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Affinity英語学院にて英語を学ばれている皆様。

Patricia Ryan氏による講義（Don't insist on English!）の動画と音声練習指定箇所のスクリプトです。
「英語教師が優秀な人材の邪魔をしているのかもしれない！？」という刺激的な内容です。

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Now can it be right to reject a student on linguistic ability alone? Perhaps you have a computer scientist who's a genius. Would he need the same language as a lawyer, for example? Well, I don't think so. We English teachers reject them all the time. We put a stop sign, and we stop them in their tracks. They can't pursue their dream any longer, 'til they get English. Now let me put it this way: if I met a monolingual Dutch speaker who had the cure for cancer, would I stop him from entering my British University? I don't think so. But indeed, that is exactly what we do. We English teachers are the gatekeepers. And you have to satisfy us first that your English is good enough.

トランスクリプトの出典は以下のページです。
https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english/transcript