王力宏牛津大学演讲稿_0.doc

王力宏牛津大学演讲稿exception。。。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 my thesisstatement for todays talk is that the relationship between east and west needs to 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 music world。That is the power of music and thats the power 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。Music 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 in life。I was born andraised up in 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 different and I knew it 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 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 w