TED - English Mania.

Let's talk about manias. Let's start with

·         Beatle mania: hysterical teenagers, crying screaming, pandemonium. (Ben Dơ mau ni ần)

·         Sports mania: deafening crowds, all for one idea -get the ball in the net Okay,

·         religious mania: there's rapture, there's weeping, there's visions.

·         Manias can be good.

·         Manias can be alarming. Or manias can be deadly The world has a new mania.

·         A mania for learning English. Listen as Chinese students practice their English by screaming it.

In Latin America, in India, in Southeast Asia, and most of al in China. If you are a Chinese student you start leaming English in the third grade, by law. That's why this year China will become the world's largest English-speaking country.

Why English? In a single word: Opportunity. Opportunity for a beter 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 percent of her grade is based on English. It's called the Gaokao, and 80 milion high school Chinese students have aready taken this gruelling test. The intensity to leam English is almost unimaginable, unless you witness it

So is Englisth mania good or bad? Is English a tsunami, washing aw ay other languages? Not ikely. English is the world's second language.

Your natve language is your life.

But with English you can become part of a wider conversation: a global conversaton about global problems, lke dimate change or poverty, or hunger or disease. The world has other universal languages. Mathematics is he language of science. Music is he 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 tal of the Berin Wal, English represents hope for a better tuture... a tuture where the world has a common language to solve its common problems.

·      Mania: mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria,
delusions, and over activity. An excessive enthusiasm or desire; an obsession.

·      Pandemonium: wild and noisy disorder, an uproar.

·      Weeping: to express grief, sorrow by shedding tears usually accompanied by
sobs and or other inarticulate sounds.

·      To let somebody down: fail to support someone, to disappoint someone.

·      Turning point: a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs,
especially one with beneficial results.

·      Mania: bệnh tâm thần được đánh dấu bởi các giai đoạn hưng phấn lớn, hưng phấn,
ảo tưởng và hoạt động quá mức. Một sự nhiệt tình hoặc mong muốn quá mức; một nỗi ám ảnh.

·      Pandemonium: rối loạn hoang dã và ồn ào, náo động.

·      Weeping:để thể hiện sự đau buồn, đau khổ bằng cách rơi nước mắt thường kèm theo tiếng nức nở và những âm thanh không rõ ràng khác.

·      To let somebody down:  thất bại trong việc hỗ trợ ai đó, làm ai đó thất vọng..

·      Turning point: thời điểm mà một sự thay đổi quyết định trong một tình huống xảy ra,đặc biệt là một kết quả có lợi.

(Recording of crowd roaring)

Let's talk about manias. Let's start with

·         Beatle mania: hysterical teenagers(hịt te rơ cồ), crying screaming(crying riming), pandemonium. (Ben Dơ mau ni ần)

·         Sports mania: deafening(đep phơ ning) crowds, all for one idea -get the ball in the net Okay,

·         religious mania: there's rapture, there's weeping, there's visions.

·         Manias can be good.

·         Manias can be alarming.

·         Or manias can be deadly

·         The world has a new mania. A mania for learning English. Listen as Chinese students practice their English by screaming it.

How many people
are trying to learn English worldwide? -> Two billion of them.

In Latin America, in India, in Southeast Asia (ấy sờ), and most of all in China.

If you are a Chinese student .you start leaming English in the third grade, by law. That's why this year ,China will become the world's largest English-speaking country.

Why English?

In a single word: Opportunity. Opportunity for a beter 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 percent of her grade is based on English. It's called the Gaokao, and 80 milion high school Chinese students have aready taken this gruelling test. The intensity to leam English is almost unimaginable, unless you witness it

So is Englisth mania good or bad? Is English a tsunami, washing aw ay other languages? Not ikely. English is the world's second language.

Your natve language is your life.

But with English you can become part of a wider conversation: a global conversaton about global problems, lke dimate change or poverty, or hunger or disease. The world has other universal languages. Mathematics is he language of science. Music is he 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 tal of the Berin Wal, English represents hope for a better tuture... a tuture where the world has a common language to solve its common problems.