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TED史上最年轻演讲者！澳洲7岁小女孩的7分钟演讲，给每个父母都上了重要一课！来源：维克多英语初中、博物馆英语、TED精选Live 来自澳大利亚的一名7岁女孩走红网络，并登上了各大新闻头条！
这位可爱的小姑娘成为了TED演讲史上最年轻的人之一。短短7分钟的演讲，一经上传，就达到了上百万次的观看，并得到了众多名人的点赞支持！ 同时，Molly的此次演讲还将由联合国儿童基金会进行宣传推广，并向世界各地产妇病房里的新父母展示。它还将被放置在澳大利亚各地的 1,400 个医生候诊室中。 
Molly Wright的7分钟演讲中，其实就围绕着一个最重要的主题： 孩子和大人们之间的陪伴 在她长达七分钟的演讲中，莫莉·莱特讲述了父母与孩子之间的亲子陪伴对孩子的成长是多么的重要。这节演讲在发布几小时后就获得了数十万次的播放量，被用作全世界父母和护理人员的教育工具。在演讲中，这个年仅七岁的小女孩落落大方的告诉人们：她是如何通过一系列的研究来证明，父母与孩子之间的互动对孩子大脑健康发育的益处。而她主要希望告诫的人群就是那些在孩子需要他们陪伴时却宁愿埋头在电子设备上的父母。How Every Child Can Thrive by Five ？Speech Maker/Molly WrightWhat if I was to tell you that a game of peekaboo could change the world? Sounds impossible, right? Well, I’m here today to prove it’s not.如果我告诉你们，玩躲猫猫这个游戏就可以改变世界呢？听起来很不可思议，对吧？好吧，那我今天就来证明它的可能。Hi, I’m Molly and I’m seven. And this is my little friend, Ari. Say “Hi,” Ari. Hi. Oh, and this is my neighbor, Amarjot. He has to take Ari away now to get ready for our experiment. But don't worry, they'll be back.嗨，我是莫莉，我七岁了。这是我的小伙伴，阿里。说“嗨”，阿里。嗨。哦，还有，这是我的邻居，阿玛尔约特。他现在得把阿里带走来准备我们的试验。但别担心，他们会回来的。My talk today is about some powerful things you grownups can do that shape us as children and the adults we become. How do I know? Because my parents and people around me did them early and often. I know not all kids are as lucky. Some of my friends, some kids at my school and many around the world. And I would really like to help change that. Thanks to scientists, we now know just how important the first five years are for our health and development, especiallyour brains. Ari started learning long before he was even born, from inside his mommy’s tummy. When Ari was born, he was tiny and he cried all the time. He was always hungry and he pooped a lot.我今天的演讲是关于你们这些大人可以做的一些很厉害的事，它们塑造了我们的童年，并成就了我们的未来。我是怎么知道的呢？因为我父母和身边的人从小就做这样做，也常常做。我知道不是所有的小孩子都如此幸运。我的一些朋友，我学校里的一些孩子，还有很多世界各地的孩子。所以，我真的很想要改变这一现状。感谢科学家们，我们现在知道，五岁前的成长对我们的健康和发展是多么重要，尤其是我们的大脑。阿里早在出生前就已经开始学习了，从他在妈妈的肚子里开始。当阿里出生时，他很小，也一直在哭。他总是肚子饿，也拉得很多。Now he laughs and giggles and makes funny noises. But those are just the changes we hear and see. That’s way more going on inside.他现在常常咯咯咯地笑，还发出奇奇怪怪的声音。但这些只是我们看到和听到的变化，在他身体里面，发生了更多的变化。So, let’s talk more about our brains. The blue bag is a rough size and weight of a healthy baby’s brain at birth. The red one is a baby’s brain after the first year. It almost doubles in volume. And by my age, it's almost 90 percent the volume of an adult brain. Our brains develop faster in our early years than at any other time in our lives. It can create up to one million neural connections every second. 那么，让我们来谈谈我们的大脑。图中蓝色袋子的大小和重量和一个健康宝宝出生时的大脑差不多，图中红色的是宝宝一岁后的大脑，它的体积长了近两倍。当到了我这么大时，它几乎是成年人大脑体积的90%。与人生其他阶段相比，我们的大脑在幼年时期发育得更快，它每秒可以产生多达100万个神经连接。But we need your help. Our healthy development dependson these top five things, One, connecting; two, talking; three, playing; four, a healthy home, five; community. All of this helps our brains and us reach our full potential.但我们需要你们的帮助。我们的健康发展取决于这五个方面：第一，建立联系；第二，说话；第三，玩耍；第四，一个健康的家庭；第五，社区。这些帮助我们和我们的大脑来充分发挥我们的潜力。So what’s something you can do that can really make a difference? Scientists call it serve and return. That’s just a grown-up way of saying connect, talk and play with us. And here’s the really big news. Amarjot, Ari, you ready?那么，我们能做些什么才能带来真正的改变呢？科学家们称之为给予和回应。这就是成年人所谓的与孩子互动、说话和玩耍。而现在才是重头戏。阿玛尔约特，阿里，准备好了吗？Copycat games build imagination and empathy.Naming games build vocabulary and attention.And games like peekabo—yep, peekaboo—actually build memory and trust.还有像是躲猫猫的游戏——对，躲猫猫——可以建立记忆和信任。Each time you talk to us, play with us, make us laugh, it not only builds and strengthens our relationships and mental health, it actually teaches us some of the most important life skills, from making friends to taking the test, to getting a job, to one day maybe even starting a family of our own. Interactions early and often matter. Take it from me, the seven-year-old up here talking about brain science.每一次你们和我们说话，和我们玩，逗我们笑，这不止建立和巩固我们的关系和精神健康，它也能教我们一些最重要的人生技能，从交朋友到参加考试，到找工作，到甚至在未来的某一天建立自己的家庭。幼年时期的互动往往很重要。相信我，一个站在这里说脑科学的七岁小孩。OK, now let’s see what happens when the connection is taken away. So now he’s trying to get his dad’s attention again. He’s reaching outlike, “That was fun, why have you stopped?”好的，让我们现在来看看这个亲子联系不在时会发生什么，他现在想再次引起他爸爸的注意。他伸出手像是在说：“刚刚很有趣啊，你为什么不玩了？”I know it’s important for adults to use their devices sometimes, but kids are hardwired to seek out meaningful connections, not receiving them causes confusion and stress. OK, Amarjot, please re-engage.我明白有时对成年人而言看看他们的屏幕很重要，但是小孩子天生就会要寻找有意义的互动，如果收不到回应，就会给他们带来困惑和压力。好的，阿玛尔约特，请重新回应阿里。Amarjot: Ah, there’s Ari.Now what if our whole childhood was like that last 30 seconds? How hard it would be for a child to feel calm. To feel safe. To learn to trust anyone. And the life long impact that would have. That makes me feel sad. Ari only reacted the way he did and recovered so quickly because the connection between him and his dad is usually so strong. The positive relationships with the grown-ups in our lives gives kids the confidence we need to try new things, to explore and be a kid.莫：所以如果我们整个童年都是像刚才那三十秒一样度过的呢？那样对于一个小孩来说，感到平静，感到安全学会相信别人会有多么困难，而这会带来一生的影响。这让我感到难过。阿里这样的反应以及很快地恢复状态是因为他和父亲之间的关系是很牢固的。在我们的生命中与大人之间的积极关系可以带给小孩子们所需的自信，去尝试新东西，去探索，做个小孩子。So please, try to remember the most special period for our development is the first five years. Starting from inside mommy’s tummy. What’s something really impactful you can do? Serve and return. And when? Early and often. Please give applause for a Amarjot and Ari.所以，拜托你们，要记住，我们成长发展阶段中的黄金时期是从出生后的五年，从在妈妈肚子里开始。你们能做什么能真正带来影响的事情呢？给予和回应。那什么时候呢？尽早且尽可能多去做。请为阿玛尔约特和阿里鼓掌。Every moment together is an opportunity to connect, talk and play. Imagine the difference we could make if everyone everywhere did this. To us, the children, it’s so much more than just a game. It’s our future.在一起的每一瞬间都是建立联系、去交谈和玩耍的机会。想象如果世界上的每个人都这么做，我们将会带来什么不同。对于我们这些小孩，这不仅仅是一场小游戏，这是我们的未来。See? Peekaboo really can change the world.正如小莫莉所说，孩子们需要与人建立联系，需要父母和他们互动，大脑才能达到更快的发育速度。
回应和游戏——这对孩子来说很重要，这不仅仅是陪伴与爱，也是孩子们的未来。
如果所有的父母都能参与到与孩子互动的躲猫猫游戏中，如果能多把眼神留给孩子而不是手机屏幕，这个世界或许真的会不一样。“I feel like I would help so many people,’’ she said. 她说，“我觉得我能帮到很多人。” TED的老板克里斯·安德森(Chris Anderson)也说，莫莉的身上有令人惊叹的点，她值得拥有一大批观众。 “I absolutely love this talk,’’Chris Anderson said，“To hear a powerful idea like this spoken so eloquently* by a child – wow!” “我非常喜欢这个演讲，”克里斯·安德森说，“听到一个孩子如此雄辩地说出这样一个强有力的想法——就有一种惊叹的感觉!” 看完这篇演讲，我们可能会有各种各样的看法，但想必有一点大家的观点都是很统一的：这个小姑娘，真的很优秀啊！确实如此，她年纪小小就成为了一名动物保护者，成立了自己的动保团队；参演过电视角色，还有自己的经纪人；会跳各种类型的舞蹈，包括爵士、芭蕾等，甚至还在艺术之家剧院表演过……这一切有她自己的努力，但也少不了父母的陪伴与鼓励。正如她在演讲中所说，她的父母和她身边的人从小都在做着这样的事，从而充盈了她的童年，并成就了她的未来。但她也发现，不是身边所以的小孩都能像她一样得到家人邻里的回应，她注意到了那些孩子的失落，并希望能让他们得到大人们的正确对待。所以她站在这里，告诉大家，“躲猫猫也可以改变世界。”诚然，莫莉是幸运的，但是如果父母们能够改变自己，我们的孩子也可以是幸运的。即使没能成为行业精英之类，至少也能拥有一个快乐的童年。
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