王力宏牛津大学演讲稿中英文全篇

Leehom Wang Oxford Union speech

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。。。because knowing both of a coin I really

think thatthere’s a love story willing to be told and willing to

unfold。I’m willing to tointerpret the love story

because I believe it is the story that will save us，will bring us

together。

And my thesis

statement for today’s talk is that the relationship between east and west needs

to be and can be fixed via pop culture。

（laughing。。。）

I’m going to try to

back it up！

The United Nations

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said：“There are no languages required in a music world。That is the power of music and that’s the power of the

heart。Through this promotion of arts we can better understand the

culture and civilizations of the other people。In this era

ofinstability and intolerance we need to promote better understanding through

the power of music。”

The UN Secretary

General thinks we need more music，and

I think he’s right。

Music and arts have

always played the key role in my life，in building relationships，replacing

what once was ignorance fearing of hatred with

acceptance，friendship and even love。

So I have strong

case for growing in music between cultures because it happened to me earlier in life。

I was born and

raised up in New York，barely spoke a

word of Chinese。I didn’t know the difference between Taiwan and

Thailand。

（laughing。。。）

I was American

as。。。。until one day on a third grade

playground，the inevitable finally happened。I got

teased for being Chinese。

Every kid just

teased for making fun on the playground，but this was fundamentally different and I knew it right then and there。Thiskid，let’s call him Brayan

the Cowboy。。。

He started making

fun for me，saying“Chinese，Japanese,Dirty

kneess,Look at these!”

(laughing…)

The kids started

laughing at me and it hurts!

I can still

remember how I can felt，I felt

shamed，I felt barrased，but I laughted along with

them，with everybody。I didn’t know what else to

do。I was like having out-body experience，as if I could

laugh at that Chinese kid on the playground with all the other American kids

because I was one of them。

Right？Wrong！On many

levels。

And I was facing

first but definitely not the last time the harsh reality that I was

minority。

In

Rochester，which in those ages Asian

population was about 1%。And I was confused。I wanted to

punch Bryan，I wanted to hurt him for hunting me in that

situation。But he was masculine，stronger than me and he

will kick my butt and he would do that so I just took it in。And I

didn’t tell anyone with these fee lings and I just held them in and let them

repressed.

Those feelings

trough surface in a strangely therapeutically for me through music。

It was no

coincident that around that time I started paly violion，guitar and drums，I soon discovered that playing music or singing，other kids would，for a

brief moment，

forget about my

race of colour and they be able to see who truly I am，as a human

being who’s

emotional spiritual curious about the world and has a need for love just like

everyone else。

And by the sixth

grade，guess who asked me if I could

join him for his band。

（Bryan）

Bryan！

I said yes and

that’s Bryan and me together，from the

elementary school rock band called“Nirvana”

（laughing）

I’m not

kidding，I was a rock band

called“Nirvana”before Kurt Cobain’s

band。So when Nirvana came out，Bryan and I were