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1、www.XiYuS锡育软件I would like to share with you a new model of highereducation,a model that,once expanded,can enhance thecollective intelligence of millions of creative and motivatedindividuals that otherwise would be left behind.我想和你们分享 一种全新的高等教育模式 这一模式一旦发展起来 能提升数以百万计的有创造力 而没有这一模式的话他们可能被甩在后面00:12Look a
2、t the world.看看这个世界00:29Pick up a place and focus on it.任选一个地方并聚焦于此00:31You will find humans chasing higher education.你会发现人们正在追寻高等教育00:34Lets meet some of them.让我们来认识其中的一些人00:38Patrick.派屈克00:40Patrick was born in Liberia to a family of 20 children.派屈克出生于赖比瑞亚 一个有20个孩子的家庭00:42During the civil war,he an
3、d his family were forced to flee toNigeria.在内战期间 他和他的家庭 被迫逃离去奈及利亚00:47There,in spite of his situation,he graduated high school withnearly perfect grades.在那里 尽管处境恶劣 他依然以近乎满分的成绩高中毕業00:54He wanted to continue to higher education,but due to hisfamily living on the poverty line,he was soon sent to SouthA
4、frica to work and send back money to feed his family.他想要继续接受高等教育 但是由于他的家庭 生活在贫困线上 他不久后被送至南非工作 寄钱回家 供养他的家人01:01higher education:高等教育(指含大学以上的教育)expanded:adj.扩充的;展开的/vt.扩大(expand的过去式)motivated:adj.有动机的;有积极性的/v.使产生动机;激发的积极性(motivate的过去式和过去分词)civil war:内战 flee:vi.逃走;消失,消散/vt.逃跑,逃走;逃避 in spite of:尽管;不管,不顾
5、Patrick never gave up his dream of higher education.派屈克从未放弃他的高等教育之梦01:15Late at night,after work,he surfed the Net looking for waysto study.结束工作后的深夜里 他在网路上寻找各种途径来学习01:18Meet Debbie.来认识一下黛比01:25Debbie is from Florida.黛比来自佛罗里达01:26Her parents didnt go to college,and neither did any of hersiblings.她的父母
6、没有上过大学 她的兄弟姐妹也都没有01:29Debbie has worked all her life,pays taxes,supports herselfmonth to month,proud of the American dream,a dream thatjust wont be complete without higher education.黛比生活的全部就是工作 缴税 每月维持自己的生计 以美国梦为榮 但是没有高等教育的话 这个梦并不完整01:34But Debbie doesnt have the savings for higher education.但是黛比没有足
7、够的积蓄 来负担高等教育01:48She cant pay the tuition.她付不起学费01:52Neither could she leave work.她也不能抛开工作01:54Meet Wael.来认识一下瓦伊尔01:57Wael is from Syria.瓦伊尔来自叙利亚01:59Hes firsthand experiencing the misery,fear and failureimposed on his country.他正亲身感受着 他的国家所遭受的 痛苦 恐惧和失败02:01Hes a big believer in education.他是教育的忠实信徒02
8、:10surfed:n.海浪,拍岸浪/vt.在冲浪/vi.作冲浪运动 siblings:n.兄弟姐妹;同科 firsthand:adj.直接的;直接采购的;直接得来的/adv.直接地 imposed:adj.强加的;施加的;应用的/v.欺骗(impose的过去分词);把强加于 believer:n.信徒;相信.者He knew that if he would find an opportunity for highereducation,an opportunity to get ahead of the rest,he has abetter chance to survive in a
9、world turned upside down.他知道 如果他能找到 接受高等教育的机会 一个能超过别人的机会 他就更有可能 在一个顛倒混乱的世界里生存下来02:13The higher education system failed Patrick,Debbie and Wael,exactly as it is failing millions of potential students,millionsthat graduate high school,millions that are qualified forhigher education,millions that want
10、to study yet cannotaccess for various reasons.高等教育体系 辜负了派屈克 黛比和瓦伊尔 正如它也辜负了 数百万的潜在学生 数百万的高中毕業生 数百万有资格接受高等教育的学生 数百万学生想要学习 却因为各种原因无法实现02:26First,financial.首先 经济上的原因02:49Universities are expensive.We all know it.大学是昂贵的 我们都知道这一点02:52TED演讲者：Shai Reshef|沙伊.瑞希夫演讲标题：An ultra-low-cost college degree|超低成本的大学学位
11、内容概要：At the online University of the People,anyone with a high school diploma can takeclasses toward a degree in business administration or computer science without standardtuition fees(though exams cost money).Founder Shai Reshef hopes that higher education ischanging from being a privilege for the
12、 few to a basic right,affordable and accessible for all.在网路人民大学(University of the People)，任何一位有高中毕業证的人都可以来选修课程，并取得商業管理或电脑科学等学科的学位没有传统意义上的学费(虽然参与考试需要付费)。创始人沙伊.瑞希夫希望高等教育从少数人的特权变为一种基本权利，让所有人都能承担和获取。In large parts of the world,higher education is unattainablefor an average citizen.在世界上的很多地方 对于普通民衆来说 高等教
13、育无法企及02:55This is probably the biggest problem facing our society.这个可能是我们社会 所面临的最大问题03:02Higher education stopped being a right for all and became aprivilege for the few.高等教育不再是所有人的权利 而是成为一种少数人的特权03:06Second,cultural.第二 文化上的原因03:13Students who are qualified for higher education,can afford,want to st
14、udy,cannot because it is not decent,it is not aplace for a woman.合格的 能负担得起的 想要学习的学生 却无法得到高等教育 因为它不得体 它不是女人可以去的地方03:17get ahead of:v.胜过 upside down:adv.倒置地/adj.颠倒的 as it is:实际上;事实上;既然如此 unattainable:adj.做不到的;难到达的This is the story of countless women in Africa,for example,prevented from higher educatio
15、n because of culturalbarriers.比如 在非洲 无数的女性 由于文化上的阻隔 而无法得到高等教育03:30And here comes the third reason:UNESCO stated that in2025,100 million students will be deprived from highereducation simply because there will not be enough seats toaccommodate them,to meet the demand.第三条原因;联合国教科文组织声明 到2025年 将有1亿学生 被剥
16、夺高等教育的机会 仅仅是因为没有那麽多的座位 来容纳他们 来满足需求03:39They will take a placement test,they will pass it,but they stillwont have access because there are no places available.他们会参加程度测验 他们会通过测验 但是他们仍无法得到教育 因为无处可去03:58These are the reasons I founded University of the People,anonprofit,tuition-free,degree-granting univ
17、ersity to give analternative,to create an alternative to those who have noother,an alternative that will be affordable and scalable,analternative that will disrupt the current education system,open the gates to higher education for every qualifiedstudent regardless of what they earn,where they live,
18、orwhat society says about them.由于这些的原因 一所非盈利性的 免学费的 授予学位的大学 它提供了另一种选择 为那些没有其它选择的人创造了一种选择 一种价格合理的选择 一种可扩展的选择 一种打破 现行的教育体系的选择 为每一位合格的学生 打开高等教育的大门 不论他们的收入不论他们身处何处 不论社会如何议论他们04:07countless:adj.无数的;数不尽的 prevented:v.阻止;避免;被阻止(prevent的过去式,过去分词)barriers:n.障碍;栅栏;篱笆墙(barrier的复数形式)stated:adj.规定的;阐明的;定期的/v.规定(s
19、tate的过去分词);陈述;阐明 deprived:adj.缺少食物的;缺乏足够教育的 accommodate:vt.容纳;使适应;供应;调解/vi.适应;调解 placement:n.布置;定位球;人员配置 nonprofit:adj.非赢利的;不以赢利为目的的 affordable:adj.负担得起的 scalable:adj.可攀登的;可去鳞的;可称量的 disrupt:vt.破坏;使瓦解;使分裂;使中断;使陷于混乱/adj.分裂的,中断的;分散的 regardless of:不顾,不管派屈克 黛比和瓦伊尔 只是来自143个国家的 1700位被录取的学生中 的三个例子04:45We di
20、dnt need to reinvent the wheel.我们不需要重新发明轮子05:00We just looked at what wasnt working and used the amazingpower of the Internet to get around it.我们只是看到那些有问题的地方 并使用网际网路的神奇力量 来绕开问题05:02We set out to build a model that will cut down almostentirely the cost of higher education,and thats how we didit.我们着手建
21、立一种模式 它将削减掉 高等教育的绝大部分成本 我们是这样做到的05:09First,bricks and mortar cost money.首先 大楼需要花钱05:19Universities have expenses that virtual universities dont.大学有很多的开销 是虚拟大学所没有的05:22We dont need to pass these expenses onto our students.我们不需要将这些开销 转移到我们的学生头上05:28They dont exist.这些开销不存在05:31We also dont need to worr
22、y about capacity.我们也不需要担心可容纳的人数05:33There are no limits of seats in virtual university.在虚拟大学里 没有座位数的限制05:36Actually,nobody needs to stand at the back of the lecturehall.事实上 没人需要 站在讲堂的后面05:40Textbooks is also something our students dont need to buy.我们的学生 也不需要购买课本05:45By using open educational resourc
23、es and the generosity ofprofessors who are putting their material free and accessible,we dont need to send our students to buy textbooks.使用开放的教学资源 以及教授们的慷慨馈赠 很多教授把他们的教学材料 免费公开 不需要让我们的学生去购买课本05:49reinvent:vt.重新使用;彻底改造;重复发明(在不知他人已发明的情况下)get around:到处走走;逃避;说服;传开来(等于getround);有办法应付;有办法应付局面 set out:出发;开始
24、;陈述;陈列 cut down:v.削减;砍倒;杀死;删节;胜过 mortar:n.迫击炮;臼,研钵;灰浆/vt.用灰泥涂抹,用灰泥结合 generosity:n.慷慨,大方;宽宏大量All of our materials come free.我们所有的材料都是免费的06:02www.XiYuS锡育软件Even professors,the most expensive line in any universitybalance sheet,come free to our students,over 3,000 of them,including presidents,vice chanc
25、ellors,professors andacademic advisors from top universities such as NYU,甚至是教授 任何大学的收支表上最昂贵的一项 也对我们的学生免费 我们有超过3000位教师 包括校长 副校长 教授和学术导师 他们来自顶尖的大学比如纽约大学06:05Yale,Berkeley and Oxford,came on board to help ourstudents.耶鲁大学 加州大学柏克莱分校 牛津大学 来幫助我们的学生06:25Finally,its our belief in peer-to-peer learning.最后 是我
26、们对于点对点学习的信念06:30We use this sound pedagogical model to encourage ourstudents from all over the world to interact and studytogether and also to reduce the time our professors need tolabor over class assignments.我们使用这个可靠的教学模式 来鼓励我们来自世界各地的学生 一起互动并共同学习 这同时也缩短了教授们 需要花在课堂作業上的时间06:34If the Internet has mad
27、e us a global village,this model candevelop its future leadership.如果说网际网路把我们变成了一个地球村 这一模式能培养其未来的领导力量06:52Look how we do it.看看我们如何做到这一点07:02We only offer two programs:business administration andcomputer science,the two programs that are most indemand worldwide,the two programs that are likeliest tohe
28、lp our students find a job.我们只提供了两种课程;商業管理和计算机科学 这两个项目 是世界上需求最广的 这两个项目最有可能 幫助我们的学生找到工作07:04chancellors:大臣/校长/总理(chancellor的复数)advisors:n.顾问,指导教授,劝告者(advisor的复数形式)peer-to-peer:n.对等;对等网络 pedagogical:adj.教育学的;教学法的 assignments:n.作业(assignment的复数形式);分配 businessadministration:企业管理;经营管理 in demand:受欢迎的;非常需要
29、的;销路好;有需要When our students are accepted,they are placed in a smallclassroom of 20 to 30 students to ensure that those whoneed personalized attention get it.当我们的学生被录取后 他们被安排到 由20至30人组成的小班 来保证有个性化需求的学生能得到相应的关注07:19Moreover,for every nine weeks course,they meet a newpeer,a whole new set of students fro
30、m all over the world.此外 每九周的课程 他们会认识一个新的同伴 一组来自世界各地的 全新的同学07:32Every week,when they go into the classroom,they find thelecture notes of the week,the reading assignment,thehomework assignment,and the discussion question,which isthe core of our studies.每周 当他们进入课堂 他们会找到本周的课程笔记阅读任务 课外作業 以及讨论问题 这是我们学习的核心
31、07:42Every week,every student must contribute to the classdiscussion and also must comment on the contribution ofothers.每周末,每位学生 都必须为课堂讨论做出贡献 同时也必须对其它人的贡献 做出评论07:54This way,we open our students minds,we develop a positiveshift in attitude toward different cultures.通过这样的方法我们开阔了学生的思维 我们发展了一种正面积极的态度 来对
32、待不同的文化08:03By the end of each week,the students take a quiz,hand intheir homework,which are assessed by their peers under thesupervision of the instructors,get a grade,move to the nextweek.每周结束的时候 学生们参加一个测验 提交他们的课外作業 作業会在教师的监督下 由同学互相评估得到成绩 然后继续下一周的学习08:12personalized:adj.个性化的;个人化的/v.个性化(personalize的
33、过去式);个人化 contribute to:有助于;捐献 comment on:对评论 assessed:v.对进行评估(assess过去时形式)peers:n.平辈,同事(peer的复数)/v.凝视;比得上(peer的三单形式)supervision:n.监督,管理 instructors:n.教练;讲师;指导书(instructor的复数)By the end of the course,they take the final exam,get agrade,and follow to the next course.在课程的末尾 他们参加期末考试 得到成绩 然后转到下一个课程08:24
34、We opened the gates for higher education for every qualifiedstudent.我们为每一个合格的学生 打开了高等教育的大门08:32Every student with a high school diploma,sufficient Englishand Internet connection can study with us.每个学生 只要有高中文凭 足够的英语能力和网路连接 就可以和我们一起学习08:38We dont use audio.We dont use video.我们不使用音频和影片08:46Broadband is
35、 not necessary.宽带网络不是必须的08:49Any student from any part of the world with any Internetconnection can study with us.来自世界任何一个地方的任何一个学生 只要能连接到网路 就可以和我们一起学习08:51We are tuition-free.我们没有学费08:58All we ask our students to cover is the cost of their exams,100 dollars per exam.我们的学生只需要负担 考试的成本 每门考试100美元09:00A
36、 full-time bachelor degree student taking 40 courses,willpay 1,000 dollars a year,4,000 dollars for the entire degree,and for those who cannot afford even this,we offer them avariety of scholarships.一个全日制本科学位的学生 选修40门课 每年将支付1000美元 整个学位需要4000美元 对于连这些也无法负担的学生 我们提供了各种类型的奖学金09:07It is our mission that n
37、obody will be left behind for financialreasons.没有人会因为经济上的原因而被抛下 这是我们的使命09:23high school diploma:高中文凭 Broadband:n.宽频;宽波段/adj.宽频带的;宽波段的;宽频通讯的 full-time:adj.专职的;全日制的;全部时间的 scholarships:n.奖学金/学问成就this model is financially sustainable.这一模式在经济上是可持续的09:32Five years ago,it was a vision.五年前这还是一个幻象09:37Today,
38、it is a reality.而今它成为了现实09:41Last month,we got the ultimate academic endorsement toour model.上个月 我们的模式 得到了学术界的最终认可09:44University of the People is now fully accredited.人民大学现在已完全通过认证09:50(Applause)Thank you.（掌声）谢谢09:54With this accreditation,its our time now to scale up.有了这一认证 现在到了我们扩张的时候10:01We have
39、 demonstrated that our model works.我们已经展示了我们的模式是可行的10:06I invite universities and,even more important,developingcountries governments,to replicate this model to ensurethat the gates of higher education will open widely.我邀请大学 更重要的是 发展中国家的政府 来复制这一模式 来保证高等教育的大门 将一直敞开10:09A new era is coming,an era that
40、 will witness the disruptionof the higher education model as we know it today,frombeing a privilege for the few to becoming a basic right,affordable and accessible for all.一个新的时代来临了 这个时代将会见证 我们今天所知的高等教育模式 的瓦解 从一种少数人的特权变为一种基本权利 所有人都可以承担 可以获得10:22financially:adv.财政上;金融上 sustainable:adj.可以忍受的；足可支撑的；养得起
41、的；可持续的 endorsement:n.认可,支持;背书;签注(文件)accredited:v.认可(accredit的过去分词形式)/adj.公认的;可信任的 accreditation:n.委派;信赖;鉴定合格demonstrated:演示 replicate:vt.复制;折叠/vi.重复;折转/adj.复制的;折叠的/n.复制品;八音阶间隔的反覆音 disruption:n.破坏,毁坏;分裂,瓦解Thank you.谢谢10:41(Applause)（掌声）10:43*Warning:本文是由生成导出，请用于个人学习，不要用于商业用途。否则，导致的一切法律后果，均由您个人承担，锡育软件概不负责。*