迈克尔杰克逊牛津英语励志演讲稿.docx

1、迈克尔杰克逊牛津英语励志演讲稿迈克尔杰克逊牛津英语励志演讲稿Heal the Children, Heal the World拯救儿童，拯救世界流行音乐之王迈克尔杰克逊In a world?lled with hate, we must still dare to hope. Keep hope alive. In a world?lled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world?lled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world?lled with d

2、istrust, we must still dare to believe. 即使世界充满仇恨，我们也要勇于憧憬，让希望永存;即使世界充满愤怒，我们也要敢于安慰;即使世界充满绝望，我们也要勇于梦想;即使世界充满猜疑，我们仍然敢于信任。-Heal The Kids Oxford SpeechOxford University, March 2019 by Michael JacksonThank you, thank you dear friends, from the bottom of my heart, for such a loving and spirited welcome, an

3、d thank you, Mr President, for your kind invitation to me which I am so honored to accept. I also want to express a special thanks to you Shmuley, who for 11 years served as Rabbi here at Oxford. You and I have been working so hard to form Heal the Kids, as well as writing our book about childlike q

4、ualities, and in all of our efforts you have been such a supportive and loving friend. And I would also like to thank Toba Friedman, our director of operations at Heal the Kids, who is returning tonight to the alma mater where she served as a Marshall scholar, as well as Marilyn Piels, another centr

5、al member of our Heal the Kids team.I am humbled to be lecturing in a place that has previously been filled by such notable figures as Mother Theresa, Albert Einstein, Ronald Reagan, Robert Kennedy and Malcolm X. Ive even heard that Kermit the Frog has made an appearance here, and Ive always felt a

6、kinship with Kermits message that its not easy being green. Im sure he didnt find it any easier being up here than I do!As I looked around Oxford today, I couldnt help but be aware of the majesty and grandeur of this great institution, not to mention the brilliance of the great and gifted minds that

7、 have roamed these streets for centuries. The walls of Oxford have not only housed the greatest philosophical and scientific geniuses they have also ushered forth some of the most cherished creators of childrens literature, from J.R.R. Tolkien to CS Lewis. Today I was allowed to hobble into the dini

8、ng hall in Christ Church to see Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland immortalized in the stained glass windows. And even one of my own fellow Americans, the beloved Dr Seuss graced these halls and then went on to leave his mark on the imaginations of millions of children throughout the world.I suppose

9、 I should start by listing my qualifications to speak before you this evening. Friends, I do not claim to have the academic expertise of other speakers who have addressed this hall, just as they could lay little claim at being adept at the moonwalk and you know, Einstein in particular was really TER

10、RIBLE at that.But I do have a claim to having experienced more places and cultures than most people will ever see. Human knowledge consists not only of libraries of parchment and ink it is also comprised of the volumes of knowledge that are written on the human heart, chiseled on the human soul, and

11、 engraved on the human psyche. And friends, I have encountered so much in this relatively short life of mine that I still cannot believe I am chiseled only 42. I often tell Shmuley that in soul years Im sure that Im at least 80 and tonight I even walk like Im 80! So please harken to my message, beca

12、use what I have to tell you tonight can bring healing to humanity and healing to our planet.Through the grace of God, I have been fortunate to have achieved many of my artistic and professional aspirations realized early in my lifetime. But these, friends are accomplishments, and accomplishments alo

13、ne are not synonymous with who I am. Indeed, the cheery five-year-old who belted out Rockin Robin and Ben to adoring crowds was not indicative of the boy behind the smile.Tonight, I come before you less as an icon of pop (whatever that means anyway), and more as an icon of a generation, a generation

14、 that no longer knows what it means to be children.All of us are products of our childhood. But I am the product of a lack of a childhood, an absence of that precious and wondrous age when we frolic playfully without a care in the world, basking in the adoration of parents and relatives, where our b

15、iggest concern is studying for that big spelling test come Monday morning.Those of you who are familiar with the Jackson Five know that I began performing at the tender age of five and that ever since then, I havent stopped dancing or singing. But while performing and making music undoubtedly remain

16、 as some of my greatest joys, when I was young I wanted more than anything else to be a typical little boy. I wanted to build tree houses, have water balloon fights, and play hide and seek with my friends. But fate had it otherwise and all I could do was envy the laughter and playtime that seemed to

17、 be going on all around me.There was no respite from my professional life. But on Sundays I would go Pioneering, the term used for the missionary work that Jehovahs Witnesses do. And it was then that I was able to see the magic of other peoples childhood.Since I was already a celebrity, I would have

18、 to don a disguise of fat suit, wig, beard and glasses and we would spend the day in the suburbs of Southern California, going door-to-door or making the rounds of shopping malls, distributing our Watchtower magazine. I loved to set foot in all those regular suburban houses and catch sight of the sh

19、ag rugs and La-Z-Boy armchairs with kids playing Monopoly and grandmas baby-sitting and all those wonderful, ordinary and starry scenes of everyday life. Many, I know, would argue that these things seem like no big deal. But to me they were mesmerizing.I used to think that I was unique in feeling th

20、at I was without a childhood. I believed that indeed there were only a handful with whom I could share those feelings. When I recently met with Shirley Temple Black, the great child star of the 1930s and 40s, we said nothing to each other at first, we simply cried together, for she could share a pai

21、n with me that only others like my close friends Elizabeth Taylor and McCauley Culkin know.I do not tell you this to gain your sympathy but to impress upon you my first important point : It is not just Hollywood child stars that have suffered from a non-existent childhood. Today, its a universal cal

22、amity, a global catastrophe. Childhood has become the great casualty of modern-day living. All around us we are producing scores of kids who have not had the joy, who have not been accorded the right, who have not been allowed the freedom, or knowing what its like to be a kid.Today children are cons

23、tantly encouraged to grow up faster, as if this period known as childhood is a burdensome stage, to be endured and ushered through, as swiftly as possible. And on that subject, I am certainly one of the worlds greatest experts.Ours is a generation that has witnessed the abrogation of the parent-chil

24、d covenant. Psychologists are publishing libraries of books detailing the destructive effects of denying ones children the unconditional love that is so necessary to the healthy development of their minds and character. And because of all the neglect, too many of our kids have, essentially, to raise

25、 themselves. They are growing more distant from their parents, grandparents and other family members, as all around us the indestructible bond that once glued together the generations, unravels.This violation has bred a new generation, Generation O let us call it, that has now picked up the torch fr

26、om Generation X. The O stands for a generation that has everything on the outside wealth, success, fancy clothing and fancy cars, but an aching emptiness on the inside. That cavity in our chests, that barrenness at our core, that void in our centre is the place where the heart once beat and which lo

27、ve once occupied.And its not just the kids who are suffering. Its the parents as well. For the more we cultivate little-adults in kids-bodies, the more removed we ourselves become from our own child-like qualities, and there is so much about being a child that is worth retaining in adult life.Love,

28、ladies and gentlemen, is the human familys most precious legacy, its richest bequest, its golden inheritance. And it is a treasure that is handed down from one generation to another. Previous ages may not have had the wealth we enjoy. Their houses may have lacked electricity, and they squeezed their

29、 many kids into small homes without central heating. But those homes had no darkness, nor were they cold. They were lit bright with the glow of love and they were warmed snugly by the very heat of the human heart. Parents, undistracted by the lust for luxury and status, accorded their children prima

30、cy in their lives.As you all know, our two countries broke from each other over what Thomas Jefferson referred to as certain inalienable rights. And while we Americans and British might dispute the justice of his claims, what has never been in dispute is that children have certain inalienable rights

31、, and the gradual erosion of those rights has led to scores of children worldwide being denied the joys and security of childhood.I would therefore like to propose tonight that we install in every home a Childrens Universal Bill of Rights, the tenets of which are:1. The right to be loved without hav

32、ing to earn it2. The right to be protected, without having to deserve it3. The right to feel valuable, even if you came into the world with nothing4. The right to be listened to without having to be interesting5. The right to be read a bedtime story, without having to compete with the evening news6. The right to an education without having to dodge bullets at schools7. The right to be thought of as adorable (even if you have a face that only a mother could love).Friends, the foundation of all human knowle