘返，电脑游戏更是常常让我忘记了一切。原来一个叫“沉迷”的人钻在我的脑子作崇。“模拟城市”、“魔兽争霸”、“QQ聊天”，整天就是对着电脑，什么都不想。跟同学们的交流也是张口游戏闭口游戏。终于，青春的孩子“自控”出现了，她把我从游戏中拉了出来，终于我打败了“沉迷”那个家伙。

如今青春是我的了，我成了他的主人。我知道青春的时间是短暂而又很珍贵的。他给了我朝气、动力，催我积极向上。看见教室里专心听讲的我了吗?我正象一只蜜蜂，贪婪的吸取知识的精华，把它们酿成最甜的蜜;是什么让我如此的刻苦，是青春赐予我们的勤劳。看见篮球场上的我了吗?我在那里尽力的和他人拼抢。汗水浸湿了我的背，可是我总是觉得有种无法阻挡的力量在激励着我，是什么，是青春的力量。

青春是美好的，青春是积极向上的，我要在短暂的青春时光中，尽量挥洒我的魅力。

我的演讲完毕。

谢谢大家!

9、青春演讲稿 青春演讲稿精选范文

尊敬的老师们，亲爱的同学们：

大家好!

青春，如花似火，灿烂热烈，是我们人生交响曲的序曲。就算遇到再多的困难，遇到再多的曲折，但对于我们来说，也是有益的经历。因为它能使我们得到宝贵的经验。青春是全盛的，它蕴含着人生中最大的创造力。但它需要开发;青春是美好的，它凝聚着人生中最动人的活力，但它需要释放;青春是短暂的，它拥有着人生中最迅速的旋律，但它需要把握，青春是我们的，它是我们人生中最美好的时光，但它需要珍惜。

青春，是该珍惜。它给了我们动力，让我们继续向前。青春，是该珍惜。它给了我们希望，让我们更加努力。如果你拥有了青春，那你就拥有了前进的动力;如果你拥有了青春，那你就拥有了最迅速的旋律;如果你拥有了青春，那你也就拥有了最美好的时光。

青春，是该把握。青春是非常短暂的，它不仅需要我们珍惜，同时也需要我们把握。李大钊曾这样说过：“青年之字典，无‘困难’之字，青年这口头，无‘障碍’之语;惟知跃进，惟知雄飞，惟知本其自由之精神，奇僻之思想，锐敏之直觉，活泼之生命，以创造环境征服历史”。而我也要说：“青年之字，无‘退缩’之意，青年之口头，无‘放弃’之字。青年之字，应有‘把握’之字。”青春是美妙的，如果挥霍，那就是犯罪。青春是我们人生中的黄金阶段，如果不能把握，那就太可惜了。

青春，是该清点。清点青春，放飞青春。有时，青春上会拥有一根厚厚的绳索，但是我们要毫不犹豫地解开束缚在我们青春上的绳索，这样，我们的青春才会释放。只有清点我们的青春，我们的人生才会是多姿多彩的。

看!青春，它已向我们伸开了翅膀，只要我们愿意，它随时都可以带着我们展翅翱翔。

听!青春，它正向我们呼喊着，只要我们准备好，它随时都可以带着我们策马奔腾。

瞧!青春，它已张开了热情的怀抱，我们应该投入青春的怀抱，把握住这一刻。

每个人都渴望青春，憧憬自己的未来，让我们从现在做起珍惜所拥有的青春。来吧!让我们把握青春，清点青春，为这火红的青春鼓鼓劲，加加油吧!

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认识自我，是人生一道重要的关卡，是人生的重要转折。一个人若能正确的认识了自我，那么在人生路上也便不会迷茫。古希腊人曾把“认识自我”作为最高的智慧的象征，阿波罗神殿的大门上写着这样的一句话：要认抒自己

对自我的错误认知就有着错误的作为，所以要认识自我。一个人如果对于自己的认知都存在着错误的认知，那么将会作出错误的抉择。因为认知自己便是一种重要的精神意识，它几乎是任何事的出发点，人的所作所为均以自我认知为基础。譬如富人就会认知道自己富有，消费的时候就会大手笔，穷人则会尽量的节省。试想如果一个穷人错误的认为自己是一个富人，那么他的行为也可向而知了。

清晰正确的认识自我，将成为人生的一大助力，所以要认知自我。既然认知自我是行为的出发点，那么清晰的认知将会令出发点更前。如果一个人能清楚的知道自己的优势与劣势，那么便能清晰的清楚自己该做什么。修补自己的劣势，发挥自己的优势，就能令事情一帆风顺。

既然认识自我有着如此重要的，那么应该如何认知自我呢?首先就是他人的评价，他人客观的评价，往往会带来重要的信息，自己的优缺点。并且理解他人对自己的评价，同时也能够从他人的身上吸取经验。最重要的就是自省，这是一个不可缺失的环节。不论他人如何评价自己，如果本身都不自省的话，那么那些都将成为废话。客观和主管的结合，才能更充分更正确的认知自己。

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一个农民看到儿子开的那辆轻型卡车突然间翻到了水沟里。他大为惊慌，急忙跑到出事地点。当他看到水沟里有水，儿子被压在车下面，只有头露出水面。他毫不犹豫地跳进水沟，双手伸到车下，把车抬了起来。另一位跑来救助的工人帮他把失去知觉的儿子从下面拽了出来。 当地医生很快赶来了，经检查，发现农民的儿子只划破一点皮，没有其他损伤。此时，这个农民觉得奇怪了。刚才抬车时根本没想自己是否能抬得动，由于好奇，他又去试了一下，这次却根本抬不动那辆车了。生命能够承受多大的重量，生命有着怎样的韧性，我们想过吗? 生命是坚强的，它坚强地能够在死神面前毫无惧色，依然灿烂;但它又是脆弱的，脆弱地在一瞬间就消失了。生命或者说命运，对每个人都诗平的，关键看你如何面对。善待别人，善待自己，珍爱所拥有的一切--这或许就是我们对逝去的人最好的哀思。

珍爱我们的生命，生命是脆弱的，而生命又是顽强的。这脆弱与顽强取决于我们心中的安全之钟是否常响。遵守社会的规则，紧握宝贵的生命之花，让短暂的生命绽放光彩。