1. TED Watch & Comment What Adults Can Learn From Kids 英语视听校本公开课 常州一中 吴百荣

2. Warming-up video

3. Kids True love is like a mixture of friendship, appreciation and happiness----Ben, 8 yr Kids' definition and comprehension of love so true, so original, so amazing Kids are amazing in thinking, which is worth learning!!!

4. 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.

5. first known to the public at the age of 6, when she was recognized on local news in Seattle for her writing abilities. at the age of 7, appeared with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America. began writing blogs and keeping an online journal, where she comments on matters of both international significance and subjects of personal interest.

6. She has lectured before large audiences of both students and adults across the United States, and in the United Kingdom. In February 2010, Svitak spoke at the TED Conference, saying the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says.

7. What Can Adults Learn From Kids

8. 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

9. 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 trustexpect

10. Comprehension of the speech What can adults learn from kids according to Adora? irrational thinking/dream about perfection/imagine

11. 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...

12. Keep being kids irrational thinking dream about perfection dare to imagine

13. Homework Polish your comments