TED英文演说-不要吃棉花糖中英演讲稿.pdf

Dont eat the marshmallow Joachimde Posada 2009 Im here because I have a very important message: I think we have found the most important factor for success. And it was found close to here, Stanford. Psychology professor took kids that were four years old and put them in a room all by themselves. And he would tell the child, a four-year-old kid, Johnny, I am going to leave you here with a marshmallow for 15 minutes. 我今天来这里是要传递一个非常重要的信息。我认为我们已经发现了走向成功最 重要的因素。而这一成果就是在离这不远的斯坦福大学里发现的。心理学教授找 来一些四岁大的幼童把孩子自己留在一个房间里。然后他告诉四岁的孩子， “强 尼，我要给你一颗棉花糖，给你十五分钟。 If, after I come back, this marshmallow is here, you will get another one. So you will have two. To tell a four-year-old kid to wait 15 minutes for something that they like, is equivalent to telling us, Well bring you coffee in two hours. Exact equivalent. 如果我回来的时候这颗棉花糖还在这儿，你会再得到一颗。这样你就有两颗了。” 告诉一个四岁的小孩要等十五分钟才能享受他所喜欢的东西，就如同告诉我们大 人，“我们两小时后会给你送咖啡来。” 这是完全一样的事。 So what happened when the professor left the room? As soon as the door closed... two out of three ate the marshmallow. Five seconds, 10 seconds, 40 seconds, 50 seconds, two minutes, four minutes, eight minutes. Some lasted 14-and-a-halfminutes. 那么当教授离开后，房间里发生了什么事呢？门关上之后... 三分之二的小孩把 棉花糖吃了。五秒，十秒，四十秒，五十秒， 两分钟，四分钟，八分钟。有些 孩子坚持了十四分半。 Couldntdoit.Couldnotwait.Whatsinterestingisthatoneoutofthree wouldlookatthemarshmallowandgolikethis...Wouldlookatit.Putitback. 1 第 页 They would walk around. They would play with their skirts and pants. 沒办法不吃。等不了。有趣的是，有三分之一的小孩看着棉花糖，像这个样子... 盯着它。将它放回去。他们会走来走去。他们会玩他们的裙子或裤子。 That child already, at four, understood the most important principle for success, which is the ability to delay gratification. Self-discipline: the most important factor for success. 15 years l