TED演讲:编织我的梦(5)（在线收听）

When coming up with the curriculum for Ruby's world,

当我要设计一个介绍Ruby世界的课程时，

I needed to really ask the kids how they see the world

我想要真正问问孩子们，他们是如何看待这个世界的，

and what kind of questions they have and I would organize play testing sessions.

以及他们有什么样问题，然后我会安排游戏测试环节。

I would start by showing the kids these four pictures.

刚开始，我向孩子们展示这四幅图。

I would show them a picture of a car, a grocery store, a dog and a toilet.

我给他们看的画上有辆车，有家杂货铺，一条狗和一个马桶。

And I would ask, "Which one of these do you think is a computer?"

接着我问他们：“你们觉得这些东西中，哪样是电脑？”

And the kids would be very conservative and go, "None of these is a computer.

孩子们会十分谨慎，说：“哈，这里面才没有电脑呢。

I know what a computer is: it's that glowing box in front of which mom or dad spends way too much time."

我可知道电脑长啥样哦！就是那个会发光的盒子，就是爸妈老花时间玩的那个东西。”

But then we would talk and we would discover that actually, a car is a computer, it has a navigation system inside of it.

之后，我们会讨论，我们会发现，原来，车也是一台电脑，它里面有导航系统。

And a dog -- a dog might not be a computer, but it has a collar and the collar might have a computer inside of it.

还有狗，狗可能不是台电脑，但他带着个项圈，这个项圈里可能有电脑。

And grocery stores, they have so many different kinds of computers, like the cashier system and the burglar alarms.

杂货店里，就更是有很多种电脑了，有收银机，还有防盗器。

And kids, you know what? In Japan, toilets are computers and there's even hackers who hack them.

孩子们，你们知道吗？在日本，马桶也是电脑呢，甚至有黑客攻击它呢。

And we go further and I give them these little stickers with an on/off button on them.

而后，更进一步，我给了他们一些贴纸，上面有开关按钮。

And I tell the kids, "Today you have this magic ability to make anything in this room into a computer."

然后我告诉孩子们：“今天你们有魔力，能把房间里任何东西都变成电脑。”

And again, the kids go, "Sounds really hard, I don't know the right answer for this."

结果，孩子们又说，“听起来好难的样子，我不知道正确答案呀。”

But I tell them, "Don't worry, your parents don't know the right answer, either.

但我告诉他们：“别怕，你爸妈也不知道正确答案。

They've just started to hear about this thing called The Internet of Things.

他们才刚听说这些东西，这个叫做网络的玩意儿。

But you kids, you are going to be the ones who are really going to live up in a world where everything is a computer."

但你们这些孩子，你们会居住在这样一个世界，周围所有东西都是电脑。”