王力宏牛津大学演讲稿精选多篇.docx

1、王力宏牛津大学演讲稿精选多篇王力宏牛津大学演讲稿(精选多篇) leehom wang oxford union speechexception。because knowing both of a coin i reallythink thattheres a love story willing to be told and willing tounfold。im willing to tointerpret the love storybecause i believe it is the story that will save us，will bring ustogether。and m

2、y thesisstatement for todays talk is that the relationship between east and west needsto be and can be fixed via pop culture。im going to try toback it up！the united nationssecretary general ban ki-moon said：“there are no languages required in a musicworld。that is the power of music and thats the pow

3、er of theheart。through this promotion of arts we can better understand theculture and civilizations of the other people。in this eraofinstability and intolerance we need to promote better understanding throughthe power of music。”the un secretarygeneral thinks we need more music，andi think hes right。m

4、usic and arts havealways played the key role in my life，in building relationships，replacingwhat once was ignorance fearing of hatred withacceptance，friendship and even love。so i have strongcase for growing in music between cultures because it happened to me earlier inlife。i was born andraised up in

5、new york，barely spoke aword of chinese。i didnt know the difference between taiwan andthailand。i was americanas。until one day on a third gradeplayground，the inevitable finally happened。i gotteased for being chinese。every kid justteased for making fun on the playground，but this was fundamentally diffe

6、rent and i knewit right then and there。thiskid，lets call him brayanthe cowboy。he started makingfun for me，saying“chinese，japanese,dirtykneess,look at these!”the kids startedlaughing at me and it hurts!i can stillremember how i can felt，i feltshamed，i felt barrased，but i laughted along withthem，with

7、everybody。i didnt know what else todo。i was like having out-body experience，as if i couldlaugh at that chinese kid on the playground with all the other american kidsbecause i was one of them。right？wrong！on manylevels。and i was facingfirst but definitely not the last time the harsh reality that i was

8、minority。inrochester，which in those ages asianpopulation was about 1%。and i was confused。i wanted topunch bryan，i wanted to hurt him for hunting me in thatsituation。but he was masculine，stronger than me and hewill kick my butt and he would do that so i just took it in。and ididnt tell anyone with the

9、se feelings and i just held them in and let themrepressed.those feelingstrough surface in a strangely therapeutically for me through music。it was nocoincident that around that time i started paly violion，guitar and drums，i soon discoveredthat playing music or singing，other kids would，for abrief mome

10、nt，forget about myrace of colour and they be able to see who truly i am，as a humanbeing whosemotional spiritual curious about the world and has a need for love just likeeveryone else。and by the sixthgrade，guess who asked me if i couldjoin him for his band。bryan！i said yes andthats bryan and me toget

11、her，from theelementary school rock band called“nirvana”im notkidding，i was a rock bandcalled“nirvana”before kurt cobainsband。so when nirvana came out，bryan and i werelike:hey，hes stealing our name!what reallyattracted to me is that music at this young age and still i love about it isthat it breakes

12、down the walls between us and show us so quickly the truth thatwe are much more alike than we are different。then in highschool，i learnt that music was notjust about connecting with others，like bryan and i were connectedthrough music。it was a powerful tool of influence andinspiraton。sam nguyen was my

13、high school janitor。he was animmigrant from vietnam who barely spoke a word of english。sam swept thefloors and cleaned the bathroom of our school for twenty years。he never talked tothe kids and the kids never talked to sam。but oneday，before the opening night beforeour schools annual，he walked up to

14、me and holding aletter。i was taken to theback and i was thingking;why sam the janitor would approaching me?he gave me thisletter that i was draw off in a shaky hand and written in allcapitals，and i readit:in all my years of working as a janitor atsutherland，you are the first asianboy who plays the r

15、ock，i will bring my six-year-old daughter towatch you perform because i wanted her to see the asian communities and inspireher。但凡事物都有两面，所以我认为这背后蕴含着一个亟待讲述的爱情故事。我更倾向于这样的解释是因为我相信，这些关于爱的故事可以拯救我我们，把我们凝聚在一起。我今天演讲的主题就是：通过流行文化修复东方世界与西方世界的关系我会想办法讲明白的！联合国秘书长潘基文说过：在音乐的世界里，沟通是无需语言的。这就是音乐的力量，这就是人心的力量。通过发扬艺术，我们才能更好地了解其他民族的文明与文化。在这个动荡不安，人与人之间不慎宽容的年代，我们需要用音乐的力量来更好的了解彼此。联合国秘书长认为我们需要更多的音乐，这一点我很赞同。音乐和艺术一直在我的生命中占据着很重要的地位。音乐和艺术的力量能帮助建立人与人之间的关系，用包容，友谊和爱来驱逐因为无知的仇恨而产生的恐惧。对于在不同的文化背景下在音乐中成长这件事，我自己童年时期的经历是一个最好的例证。我在纽约长大，几乎连一句中文都不会说，以前我连“台湾”和“泰国