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Summary:Jay Walker 解释为什么全世界20亿人在学英语。 他展示了一些图片和一些令人激动的录像，展示了成千上万的中国学生练习“世界第二语言”英语的场面。

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Gaokao
the Berlin Wall
Why English? In a single word, opportunity. Opportunity for a better life, a job, to be able to pay for school, or put better food on the table. Imagine a student taking a giant test for three full days. Her score on this one test literally determines her future. She studies 12 hours a day for three years to prepare. 25% of her grade is based on English. It's called the Gaokao. And 80 million high school Chinese students have already taken this grueling test. The intensity to learn English is almost unimaginable. Unless you witness it. So is English mania good or bad? Is English a tsunami, washing away other languages? Not likely. English is the world's second language. Your native language is your life. But with English you can become part of a wider conversation. A global conversation about global problems, like climate change or poverty, or hunger or disease. The world has other universal languages. Mathematics is the language of science. Music is the language of emotions. And now English is becoming the language of problem solving. Not because America is pushing it, but because the world is pulling it. So English mania is a turning point. Like the harnessing of electricity in our cities, or the fall of the Berlin Wall, English represents hope for a better future. A future where the world has a common language to solve its common problems. Thank you very much.
为什么是英语?用一个词来回答：机会。 一个获得更好生活，工作的机会。 可以上得起学，可以吃更好的食物。 想象一个学生用整整三天时间参加一次大考。 她的这个考试的成绩 真正地决定了她的前途。 她每天学习12个小时 三年间都是如此，就是为了准备这个考试 其中25%的成绩 是由英语决定的 这个考试叫做高考。有8000万的中国高中生 都已经参加过这个“独木桥”考试 学习英语的强度 几乎不可想象。除非你亲自见证过 那么这股英语热是好还是坏呢？ 英语是海啸吗， 席卷其他所有的语言？不见得。 英语是世界第二大语言。 你的母语是你的生活 但是英语可以让你参与更大范围的讨论。 一个全世界范围的关于全球问题的讨论。 比如气候改变或者贫穷 或者饥饿，或是疾病 这个世界上还有其他的全球性语言 数学是科学的语言 音乐是感情的语言 现在，英语正在成为解决问题的语言 并不是因为美国促使其如此。 而是因为全世界的需要。 所以英语热是一个转折点 就像我们城市里的供电系统 或者柏林墙的倒塌， 英语代表着希望 拥有一个更好的未来的希望 未来全世界将用共同语言 去解决共同的问题 非常感谢