TED英语演讲：请相信你可以进步

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英语演讲：请相信你可以进步

中英文对照：

The power of yet.

专注过程，而不是结果。

I

heard

about

a

highschool

in

Chicago

where

students

had

to

pass

a

certain

number

of

courses

tograduate, and if they didnt pass a course, they got

the grade NotYet. And I thought that was fantastic,

because

if

you

get

a

failinggrade,

you

think,

Im

nothing,

Im

nowhere.

But

if

you

get

the

grade

NotYet

you

understand

that

youre

on

a

learning

curve.

It

gives

you

a pathinto the future.

我听说，在芝加哥有一所高中，那儿的学生毕业前要通

过一系列课程，如果某一门课没有通过，成绩就是「暂未通

过」

。我想，这真是个绝妙的做法，因为，如果你某门课的

成绩不及格，你 会想，我什么都不是，我什么都没有学到。

但如果你的成绩是「暂未通过」

，你会明白，学习的步伐并

没有停下，你还需逐步向前，争取未来。

Not Yetalso gave me insight into a critical event

early in my career, a real turningpoint. I wanted to

see how children coped with challenge and difficulty,

so Igave 10-year-olds problems that were slightly too

hard

for

them.

Some

of

them reactedin a

shockingly

positive

way.

They

said

things

like,

I

love

achallenge,

or, You know, I was hoping this would beinformative.

「暂未通过」也让我联想起一件尤为重要的、发生在我

职业生涯初期的事情，

这件事对我而言是一个转折点。

当时，

我想探究孩子是如何应对挑战和困难的，

因此，

我让一些

10

岁大的孩子尝试解决一些 对于他们而言稍稍偏难的问题。一

些孩子积极应对的方式让我感到震惊。他们会这样说，

「我

喜欢挑战，

」或说，

「你知道的，我希望能有所获。

」

They

understood

that

their

abilities

could

be

had what I call a growth mindset. But

other students felt it was tragic,catastrophic. From

their

more

fixed

mindset

perspective,

their

intelligence hadbeen up for judgment and they failed.

Instead of luxuriating in the power ofyet, they were

gripped in the tyranny of now.

这些孩子明白， 他们的能力是可以提升的。他们有我所

说的成长型思维模式。但另一些孩子觉得面对这些 难题是不

幸，宛如面对一场灾难。从他们的固定型思维角度来看，他

们的才智受到了评判，而他们失败了。他们不懂得享受学习

的过程，而只盯住眼前的 成与败。

So what do they donext? Ill tell you what they do

next. In one study, they told us they wouldprobably

cheat the next time instead of studying more if they

failed a test. Inanother study, after a failure, they

looked for someone who did worse than theydid so they

could feel really good about themselves. And in study

after study,they have run from difficulty.

这些孩 子们后面表现如何

?

让我告诉你他们的表现。在

一项研究中，他们告诉我们，如果他们某次考试未通过，他

们很可能会在下次考 试中作弊，而不是更加努力地学习。在

另一项研究中，他们挂了一门后，他们会找到那些 考得还不

如他们高的孩子，以寻求自我安慰。后续的研究陆续表明，

他们会逃避困难。

Scientists

measured

the

electrical

activity

fromthe brain as students confronted an error. On the

left,

you

see

the

fixedmindset

students.

Theres

hardly

any

activity.

They

run

from

the

error.

Theydont

engage

with it. But on the right, you have the students with

the

growthmindset,

the

idea

that

abilities

can

be

developed. They engage deeply. Theirbrain is on fire

with yet. They engage deeply. They process the error.

Theylearn from it and they correct it.

科学家们监测了学生们面对错误时 的脑电活动图像。在

左侧，是固定型思维模式的学生，几乎没有什么活动。他们