TED演讲：用"云"建立一所学校(4)

 　　The children came running in. It was three feet off the ground, and they said, "What is this?" 孩子们跑了进来。电脑离地面有3英尺，他们问：“这是什么？”

　　And I said, "Yeah, it's, I don't know. So..."  我说：“唔，这是……我不知道。”

　　They said, "Why have you put it there?" 他们问：“为什么你把它放在那儿？”

　　I said, "Just like that." 我说：“就那样。”

　　And they said, "Can we touch it?"I said, "If you wish to." 然后他们说：“我们可以摸一下吗？”我说：“如果你们愿意的话。”

　　And I went away. About eight hours later, we found them browsing¹ and teaching² each other how to browse³.  然后我走开了。大概过了8小时以后，我发现他们在上网冲浪并相互教对方如何浏览网页。

　　So I said, "Well that's impossible, because -- How is it possible? They don't know anything." 于是我说：“这不可能，因为……这怎么可能？他们什么都不知道。”

　　My colleagues⁴ said, "No, it's a simple solution. One of your students must have been passing by, showed them how to use the mouse." 我同事说：“不，答案很简单。一定是你哪个学生经过，给他们演示了如何使用鼠标。”

　　So I said, "Yeah, that's possible." 于是我说：“对，那有可能。”

　　So I repeated the experiment.  我于是重复了这个实验。

　　I went 300 miles out of Delhi into a really remote village where the chances of a passing software development engineer was very little.  我跑去离开德里300英里的一个偏远的村子，在这里，偶然路过一个软件开发工程师的概率极低。

　　I repeated the experiment there.  我就在那里重复了实验。

　　There was no place to stay, so I stuck my computer in, I went away, came back after a couple of months, found kids playing games on it. 那里没有地方能让我住下来，所以我装好电脑就走了，几个月之后才回来，我发现几个小孩在上面玩游戏。

1 browsing   

v.吃草( browse的现在分词 )；随意翻阅；（在商店里）随便看看；（在计算机上）浏览信息

参考例句：

• He sits browsing over[through] a book. 他坐着翻阅书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Cattle is browsing in the field. 牛正在田里吃草。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

3 browse   

vi.随意翻阅，浏览；(牛、羊等)吃草

参考例句：

• I had a browse through the books on her shelf.我浏览了一下她书架上的书。
• It is a good idea to browse through it first.最好先通篇浏览一遍。

4 colleagues   

n.同事，同僚( colleague的名词复数 )；同人

参考例句：

• He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a decision. 他想与他的同事先商议一下再作出决定。
• She is held in high esteem by her colleagues. 她深受同事的敬重。