【中英对照】王力宏牛津大学演讲稿：认识华流(1)
中国人在牛津大学演讲稿(3篇)
第1篇大家好！我非常荣幸能够在这里与大家分享我的想法和经历。
首先，请允许我向牛津大学表示最诚挚的敬意和感谢。
牛津大学作为世界顶尖的学府，历史悠久，学术氛围浓厚，培养了一代又一代的杰出人才。
能够在这里发表演讲，我感到无比自豪。
今天，我想和大家探讨的主题是“中国人在牛津大学的学习与成长”。
首先，我想简要介绍一下我自己。
我来自中国，是一名牛津大学的学生。
在过去的几年里，我在这里度过了充实而难忘的时光，收获了宝贵的知识和人生经验。
一、牛津大学的魅力牛津大学位于英国牛津市，距今已有九百多年的历史。
它是一所世界著名的研究型大学，以其卓越的学术水平、丰富的文化底蕴和严谨的学风而闻名于世。
牛津大学拥有众多的学院，每个学院都有其独特的风格和特色。
在这里，学生们可以接触到世界各地的专家学者，聆听他们的精彩讲座，拓宽自己的视野。
牛津大学的魅力不仅在于其悠久的历史和卓越的学术成就，更在于其独特的文化氛围。
牛津市是一座充满活力的城市，拥有丰富的文化遗产和自然风光。
在这里，学生们可以尽情地探索、学习和成长。
二、中国人在牛津大学的学习与成长近年来，越来越多的中国学生选择到牛津大学深造。
作为一名中国学生，我在这里度过了一段难忘的时光。
以下是我对在牛津大学学习与成长的几点感悟：1. 学术氛围牛津大学的学术氛围非常浓厚，这里的教授和学者们都是各自领域的佼佼者。
在这里，学生们可以接触到最前沿的学术成果，激发自己的学术兴趣。
同时，牛津大学注重培养学生的独立思考能力和批判性思维，鼓励学生们勇于质疑、探索和创新。
2. 国际视野牛津大学是一所国际化的大学，来自世界各地的学生在这里汇聚一堂。
在这里，学生们可以结交来自不同国家和文化背景的朋友，了解他们的生活习俗和思维方式。
这种多元化的交流有助于拓宽我们的国际视野，培养我们的跨文化交流能力。
3. 自主学习在牛津大学，学生们需要学会自主学习。
这里的课程设置较为灵活，教授们更多地是引导学生思考，而不是简单地传授知识。
王力宏牛津大学演讲稿中英对照之欧阳引擎创编
王力宏牛津大学演讲稿中英对照：欧阳引擎（2021.01.01）Thank you, Plena. Thank you, Jun. Thank you, Peishan for helping this set up.谢谢波琳娜，谢谢君，谢谢珮姗帮我组织这一切。
Thank you all for being here today and the late comers as well. Thank you for coming in quietly.谢谢在座的各位，谢谢晚来的同学，也谢谢你们悄悄的进来。
I wanna start off today just to take a moment of silence for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake and also for the victims of the Boston marathon bombing. So let’s just take a minute to pay our respect to that.今天开始之前，我想要先为四川地震的灾民们以及波士顿马拉松爆炸事件的受害者们默哀。
让我们用一分钟时间，为他们祈福。
Thank you.谢谢你们。
I never thought I would be addressing you, the esteemed members of the Oxford Union, without a guitar or an Erhu, without my crazy stage hair, costumes. But I did perform in the O2 Arena in London last week. I am not sure if any of you were able to make that. But in many ways, that was similar to what I’m talking about today, that is, introducing Chinese pop music here.尊敬的各位牛津大学辩论会和牛津大学亚太学生会的同学们，万万想不到会以这样的方式跟你们相聚。
英文演讲 C4 speech 3
Music and arts have always played the key role in my life in building relationships, replacing what once was the ignorance, fear and hatred with acceptance, friendships and even love. —Leehom Wang
演讲者简介
Wang debuted in 1995 and since then has released over 25 albums, with sales of over 50 million copies. He is also a four-time winner and 19-time nominee of Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards, the “Grammys” of Chinese music. He holds honorary doctoral degrees from both Williams College and Berklee. With over 60 million followers on social media, he is one of the most followed celebrities in China.
演讲原文
金句背诵 1. Having a roommate can be a recipe for disaster, but it also has a potential for being the greatest friendship you’ve ever had.
王力宏在牛津大学的演讲2013.
Thank you all for being here today, and the late comers as well. Thank you for coming in quietly.I want to start off today just to take a moment of silence for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake and for the victims of the Boston American bomb. So let ’ s just take a minute to pay our respect to them.Thank you.I never thought I would be addressing you, the esteemed members of the Oxford Union, without guitar or Erhu, without my crazy stage hair, costumes. But I did perform at the O2 Arena in London last week. I am not sure any of you would make that. But in many ways, that would be similar to what I am talking about today, that is, introducing Chinese pop music to you. I am actually a Chinese ambassador of Chinese pop whether you like it or not. Both music and movies. And today I am here to give you the state of the union address. It’ s not the Oxford Union. It’ s the union of east and west. I want to frankly, openly and honestly talk about how we’ ve done a good job or how we’ ve done a bad job of bringing Chinese pop to the west. And I also want to press upon all of you here today the importance of that soft culture, that soft power’ s change and how each of us is involved in that change.Soft power, a term I am sure you are all familiar with this famous quote ?ing by Rhodes Scholar (全称:Team Rhodes Scholars∙中文名:罗氏奖学金 , 罗氏高端学历者,高端文艺青年∙首次登台:2012年 9月 26日∙成员:Cody Rhodes,story and influence others to fall in love with it. I like that definition. But I want terms for all you students and you audience. The wayI see it, east and west are kind like freshman roommates. You don’ t know a lotabout each other but suddenly you are living together in the same room. And each one would be scared that the others would steal the shower time or wants a party then the other one wants to study. It has the potential to be absolutely hell, stories. I know for a lot of students here in Oxford have your own separate bedrooms. But when I was a freshmen at Williams College, I was not so fortunate.(You are kidding me. All right, all right! Great. Well, I had a roommate, and he was that roommate. Let’ s just call him Frank. So Frank was my roommate and Frank liked nothing more than to smoke And he did it every day. And For those Chiese speakers and audience. Frank would “ 火力全开” on that bongstrangely enough every time I go into our bedroom, I mysteriously end up latefor calss. I don ’ t know what happened. It was like “ Due, it is already ten o ’ clock. ” . So, how many of you have lived with a Frank, or could be a Frank Gat? Ha ving a roommate can be a recipe for disater, but it has the potential for being the greatest friendship you have ever had. See, Frank, he didn ’ t make it to a second year. And I had two new roommates in the second year, Stephen and Jason. And till this day, the three of us are the best friends. So going back to my analogy, of east and west, and roommates. Do we want to be Frank, or do we want to be Stephen and Jason? And I think, in this year of 2013, we should all be striving for the later, shouldn’ t we? I mean I am assuming that we all agree that this is the goal that we should all be strving for.Let ’ s look at where we are in reality. Recent headlines in the media include foreign policy magazine. Chinese victim conplex . Why are Chinese leaders so paranoid(多疑的about the United States? Or the AFP, Agence France-Presse, human rights in China worsening US fines? Blumer says, in the cover of this magazine, Yes, The Chinese Army is Spying on You. ( And in such a great. I just want to show you the cover of the magazine. So, it actually in extremely high of negative fear and anxiety about China,Sinophobia, that I think is not but also misleading and also it ’ s ?dangerous, very dangerous. And what about how westerners are viewed by Chinese? Well, we have terms for westerners. The most common of which are “ 鬼佬” , in Cantonese, which means the “ old devil” , “ 老外” , meaning the outsider in Madraine, “ 阿毛” , which means the “ red hair one ” in Taiwanese. The list goes on and on. So are these roommates headed for a best-friend relationship? I think we need a little help. And as China arises to be a global power, I think it’ s more imperant than ever for us to be discerning about what we believe, because after all, I think that ’ s the purpose of a higher education. And that’ s why we are here to be able to think for ourselves and make our own decisions. China is not just those headlines, the butgeoning(蓬勃发展的economy, the unique politics. It ’ s not. Just the world ’ s factory or the next big superpower, it’ s so much more. A billion people, with rich culture, amazing stories and as a product of both of those cultures. I want to help faster understanding between the two and help create that incredible relationship. Because knowing both sides of the coin, I really think that there is a love story willing to be told, willing to be unfold. And I am only having joking when I say love story because I believe it is, the stories that will save us, will bring us together. And my thesis statemtn for today’ s talk is that, th e relationship between the east and west needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture. That’“ No language required in musical world.” That is power of music and that is the power of the heart. Through this promotion of arts, we can better understand that the culture and civilization of other people in this era of instability and intolerance, we need to promote better understanding through the power of music. Now the UN Secretary Journal said we need more music, and I think he is right. Music and arts have always played a key role in my life in buildingabout music is that it breaks down the wall between us and shows us so quickly the truth that we are much more alike than we are different. And in high school, I learned that music wasn ’ t just connecting wi th other, like Brian and I were connected through music.It was a powerful rool of influence and inspiration. Sam was my high school He was an immigrant from Vietnam who barely spoke a word of English. Sam scraped the floors and cleaned the bathrooms in our high school for twenty years. And he never talked to the kids and the kids never talked td Sam. But one day, before our opening night of our school ’ s annual musical, he walked up to me, holding a letter. And I was taking a back.I was taking, “ Why is Sam approaching me? And he gave me this letter that I have kept to this day. It was scrolled in a shaky hand written in all capitals.And it read: “ In all my years of working as a genitor at (, you are the first Asian boy to play the lead role. I am going to bring my six-year-old daughter to watch you perform tonight. Because I want her to see that Asians can be inspiring. ” And that letter just floored me. I was fifteen years old and I was absolutely stunned. That’ s the first time I realized how music was so important.With Brian, music helped two kids who were initially enemies become friends. But with Sam, music went beyond thelevel. It influenced others I didn’ t even know in ways I can never imagine. I can’ t tell how grateful I am, just to Sam, the genitor, to this day. He really is one of the people who helped me discover my life ’ s purpose. And I had no idea that something I did could mean more than I ever imagined to an immigrant from Vietnam who barely spoke English. Pop culture, music, and other methods of story teller, movies, TV dramas, they are so key and they do connect us like me and Brian and do influence us and inspire us.Then let’this soft power bias. How is soft power exchanged between these two roommates? Are the songs in English that become hits in China? Sure. How about movies? Well, there are so many, that the China has the a limit of the number Hollywood movies imported in the country so that local movies can even have a chance at the west. (YES! And movies. Well there was Crouching Tiger, that was thirteen years ago. And, well I think there is a bit of an imbalance here. And I think that’ s soft power deficit, let’ s call it then we look in this direction. That is to say, the west influences the east more than the vise versa. (And forgive me for using east and west kind of loosely but I think it ’ s easier to say to understand English-speaking language or the Ansian speaking language of Chinese, I hope you can go with me.. And is this the problems, this imbalance in pop culture influence. And I think so. I think in any healthy relationship or friendship or marriage, is it important for both sides to mak efforts to understand the other? And that exchange needs to have healthy balance. And how do we address this as an ambassador for Chinese pop nusic and movies, I have to ask myself the question, Why does this deficit exist? Is it because Chinese music is just lame? (Don’ t answer that, please. (But actually there is truth in that. And the argueent being that the we ’ ve created just as internationally competitive, and why should be? Well look at Korean pop, look at K pop for example. Korean is an export-based economy and they are outward looking. And they must be outward looking. Chinese pop, on the other hand, can just staydomestic, tour all over Chinese-speaking territories and comfortably sustain. So when we are,kind of turn-inward and be complacent(自满的 . So it certainly can be an arguement made for Chinese pop being not marked with international sensibilities in mind. But the other side of the arguement, I think is more interesting and thought provoking and even more true that ears aren’ t familiarwith, therefore don’ t really understand how to appreciate Chinese music.Ouch! ’ s exactly what I went through. So I happen to know a thing or two about learning to appreciate Chinese pop as a westerner. Cause I was 17 years old when I went I grow upand thinking,, “ where is the B? Where is the screeching(呼啸声guitar solos?” Here I am a American kid in Asia, listening to Chiness music for the first time and thinking “ this stuff is lamb. I don ’ t like it. ” I thought it was cheesy, production volum is low, the singers couldn ’ t bell like Axe or Rose, or Maria Carrie. But then one day, I went to my first Chinese pop concert and it was Yu Chengqing, performing in the Taibei Music Center. And as he performed, I looked around the audience and I saw their faces. And I looked in their eyes and their responses to his music. And it was clear to me, finally, where the problem lay. It wasn’ t t hat the music was lacking. It was my ability to appreciate it and to hear it in the right way. The crowd, they were singing along and be totally inmmersed in his music and I had an epiphany(顿悟 that I was missing the point. And from now on, I was going to, somehow, learn how to get it. I was going to learn how to hear with local ears and I deconstructed and analysed what it was made Chinese audiences connect with certain type of melodies, rhythems and song structures and lyrics. That’ s what I’ ve been doing for the past almost twenty years. And it took me a long time and I am still learning. But to some point, I not only began to be able to appreciate the music, but also I started to be think this happens to everyone, really, who is on the outside looking in, it always looks strange. If you look at things from your perspective, you will always think these people are weridoes(古怪的人. What ’ s wrong with them?Why are they listening to this stuff? And I am saying that you can make an effort and get it. It can be done and I am a living proof of that. And as an ambassador of Chinese pop, I am trying to get people to open up to a sound that they may not feel as palatable (使人愉悦的, 随人心愿的 as they first listen.What else should we do to reduce imbalance in our popular cultures. Well maybe give a talk to Oxford union. Tour more outside of China. But seriously, actually I think the ties are already starting to change very slowly, very cautiously, almost calculatingly. You see more cross-culture now more exchange interest in China definitely a lot ofIt ’ s beginning to be kind of a world pop. And that’ s what I am looking forward to, that’ s what I am focusing on these days. There was J-pop(日流 , there was K-pop(韩流 , there was C-pop(Chinese pop华流 . And there is like this W-pop (宏流? That ’ s kind of starting to emerge. This world pop. And I think. Yeah, I例如非洲及南亚洲地区的音乐，有些地区如拉丁美洲的音乐，则能普及到自成一种类型。
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But in many ways that is similar to what I’m talking about today, that is, introducing Chinese pop music. See, I’m actually an ambassador for Chinese pop, whether I like it or not, for both music and movies, and today I’m here to give you a State of Union address. It’s not the Oxford Union, it’s the union of East and West.I want to frankly and openly and honestly talk about how we’ve done a good job, or how we’ve done a bad job, of bringing Chinese pop to the West. And I also want to impress upon all of you here today the workings of that soft power exchange and how each of us is involved in that exchange.Soft power, a term I’m sure you’re all familiar with, coined by Rhodes Scholar and Oxford alumnus Joseph Nye, is defined as the ability to attract and persuade. Shashi Tharoor called it, in a recent TEDTalk, “the ability of a culture to tell a compelling story and influence others to fall in love with them”. I like that definition. But I want to put it in collegiate term for you students in the audience. The way I see it, East and West, are kinda like freshmen roommates. You don’t know a lot about each other aside that you’re living with each other in the same room. And each one is scared the othe r’s gonna steal his shower time or wants to party when the other wants to study. It has the potential to be absolute hell. We all have horror stories of that roommate, we all heard about those stories. I knowa lot of students here in Oxford have their own separate bedrooms.But when I was a freshman at Williams College [crowd interjects] You’re kidding! Woohoo! Well I had a roommate. And he was that roommate. Let’s just call him Frank. So Frank was my roommate and Frank liked nothing more than to smoke weed. [laughter] And he did it every day. And Frank had a 2-foot long bong under his bed that was constantly being fired up. For those Chinese speakers in the audience, Frank would 火力全开on that bong. So I guess I was kinda the opposite of Bill Clinton, who tried marijuana but didn’t inhale: I didn’t try marijuana but I did inhale. Every single day. Second hand. And strangely enough, every time I go into our bedroom, I mysteriously end up being late for class. I was like, dude is it already 10 o’clock?So, how many of you have lived with that Frank, or be a FrankHaving a roommate can be a recipe for disaster, but it also can have the potential of being the greatest friendship you’ve ever had. See, Frank, he didn’t make it to second year. And I got two new roommates instead: Stephan and Jason, and these days the three of us are the best of friends. So going back to my analogy, East and West, as roommates, do we want to be Frank, or do we want to be Steph and Jason, and I think in this day and age, in 2013, we should all be striving for the latter. I’m assuming we all agree that this is the goal that we all strive for.Now, let’s look at where we are in reality, in recent headlines, in the media include, Foreign policy [maybe], China’s victim complex, Why ar e Chinese leaders so paranoid about the United States or the [AP, the Associated Press], Humanrights in China worse than US. Bloomberg says, on the cover of this magazine, Yes, the Chinese army is spying on you [laughter] And it’s such a great one that I want to show you the cover of the magazine [laughter][Ed:check out the photo on the right!] Yes, be very afraid! [laughter]There’s actually an extremely high amount of negativity and fear and anxiety about China, Sinophobia, that I think is not just misinformed and misleading and ultimately dangerous. Very dangerous. And what about how Westerners are viewed by Chinese Well, we have terms for Westerners. The most common of which are gwailo, in Cantonese which means “the old devil”, laowai, meaning “the old outsider” in Mandarin, ang moh, which means “the red hairy one” in Taiwanese, and the list goes on and on. So are these roommates heading for a best friend relationship I think we need a little help. And as China rise to power, I think it is more important than ever for us to more discerning about what we believe because after all, I think, that’s the purpose of higher education, and that’s why we are all here, to be able to think for ourselves and make our own decisions.China’s not just those headline s. The burgeoning economy with unique politics. It is not just the world’s factory or the next big superpower, it’s so much more, a billion people with rich culture, amazing stories, and as a product of both of those cultures, I want to help foster an understanding between the two. And [x] that incredible relationship, because knowing both sides of the coin, I really think that there is a love story waiting to be told, ready to unfold. And I’m only halfjoking when I said love story because I believe it is the stories that will save us and bring us closer 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, and I’m going to try and back it up. Now, the UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki Moon said, “There are no languages required in the musical world. That is the power of music. That is the power of heart.” Through this promotion of arts we can better understand the culture and civilisation of other people. And in this era of instability and intolerance, we need to promote better understanding through the power of music. The UN Sec-Gen thinks that we need more music, and I think that he is right. Music and arts have always played a key role in my life, in building relationships, replacing what once were ignorance, fear and hatred, with acceptance, friendship and even love.So I have a strong case for promoting music between cultures because it happened to me early in my life. I was born in Rochester, New York, I barely spoke a word of Chinese. I didn't know the difference between Taiwan or Thailand. [laughter] I was as American as apple pie, until one day on the 3rd grade playground, the inevitable finally happened: I got teased for being Chinese. Now every kid gets teased or being made fun of in the playground, but this was fundamentally different and I knew right then and there. So this kid let’s call him Brian [x]. He started making fun of me, saying “Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, look at these!” [laughing] We’re laughing now but i t hurt!I could still remember how I felt, I felt ashamed, I felt embarrassed. But Ilaughed along with everyone. And I didn't know what else to do. It was like having an out of body experience. As if I could laugh at that Chinese kid on the playground with all the other Americans because I was one of them, right Wrong, on many levels. And I was facing the first and definitely not the last time the harsh reality was that I was minority in Rochester, which in those days had an Asian population of 1%. And I was confused. I wanted to punch Brian. I wanted to hurt him for putting me in that situation but he was faster than me, and he was stronger than me, and he would kick my butt and we both knew that, so I just took it in. I didn't tell anyone or share with anyone these feelings, I just held them in and I let them fester. And those feelings would surface in a strangely therapeutic way for me through music, and it was no coincidence that around at that time I started getting good with the violin, and the guit ar and the drums. And I’d soon discovered that by playing music or singing that the other kids would for a brief moment forget about my race or color and accept me and then be able to see me for who I truly am: a human being who is 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 would the drummer of their band Brian. And I said yes. And that’s when we together formed an elementary school rock band called… Nirvana. I’m not kidding, I was in a rock band called Nirvana before Kurt Cobain's Nirvana was ever known… So when Nirvana came out, Brian and I were like, hey he’s stealing our name! But really what attracted me to music at this young age was just that, and still is what I love aboutmusic, is that it breaks down the walls between us and shows us so quickly the truth that we are much more alike than we [think].And then in high school, I learned that music wasn’t just about connecting with others, like Brian and I were connected through music. It was a powerful tool of influence and inspiration. Sam [Nguyen] was my high school janitor. He was an immigrant from Vietnam who barely spoke a word of English. Sam scrubbed the floors and cleaned the bathrooms of our school for twenty years. He never talked to the kids, and the kids never talked to Sam. But one day before the opening night of our school’s annual musical, he walked up to me holding a letter, and I was taken aback and I was thinking, why is Sam the janitor approaching me And he gave me this letter that I’ve kept it to this day, it was scrawled in shaky hand written in all capitals and it read, in my all years working as a janitor at Sutherland, you were the first Asian boy to play the lead role. I’m going to bring my 6-year-old daughter to watch you perform tonight because I want her to see that Asians can be inspiring.And that letter just floored me. I was 15 years old and I was absolutely stunned. That was the first time I realized how music was so important. With Brian, it helped two kids who were initially enemies to become friends, but with Sam, music went beyond the one-on-one. It was an even higher level; it influenced others I didn’t even know, in ways I could never imagine. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to Sam to this day, he really is one of the people who helped me discover my life’s purpose, and I had no idea that something I did could meanmore than ever imagined to an immigrant from Vietnam who barely even spoke English. Pop culture, music, and the other methods of storytelling, movies, TV dramas, they are so key, and they do connect us, like me and Brian, and do influence us, and inspire us.Then let’s take another look at this state of union, the East and West union, with this soft power bias. How is the soft power exchange between these two roommates Are there songs in English that have become hits in China Sure. How about movies Well, there are so many that China has had to limit the number of Hollywood movies imported into the country so that local films could even have a chance at success. What about [x], well, [inaudible exchange with an audience member], yeah, and movies, well there was Crouching Tiger [Hidden Dragon], that was 13 years ago. Well, I think there’s a bit of an imbalance here. It’s called “soft power deficit”, that is to say the West influences the East more than vice versa. Forgive me for using “East” and “West” kinda loosely, it’s a lot easier to say than “English-speaking… language” or “Asian-speaking… language/Chinese”, I’m making generalisation and I hope you can go with me on this.And it’s just intrinsically a problem, this imbalance in pop culture influence. And I think so. In any healthy relationship, friendship, marriage, isn’t it important for both sides to make an effort to understand the other And that this exchange needs to have a healthy balance And how do we address this As an ambassador for Chinese pop music and movies, I have to ask myself a question: Why does this deficit exist Is it because Chinese music just [is lame]. Do you want me to answerthat [laughter] Yeah I think I see some of you are like, stop complaining and write a hit song! Psy did it! But there’s truth in that. The argument being that, the content that we’ve created just isn’t as in ternationally competitive. But why shouldn’t itLook at Korean pop, look at K-pop for example. Korean is an export-based economy and they are outward looking and they must be outward looking. Chinese pop on the other hand can just stay domestic, tour all over China, stick in territories and comfortably sustain. So when you’re that big and powerful, with over 160 cities in China with a million or more people, you tend to kinda turn inward and be complacent. So this certainly can be made an argument made for Chinese pop not being marketed with international sensibilities, but the other side of the argument I think is more interesting and thought provoking and even more true, is that Western ears aren’t familiar with and therefore don’t really understand how to appreciate Chinese music. Ouch!The reason I think that the argument holds water though is because that’s exactly what I went through, so I happen to know a thing or two about learning to appreciate Chinese pop as a Westerner. 'Cos I was 17 years old when I went from being an Asian kid in America to being an American kid in Asia, and the entire paradigm suddenly got flipped on its head. I grew up listening to Beastie Boys, Led Zeppelin, Guns and Roses, and I found myself in Taiwan listening to the radi o and thinking, where’s the beat Where’s the screeching guitar solos Here I am as an American kid in Asia listening to Chinese music for the first time andthinking that "this stuff is lame. I don’t like it!" I thought it was cheesy, production value was l ow, and the singers couldn’t belt like Axl Rose or Mariah Carey.But then one day, I went to my first Chinese pop concert, and it was Harlem Yu performing at the Taipei Music Centre, and as he performed, I looked around the audience and I saw their faces and the looks in their eyes and their response to his music, and it was clear to me finally where the problem lay. It wasn’t that the music that was lacking, it was my ability to appreciate it and to hear it in the right way. The crowd, they would sing along and be totally immerse in his music, and I thought that it was significant, that I was missing the point and from now on, I was going to somehow learn how to get it, I was gonna learn how to hear with both ears, and I deconstructed and analysed what it was that made Chinese audiences connect with certain types of melodies, and rhythms, and song structures, and lyrics, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the past almost twenty years, and it took me a long time and I am still learning but at some point, I not only began to be able to appreciate the music but I started being able to contribute to it and create my own fresh spins on the tried-and-true.And I think this happens to everyone, really, who is on the outside looking in. It always looks strange i f you looked at things from your perspective, you’re always going to think that these people are weirdos, what’s wrong with them, why are they listening to these stuff And I’m saying that you can make the effort [x], it can be done, and I’m living proof of that. And as an ambassador of Chinese pop, I’m trying to get people to open up to a sound that they may not feel is palatableon the first listen. So what else can we do to reduce this imbalance in our popular cultures Well, maybe we could talk a lot, tour more outside of China But seriously, actually I think the tides have already started to change, very slowly, very cautiously, almost calculatedly.You see more cross-cultural exchange now, more interest in China, definitely a lot of joint ventures, a lot of co-productions in recent years, Iron Man 3, Transformers, [53][laughter], Resident Evil, really it’s beginning to be kinda like a world pop, and that’s what I’m looking forward to and focusing on these days. There’s J-pop, there’s K-pop, there’s C-p op, and there’s like this W-pop that’s kinda starting to emerge. It’s world pop, and I love that idea. It’s not World Music. There used to be section in HMV called World Music, and I was like Ethnomusicology class in college.But world pop is more about breaking and tearing down age-old stereotypes, the artificial confines that have kept us apart for way too long. It’s a melting pot, and it’s mosaic, that even if we looked up close, we’d still see the colours and flavours of each culture in detail. And where can we go to listen to world popI don’t think there’s a world pop station or magazine, unfortunately, there are none -- there should be. There is the internet, and YouTube has proven to be a driving force for world pop. Britain’s Got Talent made Susa n Boyle the hottest act in the world, and she achieved that not through the record labels or the networks,but through grassroots sharing. Gangnam Style is another great world pop, and how that just took over became huge worldwide world pop phenomenon. So world pop as it suggests is a worldwide pop culture is something that can be shared by all of us and gives us a lot of common ground.So today, what’s my call of action I’ve already proven multicultural exchange between the East and West, I think I have made that clear, but how I think… you can all become pop singers, really, I think that’s the [x], unless that’s what you really want to.I just want to wrap up by saying that being here on the Oxford campus really makes me nostalgic for my days at Williams. And when I look back on those four years, some of my fondest memories are spending time with my roommates Stephan Papiano and Jason Price. In fact Jason is here in the audience today, and made a special trip from London just to see me. And I suppose in the beginning we were strangers, we didn’t know much about each other, and sometimes we did compete for the shower and there were times we did intrude on each other's privacy, but I’ve always loved listening to Stephan’s stories about growing up in a Gree k family and his opinions about what Greek food really was. Or Jason’s stories, about wanting to make violins and to live in Cremona, Italy like Antonio Stradivari and he did do that, and I will never forget many years later when I played a Jason Price handmade violin for the first time, and how that felt. They were always attentive and respectful when I told them what it was like for me growing up in a Chinese household with strict parents who always made me study. So we sharedstories, but the strongest bonds between us were formed just sitting around and listening to music together. And I really do see that as a model for East and West. So I really want to share Chinese music with you today because it’s the best way I know how to create a lasting friendship that transcends all barriers and allow us to know each other truly, authentically and just as we are./。
王力宏牛津大学英文演讲稿：用音乐打造文化交流的使者
王力宏牛津大学英文演讲稿：用音乐打造文化交流的使者Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests,It is an honor to stand before you today at one of the world's most prestigious institutions of higher learning, the University of Oxford. I am here to share with you my thoughts on the power of music to serve as a bridge between different cultures and peoples.Music has been a universal language throughout the history of human civilization. It transcends borders, language barriers, and cultural differences to connect people at a very fundamental level. Whether we are talking about classical music, pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, or folk, music has the ability to evoke emotions and touch the soul in ways that words alone cannot.As an acclaimed singer, songwriter, and producer, I have had the privilege of using music as a means of promoting cultural exchange between my native Taiwan and other parts of the world. I believe that music has a unique role to play in bringing people together and fostering mutual understanding.One of the ways in which I have sought to achieve this goal is through my collaborations with musicians fromdifferent countries and cultures. By engaging in joint musical projects, we have been able to share our respective traditions and create something new and innovative out of our shared experiences. This process of cross-cultural exchangeis not only educational for us as artists but also has the potential to create a lasting impact on music listeners around the world.Another way in which I have sought to use music as a medium for cultural exchange is by incorporating elements of traditional Taiwanese music into my own work. This has enabled me to introduce aspects of my culture that may be unfamiliar to audiences abroad, while also celebrating the richness and diversity of Taiwanese music.Music, I believe, is a powerful tool for building bridges between people from different cultures and promoting mutual understanding. It has the ability to create a common ground that transcends language and cultural barriers and allows us to appreciate the beauty and diversity of our world.At a time when our world seems to be increasingly divided, I believe that we need more than ever to embrace music as a means of bringing people together. By promoting cultural exchange through music, we can celebrate our differenceswhile recognizing our shared humanity.In closing, let me say that it has been a great privilege for me to speak to you at the University of Oxford today. I hope that my thoughts on the power of music to serve as a cultural ambassador have resonated with you and will inspireall of us to work together towards a more peaceful, harmonious world.Thank you.。
王力宏牛津大学英文演讲稿：传递音乐的力量
王力宏牛津大学英文演讲稿：传递音乐的力量Ladies and gentlemen,It is a great honor for me to stand here today in frontof you all at such an esteemed institution, the University of Oxford. I must say, it is a long way from where I grew up in Rochester, New York. To be able to speak to you on a topicthat is so close to my heart, music, is truly a privilege.As an artist, I have been blessed to have a platform to share my music with people all over the world. It is my hope that through my music, I can connect with people and sharewith them a message of love, hope, and positivity. I believe that music has the power to transcend language, cultural, and social barriers, and bring people together in a common bondof emotion and experience.Growing up, music was always an essential part of my life. My parents were both musicians, and I began playing theviolin at the age of four. However, it wasn't until I started playing the piano at the age of seven that I truly fell inlove with music. I found that playing the piano was not justa matter of pressing keys and producing sounds, but it was anopportunity to express myself, to convey my emotions and tell a story.Music is a universal language that speaks to the heart and soul of all human beings. It has the power to transport us to a different time and place, to evoke emotions of joy, sadness, hope, and love. It is this power of music that I believe can bring about positive change in our world.In my travels around the world, I have seen firsthand the transformative power of music. I have seen how it can bring together people from different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs. I believe that music is a force for good, and thatit can bridge divides and heal wounds.In many ways, music is a reflection of the world around us. It is a mirror of our experiences, our joys, our sorrows, and our hopes. As musicians, we have a responsibility to use our art to make a positive impact on the world. We must use our voices to speak out against injustice, to promote and encourage understanding and acceptance, and to inspire others to join us in the pursuit of a better world.I firmly believe that music has the power to change the world. Music can break down barriers, create bonds of friendship and love, and bring about positive social and cultural change. It is my hope that through my music, I can inspire others to carry on this work and continue to spread this message of love and hope throughout our world.In conclusion, I would like to thank you all for having me here today. It has been an honor to speak with you all about the power of music and the ways in which it can bring about positive change. I encourage you all to continue to use your voices and your art to promote love, acceptance, and understanding in our world. Together, we can make adifference and create a brighter future for all.Thank you.。
王力宏牛津大学英文演讲稿：跨越文化的桥梁
王力宏牛津大学英文演讲稿：跨越文化的桥梁尊敬的牛津大学领导，尊敬的各位教授，亲爱的同学们：很荣幸能够站在这里，和大家分享我的一些心得体会。
今天我想谈的主题是“跨越文化的桥梁”。
文化是一个国家的精神家园，它是一座桥梁，可以让不同国家、不同地区之间建立起信任和理解。
而我，就是这座桥梁上的其中一个人。
我出生在美国，父母是台湾人，而我自己则在华语地区成长。
对于我来说，文化就像是一个包裹，将我和我的家庭、我的国家，都紧紧地联系在一起。
在我的成长过程中，我第一次接触到音乐，就是通过一个西方的管弦乐队。
当时，我只能够听懂台湾的流行音乐，对于这种全然不同的音乐风格，我并没有太多的兴趣。
但是，随着我不断深入学习，我开始逐渐了解它的内涵和意义。
我发现，音乐是一种跨越语言、文化的沟通方式，可以让我们的感觉和情感得到愈发纯粹的表达。
随着音乐事业的发展，我有了更多的机会去探索不同国家、不同文化的音乐。
我曾经在美国、香港、台湾、中国等地举办过演唱会，而这些演唱会给了我一个更深入的了解，让我懂得了在不同文化背景下，音乐所表达的内涵是如何不同，而却是如此相通。
例如，在我的新专辑《十二新作》中，我加入了一些古典的乐器和音乐元素。
这些元素的来源，就是我在欧洲的巡回演出中所接触到的音乐。
我发现，在欧洲，这些乐器和音乐元素是极具代表性和传统的，而在亚洲，我们则通常会采用现代的音乐风格。
所以说，这个专辑可以说是一个文化交流的产物。
通过这个专辑，我希望将两种截然不同的音乐元素进行结合，从而形成一种更加多样化、更加丰富的音乐体验。
当然，文化之间的交流不只是在音乐上，还有更多更广泛、更深刻的层面。
例如电影、电视剧、文学作品等等，这些都是将文化更好地呈现出来的媒介。
当我在看不同国家的电影和电视剧时，我不仅可以了解他们的生活、价值观，还可以更好地理解他们的文化内涵。
在我的音乐事业中，我也尝试着将这些文化交流的理念运用到我的音乐作品当中。
比如在跨越20年后推出的《漂向北方》专辑中，我特别关注了气质、外语发音等方面，争取让自己的演唱尽可能贴近欧美流行音乐的风格。
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【中英对照】王力宏牛津大学演讲稿：认识华流(1)王力宏牛津大学演讲稿中英对照：Thank you, Plena. Thank you, Jun. Thank you, Peishan for helping this set up.谢谢波琳娜，谢谢君，谢谢珮姗帮我组织这一切。
Thank you all for being here today and the late comers as well. Thank you for coming in quietly.谢谢在座的各位，谢谢晚来的同学，也谢谢你们悄悄的进来。
I wanna start off today just to take a moment of silence for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake and also for the victims of the Boston marathon bombing. So let’s just take a minute to pay our respect to that.今天开始之前，我想要先为四川地震的灾民们以及波士顿马拉松爆炸事件的受害者们默哀。
让我们用一分钟时间，为他们祈福。
Thank you.谢谢你们。
I never thought I would be addressing you, the esteemed members of the Oxford Union, without a guitar or an Erhu, without my crazy stage hair, costumes. But I did perform in the O2 Arena in London last week. I am not sure if any of you were able to make that. But in many ways, that was similar to what I’m talking about today, that is, introducing Chine se pop music here.尊敬的各位牛津大学辩论会和牛津大学亚太学生会的同学们，万万想不到会以这样的方式跟你们相聚。
没有吉他和二胡，没有夸张的舞台装也没有“火力全开”头。
不过上周确实在伦敦的O2体育馆表演过了。
不知道大家有没有去看呢。
但是，从各方面来说，这些跟我们今天的话题都有密切的关联。
那就是-介绍华流音乐。
See, I am actually an ambassador of Chinese pop, whether I like it or not, both music and movies. And today I’m here to give you the state of union address. It’s not the Oxford Union. It’s the union of east and west. I wanna frankly, openly and honestly talk about how we’ve done a good job or how we’ve done a bad job of bringing Chinese pop to the west. And I also want to press upon all of you here today the importance of that soft culture, that soft power exchange and how each of us is involved in that exchange.其实无论我喜不喜欢，我都被认为在代表者华流音乐以及电影。
那么今天，我就要来做一次“国情咨文”报告了。
但是，这个“国”不是牛津，而是东西方的一的对吧，但是，在我刚上威廉姆斯学院的时候，我并不幸运，而且人身安全堪忧。
(You are kidding me. Woo-hoo! All right, all right！Great. )哇，你还真的是我们学校的！好吧，好棒！Well, I had a roommate, and he was THAT roommate. Let’s just call him Frank. So Frank was my roommate and Frank liked nothing more than to smoke weed. And he did it every day.我当时就有一个这样的极品舍友，让我们暂且叫他frank。
这个frank 就是那种好像除了抽大麻没有别的爱好的人。
而且他每天都抽。
And Frank had a two-foot long bong under his bed that was constantly being fired up. For those Chiese speakers in the audience. Frank would “火力全开” on that bong every day.他床底下有一个两英尺长的烟斗，持续不断的得点着。
给在做讲中文的同学们形容下，就是他每天会对着那个烟斗火力全开All right好吧。
So, I guess I was kinda of the opposite of Bill Clinton who “tried marijuana but didn’t inhale”. I didn’t try marijuana but I did inhale, every single day, second hand. And strangely enough every time I dwelt into our bedroom, I mysteriously end up being late for class. I don’t know how it happened. It was like “Dude, it is already ten o’clock?”.我可能在这点上算是跟Bill Clinton 相反吧。
Bill Clinton 是那种“我试过大麻，但我不上瘾。
”我不抽大麻，但是我每天都在吸啊吸，而且还是二手的。
奇怪的是，只要我在我们的卧室里，我最后都会稀里糊涂地上课迟到。
我也不知道怎么回事。
我当时就是那副吸了大麻的样子，嘿，已经十点了吗？So, how many of you have lived with the Frank, or could be a Frank Gat? Having a roommate can be a recipe for disaster, but it also has the potential for being the greatest friendship you’ve ever had. See, Frank, he didn’t make it the second year. And I got two new roommates second year, Stephen and Jason. And in this day, the three of us are the best friends.你们中有多少人有过frank那样的舍友呢？或者，你们也像他一样。
所以有一个室友可能是一场灾难的开始。
但也可能会酿造一段非凡的友谊。
Frank第二年就辍学了。
于是我换了两个新的舍友，Stefan 和Jason。
如今，我们三个是铁哥们。
So going back to my analogy, of east and west as roommates. Do we want to be Frank, or do we want to be Stephen and Jason? And I think, in this day and age of 2013, we should all be striving for the latter, should we…I mean I’m assuming that we all agree that this is the goal we should all be striving for.回过头来看我的那个类比，我们东方和西方的舍友。
是应该成为frank那样的存在，还是想像Stefan 和Jason那样呢？我认为在当时当下，在2013，我们应该努力成为后者。
我们应该，我是说，我想在这一目标上我们是可以达成共识的，对吧？Let’s look at where we are in reality. Recent headlines in the media include, Foreign Policy Magazine: China’s victim complex. Why are Chinese leaders so paranoid about the United States? Or the AFP, the Agence France-Presse, human rights in China worsening US finds. Bloomberg says, on the cover of its magazine, “yes, the Chinese Army is spying on you.”那么，回过头来，正视我们在现实中的处境。
看看最近的新闻头条：《外交政策》杂志上的，“中国的受害者情节：为何中国领导人如此猜忌美国”或者法新社的财经杂志《彭博商业周刊》上说，“没错，中国军队正在测探你。
”And it’s such a great one that I just want to show you the cover of the magazine. Yes. Be very afraid! Ok, is it shown to you right? OK. So there’s actually an extremely high amount of negativity and fear and anxiety about China, sinophobia, that I think is not just misinformed, but also misleading and ultimately dangerous, very dangerous.这个特别逗，我来给你们展示一下这封面。