TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(5)

 　　How annoying would that be? "Must try harder." 多么不可思议。“你要努力学习”。

　　Being sent to bed by his dad, you know, to Shakespeare,  "Go to bed, now! And put the pencil down." 你能想象他父亲边说边把他抱上床，“现在该睡觉了，放下笔。

　　"And stop speaking like that. It's confusing everybody." 别再写那些东西了，别人都看不懂。”

　　Anyway, we moved from Stratford to Los Angeles, and I just want to say a word about the transition¹. 话说远了，刚才说到我们从Stratford搬到洛杉矶，我想说的是。

　　My son didn't want to come. I've got two kids; he's 21 now, my daughter's 16. 对于这次搬家，我儿子并不愿意。我有两个孩子。儿子现在21岁了，女儿16岁。

　　He didn't want to come to Los Angeles. He loved it, but he had a girlfriend in England. 我儿子不愿搬到洛杉矶。虽然他喜欢这，但在英国，他有个女友。

　　This was the love of his life, Sarah. He'd known her for a month. 是他的最爱，叫Sarah。他们认识只有一个月后就开始交往了。

　　Mind you, they'd had their fourth anniversary², because it's a long time when you're 16. 我们要搬家时他们已交往了4年。这对于16岁的年龄来说已经很长了。

　　He was really upset on the plane, he said, "I'll never find another girl like Sarah." 我儿子上了飞机后很郁闷，他说：“我再也找不到像Sarah那样的女孩了。”

　　And we were rather pleased about that, frankly³... 但说实话，做为家长的我们为此很庆幸。

　　Because she was the main reason we were leaving the country. 因为那个女孩是我们搬家的主要原因。

1 transition   

n.转变，变迁，过渡

参考例句：

• Adolescence is the period of transition between childhood and adulthood.青春期是童年与成年之间的过渡时期。
• They all support a peaceful transition.他们全部都支持和平过渡。

2 anniversary   

n.周年(纪念日)

参考例句：

• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
• Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。

3 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。