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Now, Van Gogh doesn't know anything about physics,
凡高并不懂得物理
but I think it's very interesting that there was some work done to show that
但非常有趣的是，有研究表明
this eddy pattern in this painting followed a statistical model of turbulence,
在這幅畫里的這些起伏的圖案，它實際上是跟湍流的一種統計模型非常像的
which brings up the whole interesting idea of maybe some of this mathematical patterns is in our own head.
這就帶出一個非常有趣的說法，也許這樣的數學模型就在我們的腦中
And the Wolfram stuff -- I was taking notes and I was writing down all the search words I could use,
剛才Wolfram在這里演示的時候，我一直在寫筆記，并且記下了那些搜索的關鍵詞
because I think that's going to go on in my autism lectures.
因為我想到以后關于自閉癥的演講上會用得到
We've got to show these kids interesting stuff.
我們必須給這些孩子看有趣的東西
And they've taken out the autoshop class and the drafting class and the art class.
可惜的是，這些學校竟然將手工課程，繪畫以及藝術課程都取消了
I mean art was my best subject in school.
我記得我上學的時候，美術是我最喜歡的
We've got to think about all these different kinds of minds,
我們必須要考慮到這么多不同類型的心智
and we've got to absolutely work with these kind of minds,
并且與他們一道解決他們的問題
because we absolutely are going to need these kind of people in the future.
因為我們未來非常需要這樣的人才
And let's talk about jobs.
好吧，我們再講講工作
OK, my science teacher got me studying because I was a goofball that didn't want to study.
我的科學老師他有辦法讓我學習，雖然那時候我是個搗蛋鬼也不愛學習
But you know what? I was getting work experience.
但你知道嗎？我在課堂之外卻增長了不少工作經驗呢
I'm seeing too many of these smart kids who haven't learned basic things, like how to be on time.
我今天看到許多聰明的孩子竟然連一些基本的東西也沒有學會，比如守時
I was taught that when I was eight years old.
我八歲的時候就學會了這個
You know, how to have table manners at granny's Sunday party.
還有禮拜天在祖母家的時要怎樣有禮貌
I was taught that when I was very, very young.
這些是很小很小的時候家里人就教會我的
And when I was 13, I had a job at a dressmaker's shop sewing clothes.
13歲的時候，我在一家成衣工廠獲得一份工作，我負責賣衣服
I did internships in college,
我還到大學里做實習
I was building things, and I also had to learn how to do assignments.
還有是制作東西，也學會做作業
You know, all I wanted to do was draw pictures of horses when I was little.
當我很小的時候，我就只是想畫馬
My mother said, "Well let's do a picture of something else."
母親說，“我們畫點別的東西吧”
They've got to learn how to do something else.
自閉癥的孩子是必須學會做別的東西的
Let's say the kid is fixated on Legos.
比方說這個孩子就喜歡玩Legos的積木
Let's get him working on building different things.
那我們可以讓他去制作不同的東西
The thing about the autistic mind is it tends to be fixated.
自閉癥有這樣一個特點，就是這些人的心智往往就只是盯住一點
Like if a kid loves racecars, let's use racecars for math.
比如一個孩子喜歡玩賽車，那我們可以用賽車來教會孩子數學
Let's figure out how long it takes a racecar to go a certain distance.
讓我們教會孩子計算賽車走某一段路所用的時間
In other words, use that fixation in order to motivate that kid, that's one of the things we need to do.
換句話說，就是用孩子的專注來啟發他。這是我們必須做的事情之一
I really get fed up when they, you know, the teachers,
當我看到那些老師
especially when you get away from this part of the country,
特別是當我去到那些非科技密集城市的時候
they don't know what to do with these smart kids.
那里的老師不知道怎么教這些孩子
It just drives me crazy.
這些讓我非常不安
What can visual thinkers do when they grow up?
這些視覺思考者長大后可以做什么呢
They can do graphic design, all kinds of stuff with computers, photography, industrial design.
他們可以做圖像設計，可以做很多與計算機相關的職業，比如攝影、工業設計
The pattern thinkers, they're the ones that are going to be your mathematicians, your software engineers,
而那些模式思考者則有可能成為數學家、軟件工程師
your computer programmers, all of those kinds of jobs.
程序員以及相關的此類工作
And then you've got the word minds.
還有就是那些言語思考者，
They make great journalists, and they also make really, really good stage actors.
他們可以成為記者，還可以成為杰出的演員
Because the thing about being autistic is, I had to learn social skills like being in a play.
作為自閉癥患者，我需要學習如何在玩耍中跟別人相處
It's just kind of -- you just have to learn it.
這就是我要學習的東西
And we need to be working with these students.
我們必須讓帶動這些學生
And this brings up mentors.
這就講到了導師的問題
You know, my science teacher was not an accredited teacher.
我的科學老師不是一個合資格的教師
He was a NASA space scientist.
他是一個太空署的科學家
Now, some states now are getting it to where if you have a degree in biology, or a degree in chemistry,
現在美國有些周這樣規定，假如你有生物學或化學某個程度的學位
you can come into the school and teach biology or chemistry.
你就可以去到中小學教生物或化學
We need to be doing that.
我們需要將科學家們這么做
Because what I'm observing is the good teachers, for a lot of these kids, are out in the community colleges,
我觀察到那些好的老師很多都去了社區大學
but we need to be getting some of these good teachers into the high schools.
而我們需要鼓勵一部分這樣的老師去到中學
