TED英语演讲：世界有多邪恶HansRosling:I’mgoingtoaskyouthreemultiplechoicequestions.Usethisdevice.Usethisdevicetoanswer.Thefirstquestionis,howdidthenumberofdeathsperyearfromnaturaldisaster,howdidthatchangeduringthelastcentury?Diditmorethandouble,diditremainaboutthesameintheworldasawhole,ordiditdecreasetolessthanhalf?PleaseanswerA,BorC.Iseelotsofanswers.ThisismuchfasterthanIdoitatuniversities.Theyaresoslow.Theykeepthinking,thinking,thinking.Oh,very,verygood.汉斯·罗斯林：我会给你们做三道多项选择题用这个装置来回答第一个问题是在过去一个世纪里每年因自然灾害死亡的人数发生了怎样的变化是翻倍了还是在全世界范围内总体不变还是下降了一半呢请选择AB或C我已经看到很多人回答了这比我在大学里做的时候快得多他们动作很慢他们一直想啊想啊好很好Andwegotothenextquestion.Sohowlongdidwomen30yearsoldintheworldgotoschool:sevenyears,fiveyearsorthreeyears?A,BorC?Pleaseanswer.下一个问题在全世界范围内30岁的女性的受教育的年限是七年五年还是三年AB还是C请回答Andwegotothenextquestion.Inthelast20years,howdidthepercentageofpeopleintheworldwholiveinextremepovertychange?Extremepoverty—nothavingenoughfoodfortheday.Diditalmostdouble,diditremainmoreorlessthesame,ordidithalve?A,BorC?我们看下一个问题过去20年里占世界人口多少百分比的人生活在极端贫困中?极端贫困指的是每天填不饱肚子是几乎翻倍了还是基本维持不变还是减半了?AB或CNow,answers.Yousee,deathsfromnaturaldisastersintheworld,youcanseeitfromthisgraphhere,from1900to2000.In1900,therewasabouthalfamillionpeoplewhodiedeveryyearfromnaturaldisasters:floods,earthquakes,volcaniceruption,whatever,droughts.Andthen,howdidthatchange?现在公布答案如你所见全球因自然灾害死亡的人数你可以从这幅图里看到从1900年到2000年1900年每年有接近50万人死于自然灾害洪水地震火山喷发其他干旱然后发生了怎样的变化呢GapminderaskedthepublicinSweden.Thisishowtheyanswered.TheSwedishpublicansweredlikethis:Fiftypercentthoughtithaddoubled,38percentsaidit’smoreorlessthesame,12saidithadhalved.Thisisthebestdatafromthedisasterresearchers,anditgoesupanddown,anditgoestotheSecondWorldWar,andafterthatitstartstofallanditkeepsfallingandit’sdowntomuchlessthanhalf.Theworldhasbeenmuch,muchmorecapableasthedecadesgobytoprotectpeoplefromthis,youknow.Soonly12percentoftheSwedesknowthis.Gapminder对瑞典公众进行了调查他们是这样回答的瑞典公众的回答是这样的50%的人认为翻倍了38%的人认为没太大变化12%的人认为减半了对于灾害研究人员来说这是最理想的数字然后上下有所浮动然后到了二战之后就开始一路下滑下降至远低于一半这个世界相比数