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迈克尔·杰克逊2019年牛津英语演讲稿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, and 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 qualities, 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 central 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. I've even heard that Kermit the Frog has made an appearance here, and I've always felt a kinship with Kermit's message that it's not easy being green. I'm sure he didn't find it any easier beingup here than I do!As I looked around Oxford today, I couldn't 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 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 children's literature, from J.R.R. Tolkien to CS Lewis. Today I was allowed to hobble into the dining hall in Christ Church to see Lewis Carroll's 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 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 TERRIBLE at that.But I do have a claim to having experienced more places and cultures than most people will ever see. Human knowledgeconsists 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 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 I'm sure that I'm at least 80 – and tonight I even walk like I'm 80! So please harken to my message, because 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 alone 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 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 andwondrous age when we frolic playfully without a care in the world, basking in the adoration of parents and relatives, where our biggest 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 haven't stopped dancing or singing. But while performing and making music undoubtedly remain 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 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 Jehovah's Witnesses do. And it was then that I was able to see the magic of other people's childhood.Since I was already a celebrity, I would have to don a disguise of fat suit, wig, beard and glasses and we would spend the day in the suburbs of Southern California, goingdoor-to-door or making the rounds of shopping malls, distributing our Watchtower magazine. I loved to set foot inall those regular suburban houses and catch sight of the shag 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 that 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 pain 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, it's a universal calamity, 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 it's like to be a kid.Today children are constantly 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 world's greatest experts.Ours is a generation that has witnessed the abrogation of the parent-child covenant. Psychologists are publishing libraries of books detailing the destructive effects of denying one's 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 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 from 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 love once occupied.And it's not just the kids who are suffering. It's the parents as well. For the more we cultivate little-adults inkids'-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, ladies and gentlemen, is the human family's 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 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 primacy 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, 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 installin every home a Children's Universal Bill of Rights, the tenets of which are:1. The right to be loved without having 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 knowledge, the beginning of human consciousness, must be that each and every one of us is an object of love. Before you know if you have red hair or brown, before you know if you are black or white, before you know of what religion you are a part, you have to know that you are loved.About twelve years ago, when I was just about to start my Bad tour, a little boy came with his parents to visit me at homein California. He was dying of cancer and he told me how much he loved my music and me. His parents told me that he wasn't going to live, that any day he could just go, and I said to him: "Look, I am going to be coming to your town in Kansas to open my tour in three months. I want you to come to the show. I am going to give you this jacket that I wore in one of my videos." His eyes lit up and he said: "You are gonna GIVE it to me?" I said "Yeah, but you have to promise that you will wear it to the show." I was trying to make him hold on. I said: "When you come to the show I want to see you in this jacket and in this glove" and I gave him one of my rhinestone gloves – and I never usually give the rhinestone gloves away. And he was just in heaven.But maybe he was too close to heaven, because when I came to his town, he had already died, and they had buried him in the glove and jacket. He was just 10 years old. God knows, I know, that he tried his best to hold on. But at least when he died, he knew that he was loved, not only by his parents, but even by me, a near stranger, I also loved him. And with all of that love he knew that he didn't come into this world alone, and he certainly didn't leave it alone.If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leavethis world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can he dealt with. A professor may degrade you, but you will not feel degraded, a boss may crush you, but you will not be crushed, a corporate gladiator might vanquish you, but you will still triumph. How could any of them truly prevail in pulling you down? For you know that you are an object worthy of love. The rest is just packaging.But if you don't have that memory of being loved, you are condemned to search the world for something to fill you up. But no matter how much money you make or how famous you become, you will still fell empty. What you are really searching for is unconditional love, unqualified acceptance. And that was the one thing that was denied to you at birth.Friends, let me paint a picture for you. Here is a typical day in America – six youths under the age of 20 will commit suicide, 12 children under the age of 20 will die from firearms – remember this is a DAY, not a year – 399 kids will be arrested for drug abuse, 1,352 babies will be born to teen mothers. This is happening in one of the richest, most developed countries in the history of the world.Yes, in my country there is an epidemic of violence that parallels no other industrialized nation. These are the waysyoung people in America express their hurt and their anger. But don't think that there is not the same pain and anguish among their counterparts in the United Kingdom. Studies in this country show that every single hour, three teenagers in the UK inflict harm upon themselves, often by cutting or burning their bodies or taking an overdose. This is how they have chosen to cope with the pain of neglect and emotional agony.In Britain, as many as 20% of families will only sit down and have dinner together once a year. Once a year! And what about the time-honored tradition of reading your kid a bedtime story? Research from the 1980s showed that children who are read to, had far greater literacy and significantly outperformed their peers at school. And yet, less than 33% of British children ages two to eight have a regular bedtime story read to them. You may not think much of that until you take into account that 75% of their parents DID have that bedtime story when they were that age.Clearly, we do not have to ask ourselves where all of this pain, anger and violent behavior comes from. It is self-evident that children are thundering against the neglect, quaking against the indifference and crying out just to be noticed. The various child protection agencies in the US say that millionsof children are victims of maltreatment in the form of neglect, in the average year. Yes, neglect. In rich homes, privileged homes, wired to the hilt with every electronic gadget. Homes where parents come home, but they're not really home, because their heads are still at the office. And their kids? Well, their kids just make do with whatever emotional crumbs they get. And you don't get much from endless TV, computer games and videos.These hard, cold numbers which for me, wrench the soul and shake the spirit, should indicate to you why I have devoted so much of my time and resources into making our new Heal the Kids initiative a colossal success.Our goal is simple – to recreate the parent/child bond, renew its promise and light the way forward for all the beautiful children who are destined one day to walk this earth.But since this is my first public lecture, and you have so warmly welcomed me into your hearts, I feel that I want to tell you more. We each have our own story, and in that sense statistics can become personal.They say that parenting is like dancing. You take one step, your child takes another. I have discovered that getting parents to re-dedicate themselves to their children is only half the story. The other half is preparing the children tore-accept their parents.When I was very young I remember that we had this crazy mutt of a dog named "Black Girl," a mix of wolf and retriever. Not only wasn't she much of a guard dog, she was such a scared and nervous thing that it is a wonder she did not pass out every time a truck rumbled by, or a thunderstorm swept through Indiana. My sister Janet and I gave that dog so much love, but we never really won back the sense of trust that had been stolen from her by her previous owner. We knew he used to beat her. We didn't know with what. But whatever it was, it was enough to suck the spirit right out of that dog.A lot of kids today are hurt puppies who have weaned themselves off the need for love. They couldn't care less about their parents. Left to their own devices, they cherish their independence. They have moved on and have left their parents behind.Then there are the far worse cases of children who harbor animosity and resentment toward their parents, so that any overture that their parents might undertake would be thrown forcefully back in their face.Tonight, I don't want any of us to make this mistake. That's why I'm calling upon all the world's children – beginning withall of us here tonight – to forgive our parents, if we felt neglected. Forgive them and teach them how to love again.You probably weren't surprised to hear that I did not have an idyllic childhood. The strain and tension that exists in my relationship with my own father is well documented. My father is a tough man and he pushed my brothers and me hard, from the earliest age, to be the best performers we could be.He had great difficulty showing affection. He never really told me he loved me. And he never really complimented me either. If I did a great show, he would tell me it was a good show. And if I did an OK show, he told me it was a lousy show.He seemed intent, above all else, on making us a commercial success. And at that he was more than adept. My father was a managerial genius and my brothers and I owe our professional success, in no small measure, to the forceful way that he pushed us. He trained me as a showman and under his guidance I couldn't miss a step.But what I really wanted was a Dad. I wanted a father who showed me love. And my father never did that. He never said I love you while looking me straight in the eye, he never played a game with me. He never gave me a piggyback ride, he never threw a pillow at me, or a water balloon.But I remember once when I was about four years old, there was a little carnival and he picked me up and put me on a pony. It was a tiny gesture, probably something he forgot five minutes later. But because of that moment I have this special place in my heart for him. Because that's how kids are, the little things mean so much to them and for me, that one moment meant everything.I only experienced it that one time, but it made me feel really good, about him and the world.But now I am a father myself, and one day I was thinking about my own children, Prince and Paris and how I wanted them to think of me when they grow up. To be sure, I would like them to remember how I always wanted them with me wherever I went, how I always tried to put them before everything else. But there are also challenges in their lives. Because my kids are stalked by paparazzi, they can't always go to a park or a movie with me.So what if they grow older and resent me, and how my choices impacted their youth? Why weren't we given an average childhood like all the other kids, they might ask? And at that moment I pray that my children will give me the benefit of the doubt. That they will say to themselves: "Our daddy did the best he could, given the unique circumstances that he faced. He may nothave been perfect, but he was a warm and decent man, who tried to give us all the love in the world."I hope that they will always focus on the positive things, on the sacrifices I willingly made for them, and not criticize the things they had to give up, or the errors I've made, and will certainly continue to make, in raising them. For we have all been someone's child, and we know that despite the very best of plans and efforts, mistakes will always occur. That's just being human.And when I think about this, of how I hope that my children will not judge me unkindly, and will forgive my shortcomings, I am forced to think of my own father and despite my earlier denials, I am forced to admit that me must have loved me. He did love me, and I know that.There were little things that showed it. When I was a kid I had a real sweet tooth – we all did. My favorite food was glazed doughnuts and my father knew that. So every few weeks I would come downstairs in the morning and there on the kitchen counter was a bag of glazed doughnuts – no note, no explanation – just the doughnuts. It was like Santa Claus.Sometimes I would think about staying up late at night, so I could see him leave them there, but just like with Santa Claus,I didn't want to ruin the magic for fear that he would never do it again. My father had to leave them secretly at night, so as no one might catch him with his guard down. He was scared of human emotion, he didn't understand it or know how to deal with it. But he did know doughnuts.And when I allow the floodgates to open up, there are other memories that come rushing back, memories of other tiny gestures, however imperfect, that showed that he did what he could. So tonight, rather than focusing on what my father didn't do, I want to focus on all the things he did do and on his own personal challenges. I want to stop judging him.I have started reflecting on the fact that my father grew up in the South, in a very poor family. He came of age during the Depression and his own father, who struggled to feed his children, showed little affection towards his family and raised my father and his siblings with an iron fist. Who could have imagined what it was like to grow up a poor black man in the South, robbed of dignity, bereft of hope, struggling to become a man in a world that saw my father as subordinate. I was the first black artist to be played on MTV and I remember how big a deal it was even then. And that was in the 80s!My father moved to Indiana and had a large family of hisown, working long hours in the steel mills, work that kills the lungs and humbles the spirit, all to support his family. Is it any wonder that he found it difficult to expose his feelings? Is it any mystery that he hardened his heart, that he raised the emotional ramparts? And most of all, is it any wonder why he pushed his sons so hard to succeed as performers, so that they could be saved from what he knew to be a life of indignity and poverty?I have begun to see that even my father's harshness was a kind of love, an imperfect love, to be sure, but love nonetheless. He pushed me because he loved me. Because he wanted no man ever to look down at his offspring.And now with time, rather than bitterness, I feel blessing. In the place of anger, I have found absolution. And in the place of revenge I have found reconciliation. And my initial fury has slowly given way to forgiveness.Almost a decade ago, I founded a charity called Heal the World. The title was something I felt inside me. Little did I know, as Shmuley later pointed out, that those two words form the cornerstone of Old Testament prophecy. Do I really believe that we can heal this world, that is riddled with war and genocide, even today? And do I really think that we can healour children, the same children who can enter their schools with guns and hatred and shoot down their classmates, like they did at Columbine? Or children who can beat a defenseless toddler to death, like the tragic story of Jamie Bulger? Of course I do, or I wouldn't be here tonight.But it all begins with forgiveness, because to heal the world, we first have to heal ourselves. And to heal the kids, we first have to heal the child within, each and every one of us. As an adult, and as a parent, I realize that I cannot be a whole human being, nor a parent capable of unconditional love, until I put to rest the ghosts of my own childhood.And that's what I'm asking all of us to do tonight. Live up to the fifth of the Ten Commandments. Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of the doubt.That is why I want to forgive my father and to stop judging him. I want to forgive my father, because I want a father, and this is the only one that I've got. I want the weight of my past lifted from my shoulders and I want to be free to step into a new relationship with my father, for the rest of my life, unhindered by the goblins of the past.In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort.In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.To all of you tonight who feel let down by your parents, I ask you to let down your disappointment. To all of you tonight who feel cheated by your fathers or mothers, I ask you not to cheat yourself further. And to all of you who wish to push your parents away, I ask you to extend you hand to them instead. I am asking you, I am asking myself, to give our parents the gift of unconditional love, so that they too may learn how to love from us, their children. So that love will finally be restored to a desolate and lonely world.Shmuley once mentioned to me an ancient Biblical prophecy which says that a new world and a new time would come, when "the hearts of the parents would be restored through the hearts of their children." My friends, we are that world, we are those children.Mahatma Gandhi said: "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." Tonight, be strong. Beyond being strong, rise to the greatest challenge of all –to restore that broken covenant. We must all overcome whatever crippling effects our childhoods may have had on our lives andin the words of Jesse Jackson, forgive each other, redeem each other and move on.This call for forgiveness may not result in Oprah moments the world over, with thousands of children making up with their parents, but it will at least be a start, and we'll all be so much happier as a result.And so ladies and gentlemen, I conclude my remarks tonight with faith, joy and excitement.From this day forward, may a new song be heard.Let that new song be the sound of children laughing.Let that new song be the sound of children playing.Let that new song be the sound of children singing.And let that new song be the sound of parents listening.Together, let us create a symphony of hearts, marveling at the miracle of our children and basking in the beauty of love.Let us heal the world and blight its pain.And may we all make beautiful music together.God bless you, and I love you.---来源网络整理，仅供参考21。

我最喜欢的歌手英语作文迈克尔杰克逊全文共3篇示例，供读者参考篇1My Favorite Singer Michael JacksonMichael Jackson, often referred to as the King of Pop, is without a doubt my favorite singer of all time. His unique voice, incredible dance moves, and iconic fashion sense set him apart from other artists and solidified his place as a music legend.Born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, Michael Jackson began his career at a very young age as a member of the Jackson 5, a family band formed with his siblings. He quickly rose to fame for his exceptional talent and soon embarked on a solo career that would catapult him to superstardom.One of the reasons I admire Michael Jackson so much is his ability to continuously evolve his musical style. From his early hits like "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" to his later work on albums like "Dangerous" and "HIStory," Michael showed an incredible range and versatility as an artist. His music transcended genres and generations, appealing to fans of all ages around the world.Not only was Michael Jackson a talented singer, but he was also a phenomenal dancer. His intricate choreography and signature moves, such as the Moonwalk, have become iconic symbols of his legacy. Watching him perform on stage was like witnessing pure magic – he had a magnetic presence that captivated audiences and left them in awe.In addition to his musical prowess, Michael Jackson was also known for his humanitarian efforts. He used his platform and wealth to support various charities and causes, including those focused on children's rights, HIV/AIDS awareness, and disaster relief. His generosity and compassion for others truly set him apart as not just a singer, but as a role model and philanthropist.Despite his untimely passing in 2009, Michael Jackson's music continues to resonate with fans old and new. His influence can be seen in artists across various genres, from pop to R&B to hip hop. He will always be remembered as a trailblazer and innovator in the music industry.In conclusion, Michael Jackson is my favorite singer for a multitude of reasons. His talent, creativity, and impact on popular culture have left an indelible mark on the world of music.I will always cherish his music and the memories it brings, and I am grateful to have been able to witness his greatness during mylifetime. Michael Jackson will forever be the King of Pop in my heart.篇2Michael Jackson is my favorite singer of all time. His unique voice, incredible dance moves, and iconic style have captivated me since I was young. In this essay, I will discuss why Michael Jackson is my favorite singer and why his music continues to inspire me.First and foremost, Michael Jackson's voice is absolutely amazing. His range is impressive, and he can hit both high and low notes effortlessly. Every time I listen to his music, I am captivated by his vocal abilities. Songs like "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" showcase his vocal talents, and I can't help but sing along every time I hear them.In addition to his voice, Michael Jackson was also an incredible dancer. His iconic moves, such as the moonwalk and the anti-gravity lean, have become legendary in the world of music. Watching him perform is like watching poetry in motion, as he moves across the stage with grace and precision. His music videos are a testament to his dancing prowess, and I never get tired of watching them.Furthermore, Michael Jackson's style is truly one of a kind. From his signature fedora hat to his sequined gloves, he always knew how to make a statement with his fashion choices. His music videos are filled with elaborate costumes and sets, and each one is a work of art in its own right. I admire his creativity and attention to detail, and it inspires me to express myself through my own style.Lastly, Michael Jackson's music has had a lasting impact on me. His songs are timeless classics that never fail to uplift my spirits. Whether I'm feeling happy, sad, or nostalgic, there is always a Michael Jackson song that resonates with me. His music transcends generations and cultural boundaries, and it is a testament to his talent as an artist.In conclusion, Michael Jackson is my favorite singer because of his incredible voice, amazing dance moves, iconic style, and timeless music. He will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will continue to cherish his music for years to come. Thank you, Michael Jackson, for inspiring me and bringing joy to so many people around the world.篇3Michael Jackson is my favorite singer. His music has always been a part of my life, and I have been a fan of his for as long as I can remember. From his early days with the Jackson 5 to his solo career, Michael Jackson has left a lasting impact on the music industry and on me personally.One of the things that I love most about Michael Jackson is his incredible talent as a performer. His dance moves are legendary, and his ability to command the stage is unmatched. Whether he was performing a high-energy song like "Thriller" or a more emotional ballad like "Man in the Mirror," Michael Jackson always gave it his all and left audiences in awe.In addition to his talent as a performer, Michael Jackson was also a gifted songwriter and musician. Many of his songs have become classics, and his albums are still loved by fans all around the world. His music has a timeless quality that has allowed it to transcend generations and continue to be enjoyed by people of all ages.Another reason why I love Michael Jackson is his humanitarian work. He was known for his charitable efforts and his work to help those in need. From his support of various organizations to his own personal donations, Michael Jacksonwas always willing to give back and make a positive impact on the world.Overall, Michael Jackson will always hold a special place in my heart. His music has been a constant source of joy and inspiration for me, and I will continue to be a fan for years to come. I am grateful for the legacy that he has left behind and the way that he has touched the lives of so many people around the world. Thank you, Michael Jackson, for all that you have given us.。

迈克尔杰克逊英语作文Title: Michael Jackson: A Musical Icon and Cultural Phenomenon。

Michael Jackson, often referred to as the "King of Pop," was a legendary figure in the world of music and entertainment. Born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, Jackson rose to fame as a member of the Jackson 5 before achieving even greater success as a solo artist. His impact on the music industry and popular culture is undeniable, and his legacy continues to influence artists and fans around the globe.One of the defining aspects of Michael Jackson's career was his unparalleled talent as a performer. From a young age, he showcased remarkable singing and dancing abilities, captivating audiences with his electrifying stage presence. His iconic dance moves, including the moonwalk, became instantly recognizable and were emulated by countless admirers. Jackson's performances were not just concerts;they were spectacles, featuring elaborate choreography, dazzling special effects, and extravagant costumes.Beyond his musical talent, Michael Jackson was also a trailblazer in terms of breaking down racial barriers in the entertainment industry. As an African American artist, he faced discrimination and prejudice, yet he persevered and ultimately transcended racial boundaries with his universal appeal. Jackson's success paved the way forfuture generations of black artists, demonstrating that talent and determination could overcome societal obstacles.However, Jackson's life was not without controversy. He faced allegations of child sexual abuse, which tarnished his reputation and cast a shadow over his career. Despite being acquitted of criminal charges in 2005, the accusations continued to haunt him, and they remain a contentious topic among fans and critics alike. While these allegations undoubtedly cast a dark cloud over Jackson's legacy, many continue to celebrate his musicalcontributions while grappling with the complexities of his personal life.One of Michael Jackson's most enduring legacies is his impact on the music industry. His innovative approach topop music, blending elements of R&B, funk, and rock, revolutionized the genre and inspired countless artists across various musical genres. Jackson's album "Thriller," released in 1982, remains the best-selling album of all time, a testament to his unparalleled influence and popularity.Moreover, Jackson's philanthropic efforts were also significant aspects of his legacy. He supported numerous charitable organizations and humanitarian causes, using his fame and fortune to make a positive difference in the world. From humanitarian aid to disaster relief, Jackson's philanthropy touched the lives of countless individuals and communities, leaving a lasting impact beyond the realm of entertainment.In conclusion, Michael Jackson was a musical icon and cultural phenomenon whose influence transcended generations. His unparalleled talent, groundbreaking achievements, andenduring legacy continue to inspire and captivate audiences around the world. While his life may have been marked by controversy and adversity, his contributions to music, entertainment, and humanitarianism remain undeniable. Michael Jackson will forever be remembered as a true legend whose legacy will live on for generations to come.。

迈克尔杰克逊的英语范文Michael Jackson: The King of Pop and a Legacy of Innovation.Michael Jackson, affectionately known as the "King of Pop," left an indelible mark on the music industry and beyond. His impact is felt worldwide, as his music, dance moves, and iconic image have transcended generations and cultural boundaries. Michael Jackson's legacy is not just about his musical achievements, but also about his innovative spirit, his humanitarian efforts, and his influence on popular culture.Born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana, Michael Jackson emerged as a child prodigy in the Jackson 5, a family band that quickly rose to fame in the 1970s. However, it was his solo career that truly showcased his unique talent and creativity. His music ranged from soulful ballads to upbeat dancefloor hits, and his distinctive voice and powerful performances left a lasting impression on listeners.Michael Jackson's music videos were groundbreaking, incorporating innovative dance routines and state-of-the-art special effects. His music videos, such as "Billie Jean" and "Thriller," broke new ground in terms of production value and narrative, and they became cultural phenomena that were watched and imitated by millions. These videos not only showcased Michael Jackson's exceptional talent but also pushed the boundaries of what was possible in music videos at that time.Michael Jackson's impact on dance was equally significant. His signature moonwalk and other innovative dance moves were copied by countless dancers and fans, and his performances were legendary for their energy and precision. He revolutionized the way dance was perceived in popular music, making it an integral part of the overall entertainment experience.Beyond his musical achievements, Michael Jackson was also known for his humanitarian efforts. He was a staunch advocate for children's causes and used his fame andfortune to support various charities and organizations. His Heal the World Foundation aimed to improve the lives of children around the world, and he was actively involved in various campaigns and events to raise awareness and funds for these causes.Michael Jackson's influence on popular culture is immeasurable. His music, style, and image have been copied and referenced by countless artists and musicians, and his legacy has been carried on by the generations that have followed him. His music continues to inspire and influence new artists, and his impact on dance, fashion, and entertainment will forever be felt.Michael Jackson's legacy is not just about his personal achievements, but also about the impact he had on the music industry and popular culture. His innovative spirit, his humanitarian efforts, and his influence on dance and fashion have left a lasting impression on the world. Hewill forever be remembered as a legend in the music industry, and his impact will continue to be felt for generations to come.In conclusion, Michael Jackson's impact on the world is immeasurable. His legacy as a musician, performer, and humanitarian is felt worldwide, and his influence on popular culture will forever be felt. His music, dance moves, and iconic image have transcended generations and cultural boundaries, and his impact on the music industry and beyond is undeniable. Michael Jackson's legacy is a testament to his unique talent, creativity, and influence, and it will continue to inspire and influence people for generations to come.。

迈克尔杰克逊的英语范文英文回答：Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, was an iconic figurein the music industry. His unique style and unparalleled talent captivated audiences around the world. He was known for his groundbreaking music videos, innovative dance moves, and numerous hit songs. Jackson's contributions to popular culture are undeniable, and his influence continues to inspire artists to this day.Jackson's musical journey began at an early age. As a member of the Jackson 5, he gained recognition for his exceptional vocals and stage presence. In 1979, he released his solo album "Off the Wall," which showcased hisversatility as a performer and songwriter. The album was a critical and commercial success, establishing Jackson as a formidable force in the industry.Jackson's breakthrough came with the release of"Thriller" in 1982. The album became the best-selling album of all time, selling over 66 million copies worldwide. Its iconic music videos, including "Thriller" and "Billie Jean," revolutionized the medium and redefined the possibilities of visual storytelling.Throughout his career, Jackson pushed the boundaries of music and entertainment. He experimented with various genres, from pop and soul to rock and funk. His signature dance moves, such as the moonwalk and the robot, became cultural phenomena.Jackson's success was not without its challenges. He faced controversies throughout his life, including allegations of child abuse and drug use. Despite these setbacks, he remained a beloved figure to his fans, who admired his artistry and his ability to connect with audiences on a deep level.Michael Jackson's legacy lives on through his music and the countless lives he touched. He was a visionary artist whose influence on popular culture is immeasurable. Hisimpact continues to inspire and entertain generations of music lovers worldwide.中文回答：迈克尔·杰克逊。

Michael Jackson was born in August 1958. So was I. Michael Jackson grew up in the suburbs of the Midwest. So did I. Michael Jackson had eight brothers and sisters. So do I. When Michael Jackson was six, he became a superstar, and was perhaps the world's most beloved child. When I was six, my mother died. I think he got the shorter end of the stick. I never had a mother, but he never had a childhood. And when you never get to have something, you become obsessed by it.迈克尔·杰克逊出生于1958年8月。

我也是。

迈克尔·杰克逊是在美国中西部的郊区长大的，而我也是。

迈克尔·杰克逊有八个兄弟姐妹，我也有。

在迈克尔·杰克逊年仅6岁的时候，他便成为了一个超级巨星，或许更是世界上最多人钟爱的小孩。

而我6岁的时候，母亲永远离开了我。

我从没有拥有过母爱，而他却从来没有享受过童年。

当一个人意识到永远得不到某种东西时，他就会对此念念不忘。

我耗尽了童年寻找母亲的形象，有时我做到了。

但当你的一生都被安置在放大镜下被人关注时，试问你又如何重新找回你的童年？There is no question that Michael Jackson is one of the greatest talents the world has ever known. That when he sang a song at the ripe old age of eighthe could make you feel like an experienced adult was squeezing your heart with his words. That when he moved he had the elegance of Fred Astaire and packed the punch of Muhammad Ali. That his music had an extra layer of inexplicable magic that didn’t just make you want to dance but actually madeyou believe you could fly, dare to dream, be anything that you wanted to be. Because that is what heroes do and Michael Jackson was a hero.毫无疑问MJ是世界上最伟大的天才之一。

迈克尔杰克逊的英语演讲稿：艺术、自由与人权Ladies and gentlemen,It is an honor to stand before you today as we celebrate the life and legacy of one of the greatest and most iconic artists of all time, Michael Jackson. As we remember the King of Pop, let us reflect not only on the impact he had on the music industry but also on the world as a whole.Michael Jackson was a man who believed in the power of art, the importance of self-expression, and the immense value of freedom and human rights. He was a visionary who revolutionized the world of music and paved the way for countless artists to follow. But beyond his musical genius, he was also a humanitarian who dedicated his life to fighting for social justice and equality.Art, as Michael Jackson understood it, is much more than just a form of entertainment. It is a means of expressing the innermost thoughts and feelings of the human soul. It is a tool for communication and for inspiring change. For Michael, music was a way of reaching out to people across cultural,social, and political divides, and bringing them together ina shared experience of joy and unity.But Michael also understood that artistic expression cannot exist without freedom. He recognized that creativity thrives in an environment where individuals are free to think, speak, and act without fear of censorship or repression. Unfortunately, many parts of the world still suffer fromlimited freedom of expression, which can stifle creativityand impede progress.This is why Michael Jackson was such a passionateadvocate for human rights. He believed that every person, regardless of race, gender, or background, should have theright to freedom, dignity, and respect. He spoke out against discrimination and injustice, and used his platform of global fame to raise awareness of important issues. His message was one of hope and unity, and his music continues to inspire and unite people across generations and borders.Today, as we honor Michael Jackson's life and legacy, let us remember his vision of a world where art flourishes and people are free to express themselves. Let us continue tofight for human rights and social justice, and to use our owncreative talents to make a positive difference in the world. Most importantly, let us carry on Michael's message of love, hope and unity, and work together to build a brighter and more harmonious future for all. Thank you.。

迈克尔杰克逊牛津英语励志演讲稿Michael Jackson's Oxford English inspirational speech演讲人：JinTai College迈克尔杰克逊牛津英语励志演讲稿前言：演讲是指在公众场合，以有声语言为主要手段，以体态语言为辅助手段，针对某个具体问题，鲜明、完整地发表自己的见解和主张，阐明事理或抒发情感，进行宣传鼓动的一种语言交际活动。

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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 aworld?lled with distrust, 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, and 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 qualities, 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 central 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. I've even heard that Kermit the Frog has made an appearance here, and I've always felta kinship with Kermit's message that it's not easy being green. I'm sure he didn't find it any easier being up here than I do!As I looked around Oxford today, I couldn't 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 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 children's literature, from J.R.R. Tolkien to CS Lewis. Today I was allowed to hobble into the dining hall in Christ Church to see Lewis Carroll's 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 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 TERRIBLE 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 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 only42.I often tell Shmuley that in soul years I'm sure that I'm at least 80 – and tonight I even walk like I'm 80! So please harken to my message, becausewhat I have to tell you tonight can bring healing to humanity and healing to our planet.Through the grace of God, I have been fortunateto have achieved many of my artistic and professional aspirations realized early in my lifetime. But these, friends are accomplishments, and accomplishments alone 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 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 frolicplayfully without a care in the world, basking in the adoration of parents and relatives, where our biggestconcern is studying for that big spelling test come Monday morning.Those of you who are familiar with the JacksonFive know that I began performing at the tender age of five and that ever since then, I haven't stopped dancing or singing. But while performing and making music undoubtedly remain as some of my greatest joys, when I was young I wanted more than anything else tobe 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 tobe going on all around me.There was no respite from my professional life. But on Sundays I would go Pioneering, the term usedfor the missionary work that Jehovah's Witnesses do. And it was then that I was able to see the magic of other people's childhood.Since I was already a celebrity, I would have to don a disguise of fat suit, wig, beard and glasses andwe 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 shag 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 that 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 and40s, we said nothing to each other at first, we simply cried together, for she could share a pain with methat 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, it's a universal calamity, 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 it'slike to be a kid.Today children are constantly 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 world's greatest experts.Ours is a generation that has witnessed the abrogation of the parent-child covenant. Psychologists are publishing libraries of books detailing the destructive effects of denying one's children the unconditional love that is so necessary to the healthydevelopment of their minds and character. And because of all the neglect, too many of our kids have, essentially, to raise 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 from 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 love once occupied.And it's not just the kids who are suffering.It's 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, ladies and gentlemen, is the human family's 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 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 primacy 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, and the gradual erosion ofthose 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 Children's Universal Bill of Rights, the tenets of which are:1.The right to be loved without having 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 knowledge,the beginning of human consciousness, must be that each and every one of us is an object of love. Before you know if you have red hair or brown, before you know if you are black or white, before you know ofwhat religion you are a part, you have to know thatyou are loved.About twelve years ago, when I was just about to start my Bad tour, a little boy came with his parents to visit me at home in California. He was dying of cancer and he told me how much he loved my music and me. His parents told me that he wasn't going to live, that any day he could just go, and I said to him: "Look, I am going to be coming to your town in Kansas to open my tour in three months. I want you to come to the show. I am going to give you this jacket that I wore in one of my videos." His eyes lit up and he said:"You are gonna GIVE it to me?" I said "Yeah, but you have to promise that you will wear it to the show." I was trying to make him hold on. I said: "When you come to the show I want to see you in this jacket and inthis glove" and I gave him one of my rhinestone gloves – and I never usually give the rhinestone gloves away. And he was just in heaven.But maybe he was too close to heaven, because when I came to his town, he had already died, and they had buried him in the glove and jacket. He was just 10 years old. God knows, I know, that he tried his bestto hold on. But at least when he died, he knew that he was loved, not only by his parents, but even by me, a near stranger, I also loved him. And with all of that love he knew that he didn't come into this world alone, and he certainly didn't leave it alone.If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can he dealt with. A professor may degrade you, but you will not feel degraded, aboss may crush you, but you will not be crushed, a corporate gladiator might vanquish you, but you will still triumph. How could any of them truly prevail in pulling you down? For you know that you are an object worthy of love. The rest is just packaging.But if you don't have that memory of being loved, you are condemned to search the world for something to fill you up. But no matter how much money you make or how famous you become, you will still fell empty. What you are really searching for is unconditional love, unqualified acceptance. And that was the one thingthat was denied to you at birth.Friends, let me paint a picture for you. Here is a typical day in America – six youths under the age of20 will commit suicide,12 children under the age of20 will die from firearms – remember this is a DAY, not a year –399 kids will be arrested for drug abuse,1,352 babies will be born to teen mothers. Thisis happening in one of the richest, most developed countries in the history of the world.Yes, in my country there is an epidemic ofviolence that parallels no other industrialized nation. These are the ways young people in America expresstheir hurt and their anger. But don't think that there is not the same pain and anguish among their counterparts in the United Kingdom. Studies in this country show that every single hour, three teenagersin the UK inflict harm upon themselves, often bycutting or burning their bodies or taking an overdose. This is how they have chosen to cope with the pain of neglect and emotional agony.In Britain, as many as 20% of families will onlysit down and have dinner together once a year. Once a year! And what about the time-honored tradition of reading your kid a bedtime story? Research from the 1980s showed that children who are read to, had far greater literacy and significantly outperformed theirpeers at school. And yet, less than 33% of British children ages two to eight have a regular bedtime story read to them. You may not think much of that until you take into account that 75% of their parents DID have that bedtime story when they were that age.Clearly, we do not have to ask ourselves whereall of this pain, anger and violent behavior comes from. It is self-evident that children are thundering against the neglect, quaking against the indifference and crying out just to be noticed. The various child protection agencies in the US say that millions of children are victims of maltreatment in the form of neglect, in the average year. Yes, neglect. In rich homes, privileged homes, wired to the hilt with every electronic gadget. Homes where parents come home, but they're not really home, because their heads are still at the office. And their kids? Well, their kids just make do with whatever emotional crumbs they get. And you don't get much from endless TV, computer games and videos.These hard, cold numbers which for me, wrench the soul and shake the spirit, should indicate to you why I have devoted so much of my time and resources into making our new Heal the Kids initiative a colossal success.Our goal is simple – to recreate theparent/child bond, renew its promise and light the way forward for all the beautiful children who are destined one day to walk this earth.But since this is my first public lecture, and you have so warmly welcomed me into your hearts, Ifeel that I want to tell you more. We each have our own story, and in that sense statistics can become personal.They say that parenting is like dancing. You take one step, your child takes another. I have discovered that getting parents to re-dedicate themselves totheir children is only half the story. The other half is preparing the children to re-accept their parents.When I was very young I remember that we had this crazy mutt of a dog named "Black Girl," a mix of wolf and retriever. Not only wasn't she much of a guard dog, she was such a scared and nervous thing that it is a wonder she did not pass out every time a truck rumbled by, or a thunderstorm swept through Indiana. My sister Janet and I gave that dog so much love, but we never really won back the sense of trust that had beenstolen from her by her previous owner. We knew he used to beat her. We didn't know with what. But whatever it was, it was enough to suck the spirit right out ofthat dog.A lot of kids today are hurt puppies who have weaned themselves off the need for love. They couldn't care less about their parents. Left to their own devices, they cherish their independence. They have moved on and have left their parents behind.Then there are the far worse cases of childrenwho harbor animosity and resentment toward their parents, so that any overture that their parents mightundertake would be thrown forcefully back in their face.Tonight, I don't want any of us to make this mistake. That's why I'm calling upon all the world's children – beginning with all of us here tonight –to forgive our parents, if we felt neglected. Forgive them and teach them how to love again.You probably weren't surprised to hear that I did not have an idyllic childhood. The strain and tension that exists in my relationship with my own father is well documented. My father is a tough man and he pushed my brothers and me hard, from the earliest age, to be the best performers we could be.He had great difficulty showing affection. He never really told me he loved me. And he never really complimented me either. If I did a great show, he would tell me it was a good show. And if I did an OK show, he told me it was a lousy show.He seemed intent, above all else, on making us a commercial success. And at that he was more than adept. My father was a managerial genius and my brothers and I owe our professional success, in no small measure,to the forceful way that he pushed us. He trained meas a showman and under his guidance I couldn't miss a step.But what I really wanted was a Dad. I wanted a father who showed me love. And my father never did that. He never said I love you while looking mestraight in the eye, he never played a game with me. He never gave me a piggyback ride, he never threw a pillow at me, or a water balloon.But I remember once when I was about four years old, there was a little carnival and he picked me up and put me on a pony. It was a tiny gesture, probably something he forgot five minutes later. But because of that moment I have this special place in my heart for him. Because that's how kids are, the little things mean so much to them and for me, that one moment meanteverything. I only experienced it that one time, butit made me feel really good, about him and the world.But now I am a father myself, and one day I was thinking about my own children, Prince and Paris and how I wanted them to think of me when they grow up. To be sure, I would like them to remember how I always wanted them with me wherever I went, how I alwaystried to put them before everything else. But there are also challenges in their lives. Because my kids are stalked by paparazzi, they can't always go to a park or a movie with me.So what if they grow older and resent me, and how my choices impacted their youth? Why weren't we given an average childhood like all the other kids, they might ask? And at that moment I pray that my children will give me the benefit of the doubt. That they will say to themselves: "Our daddy did the best he could, given the unique circumstances that he faced. He may not have been perfect, but he was a warm and decent man, who tried to give us all the love in the world."I hope that they will always focus on thepositive things, on the sacrifices I willingly madefor them, and not criticize the things they had to give up, or the errors I've made, and will certainly continue to make, in raising them. For we have all been someone's child, and we know that despite the very best of plans and efforts, mistakes will always occur. That's just being human.And when I think about this, of how I hope that my children will not judge me unkindly, and will forgive my shortcomings, I am forced to think of my own father and despite my earlier denials, I am forced to admit that me must have loved me. He did love me, and I know that.There were little things that showed it. When I was a kid I had a real sweet tooth – we all did. My favorite food was glazed doughnuts and my father knew that. So every few weeks I would come downstairs in the morning and there on the kitchen counter was a bagof glazed doughnuts – no note, no explanation – just the doughnuts. It was like Santa Claus.Sometimes I would think about staying up late at night, so I could see him leave them there, but just like with Santa Claus, I didn't want to ruin the magic for fear that he would never do it again. My father had to leave them secretly at night, so as no one might catch him with his guard down. He was scared of human emotion, he didn't understand it or know how to deal with it. But he did know doughnuts.And when I allow the floodgates to open up, there are other memories that come rushing back, memories of other tiny gestures, however imperfect, that showed that he did what he could. So tonight, rather than focusing on what my father didn't do, I want to focus on all the things he did do and on his own personal challenges. I want to stop judging him.I have started reflecting on the fact that my father grew up in the South, in a very poor family. He came of age during the Depression and his own father,who struggled to feed his children, showed little affection towards his family and raised my father and his siblings with an iron fist. Who could have imagined what it was like to grow up a poor black man in the South, robbed of dignity, bereft of hope, struggling to become a man in a world that saw my father as subordinate. I was the first black artist to be played on MTV and I remember how big a deal it was even then. And that was in the 80s!My father moved to Indiana and had a large family of his own, working long hours in the steel mills, work that kills the lungs and humbles the spirit, all to support his family. Is it any wonder that he found it difficult to expose his feelings? Is it any mystery that he hardened his heart, that he raised the emotional ramparts? And most of all, is it any wonder why he pushed his sons so hard to succeed as performers, so that they could be saved from what he knew to be a life of indignity and poverty?I have begun to see that even my father's harshness was a kind of love, an imperfect love, to be sure, but love nonetheless. He pushed me because he loved me. Because he wanted no man ever to look downat his offspring.And now with time, rather than bitterness, I feel blessing. In the place of anger, I have found absolution. And in the place of revenge I have found reconciliation. And my initial fury has slowly given way to forgiveness.Almost a decade ago, I founded a charity called Heal the World. The title was something I felt inside me. Little did I know, as Shmuley later pointed out, that those two words form the cornerstone of Old Testament prophecy. Do I really believe that we can heal this world, that is riddled with war and genocide, even today? And do I really think that we can heal our children, the same children who can enter theirschools with guns and hatred and shoot down their classmates, like they did at Columbine? Or childrenwho can beat a defenseless toddler to death, like the tragic story of Jamie Bulger? Of course I do, or I wouldn't be here tonight.But it all begins with forgiveness, because to heal the world, we first have to heal ourselves. And to heal the kids, we first have to heal the child within, each and every one of us. As an adult, and as a parent, I realize that I cannot be a whole human being, nor a parent capable of unconditional love, until I put to rest the ghosts of my own childhood.And that's what I'm asking all of us to do tonight. Live up to the fifth of the Ten Commandments. Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of the doubt.That is why I want to forgive my father and to stop judging him. I want to forgive my father, because I want a father, and this is the only one that I've got. I want the weight of my past lifted from my shoulders and I want to be free to step into a newrelationship with my father, for the rest of my life, unhindered by the goblins of the past.In a world filled with hate, we must still dareto hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.To all of you tonight who feel let down by your parents, I ask you to let down your disappointment. To all of you tonight who feel cheated by your fathers or mothers, I ask you not to cheat yourself further. And to all of you who wish to push your parents away, I ask you to extend you hand to them instead. I am asking you, I am asking myself, to give our parents the gift of unconditional love, so that they too may learn how to love from us, their children. So that love will finally be restored to a desolate and lonely world.Shmuley once mentioned to me an ancient Biblical prophecy which says that a new world and a new timewould come, when "the hearts of the parents would be restored through the hearts of their children." My friends, we are that world, we are those children.Mahatma Gandhi said: "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." Tonight, be strong. Beyond being strong, rise to the greatest challenge of all – to restore that broken covenant. We must all overcome whatever crippling effects our childhoods may have had on our lives and in the words of Jesse Jackson, forgive each other, redeem each other and move on.This call for forgiveness may not result in Oprah moments the world over, with thousands of children making up with their parents, but it will at least be a start, and we'll all be so much happier as a result.And so ladies and gentlemen, I conclude my remarks tonight with faith, joy and excitement.From this day forward, may a new song be heard.Let that new song be the sound of children laughing.Let that new song be the sound of children playing.Let that new song be the sound of children singing.And let that new song be the sound of parents listening.Together, let us create a symphony of hearts, marveling at the miracle of our children and basking in the beauty of love.Let us heal the world and blight its pain.And may we all make beautiful music together.God bless you, and I love you.-------- Designed By JinTai College ---------。

I have-a little bit more to say than that. Here we go again.Michael Jackson was born in august in 1959, so was I.Michael Jackson grew up in the suburbs of the Midwest. So did i.Michael Jackson had eight brothers and sisters. So do I.When Michael Jackson was 6,/he became a superstar and was perhaps the world’s most beloved child.When I was six, my mother died.I think he got the shorter end of the stick.I never had a mother, but he never hada childhood.And when you never get to have something you become obsessed by it.I spent my childhood searching for my mother figures, sometimes/ I was successful.But how do you recreate your childhood/ when you are under/ the magnifying glass of the world for your entire life?There is no question that Michael Jackson was one of the greatest talents the world had ever known…That when he sang a song at the ripe old age of 8, he could make you feel like an experienced adult was squeezing your heart/ with his words.That the way he moved had the elegance of Fred Astaire and packed the punch of Muhammad Ali--.That his music had an extra layer of inexplicable magic that didn’t just make you want to dance/ but actually made you believe that you could fly, dare to dream, be anything that you want to be. Because that/ is what heroes do/ and Michael Jackson was a hero.He performed/ in soccer stadium around the world/ he sold hundreds of millions of records. He dined with prime ministers and presidents. Girls fell in love with him; boys fell in love with him. Everyone wanted to dance like him. He seemed other worthy,but/ he was also/ a human being. Like most perfor mers,he was shy and plagued with insecurities.Plague困扰I can’t say we were great friends, but in 1991 I decided I wanted to try to get to know him better.I asked him out for dinner. I said,“my treat, I’ll drive, just you and me”He agreed and showed up to my house without any bodyguards.We drove to the restaurant in my car.It was dark out, but he was still wearing sun glasses.I said “Michael, I feel like I am talking to a limousine, do you think you could take off those glasses? So I could see your eyes?”He paused for a moment,then he tossed the glasses out the window, looked at me with a wink and a smile and said“can you see me now, is that better?”In that moment, I could see both his vulnera’bility and his charm. The restof the dinner I was hell-bent on getting him to eat French fries, drink wine, have des sert and say bad words.Things he never seemed to allow himself to do.Later we went back to my house to watch a movie /and we sat on couch like two kids.And somewhere in the middle of the film, his hand snuck over /and held mine.Sneak.鬼鬼祟祟的It felt like he was looking for a friend more than a romance and I was happy to oblige him.And in that moment, he didn’t feel like a superstar, he felt like a human being. We went out a few more times together, and then for one reason or another we fell out of touch.Then, the witch hunt began, and it seemed one negative story after the other was coming out about Michael.I felt his pain, I know what it was like to walk down the street and feel like the whole world has turned against you.I know it’s like to feel helpless and unable to defend yourself because the roar of the lynch mob is so loud that you are convinced that your voice can never be heard.But I had a childhood, and I was allowed to make mistakes and find my own way in the world without the glare of the spotlight.When I first heard that Michael died I was in London, days away from the opening of my tour. Micheal was going to perform in the same venue as me a week later.All I could think about in that moment was that I had abandoned him, that we had abandoned him. That we had allowed this magnificent creature that once set the world on fire to somehow slip through the cracks.While he was trying to build a family and rebuild his career we were all busy passing judgment. Most of us has turned our backs on him.In a desperate attempt to hold onto his memory, I went on to the internet to watch old clips of him dancing and singing on TV and on stage, and I thought, “oh, my god, he was so unique, so original, so rare. And there will never be anyone like him again, he was a king ”But he was also a human being, and alas we were all human beings and sometimes we have to lose things before we can truly appreciate them.I want to end this on a positive note and say that my sons age 9 and 4 are obsessed with Micheal Jackson. There was a whole lot of crotch-grabbing, and moon walking going on in my house. And it seems like a whole new generation of kids has discovered his genius and was bringing him to life again.I hope /that whenever where micheal is now, he is smiling about this.Yes, Michael Jackson was a human being, a dammit, he was a king.Long live the king.。

探索艺术与创新：迈克尔杰克逊的英语演讲稿Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor to be standing here before you today to speak about exploring art and innovation through the life and work of Michael Jackson. Few people have had such a profound impact on both the music industry and popular culture as MJ, and his legacy continues to inspire artists and motivate young people even today.Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, and he grew up in a loving, but strict, family. His father, Joseph Jackson, played a crucial role in his life and pushed him to pursue music from an early age. Michael was an incredible performer from the start, and he quickly gained fame as the lead singer of the Jackson 5, a group composed of himself and his siblings.In 1971, Michael went solo and released his debut album, "Got to Be There." The album was a huge success, and it marked the beginning of MJ's long and illustrious career. Over the years, Michael continued to push the boundaries of what was possible in music, dance, and fashion, and his willingness to take risks and break new ground helped to establish him as one of the greatest artists of his time.However, Michael Jackson's contribution to the world of art and innovation went far beyond his music and his iconic dance moves. He was a true innovator, always seeking out new and creative ways to express himself and connect with his fans. For example, he was one of the first artists to use music videos as a way to promote his music, and his videosfor songs like "Thriller," "Billie Jean," and "Beat It" remain some of the most iconic visuals in the history of music.MJ was also an early adopter of technology and was always looking for new ways to leverage it in his work. In the early 1990s, he collaborated with Sega to create an arcade game based on his "Dangerous" tour, and he also experimented with using virtual reality and holograms in his live performances.Beyond his music and innovation, Michael Jackson also used his platform to advocate for social justice and to promote multi-culturalism and diversity. He was a strong advocate for the rights of people of color and raised awareness about issues such as poverty, racism and homelessness through his music and his humanitarian efforts.In conclusion, Michael Jackson was a visionary artist who dedicated his life to exploring new frontiers in music, dance, and entertainment. He was a true trailblazer who broke down barriers and paved the way for future generations of artists and innovators. His legacy continues to inspire and motivate countless people around the world, and we are lucky to have been able to experience the joy and wonder of his music and art. Thank you.。

最喜欢的歌手是迈克尔杰克逊英语作文全文共10篇示例，供读者参考篇1Michael Jackson is my favorite singer! He is the best singer in the whole world! He sings and dances so well, just like a superhero!I first heard Michael Jackson's songs when I was little. I heard "Billie Jean" on the radio and I couldn't stop dancing! It was so fun and exciting! Then I saw his music videos on TV, like "Thriller" and "Beat It." They were amazing! Michael Jackson can move his body in such cool ways, like he's floating on air!I love all of Michael Jackson's songs. They make me feel happy and energetic. Whenever I feel sad or tired, I just listen to Michael Jackson's music and I feel better right away. My favorite songs are "Smooth Criminal" and "Black or White." They are awesome!Michael Jackson is not just a great singer, he is also a kind person. He helps people in need and cares about the world. He even has a song called "Heal the World" that talks about making the world a better place. I think that's really cool!I hope I can see Michael Jackson perform live one day. It would be a dream come true! I will dance and sing along with him and have the best time ever. Michael Jackson is the king of pop and he will always be my favorite singer!篇2My favorite singer is Michael Jackson! He is the coolest singer in the world! I love his songs like "Thriller", "Billie Jean", and "Beat It". His dance moves are so amazing, especially the moonwalk! I always try to dance like him when I hear his music.Michael Jackson's voice is so smooth and powerful. When I listen to his songs, I feel like I'm in a different world. His music always makes me happy and I can't help but sing along. Sometimes I even pretend to be a backup dancer in his music videos!I have posters of Michael Jackson all over my room. I even have a t-shirt with his picture on it. I love wearing it to show everyone how much I love him. Whenever I see him perform on TV, I can't help but jump around and sing along. He is my idol and I want to be just like him when I grow up.Michael Jackson will always be my favorite singer. His music will never get old and I will always be his number one fan. I hopeone day I can see him perform live and maybe even meet him in person. That would be a dream come true! Michael Jackson, you rock!篇3My favorite singer is Michael Jackson! He is super cool and his music is awesome. I love to dance to his songs and I always feel so happy when I listen to his music.I first heard Michael Jackson's music when I was really little. My mom used to play his songs in the car when we were driving.I loved "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" the most. Every time these songs came on, I couldn't help but dance and sing along.Michael Jackson's dance moves are amazing! I love watching his music videos and trying to copy his moves. He is such a great dancer and singer. I wish I could dance like him someday.My favorite Michael Jackson song is "Beat It." I love the guitar solo and the catchy beat. Whenever I hear this song, I can't help but jump up and start dancing. It's just so much fun!I really admire Michael Jackson because he was so talented and hardworking. He practiced a lot to become the best dancerand singer he could be. I hope one day I can be as awesome as him.So, that's why I love Michael Jackson so much. He will always be my favorite singer and I will always dance to his music. Thank you, Michael Jackson, for making such amazing music!篇4My favorite singer is Michael Jackson! He is the best singer in the whole wide world. His songs are super cool and they make me want to dance all the time.I first heard Michael Jackson's music when I was little. I remember listening to "Thriller" and "Beat It" with my friends and we would try to copy his dance moves. He was so talented and his voice was amazing.One of my favorite songs by Michael Jackson is "Billie Jean". I love the beat of the song and how he sings it with so much emotion. Whenever I listen to it, I just can't help but sing along and dance around like crazy.Another song I really like is "Smooth Criminal". The music video is so cool and I love the way he moves and dances in it. Michael Jackson is the King of Pop for a reason!I wish I could have seen Michael Jackson perform live. I bet it would have been the best concert ever. Even though he's not with us anymore, his music will always live on and continue to inspire people all over the world.Michael Jackson will always be my favorite singer. His music brings so much joy and happiness to my life. Thank you, Michael Jackson, for sharing your talent with us. I will always be a fan!篇5My favorite singer is Michael Jackson. He is the best singer in the whole world! I love his songs so much because they make me feel happy and excited.Michael Jackson is a very famous singer. He sings and dances really well. His voice is so beautiful and his moves are super cool. I like to watch his music videos on TV and try to dance like him. He is the King of Pop and I think he is the coolest singer ever!My favorite song by Michael Jackson is "Thriller". It is a spooky song but I love it because the music is so catchy and fun to dance to. Whenever I hear this song, I can't help but sing along and dance around the house. It's the best song ever!I also like other songs by Michael Jackson such as "Billie Jean", "Beat It", and "Smooth Criminal". His music always puts me in a good mood and makes me want to dance. I wish I could see him sing and dance in person one day.I will always love Michael Jackson and his music. He will always be my favorite singer. I hope he knows how much joy he brings to people with his songs. Thank you, Michael Jackson, for being the best singer in the world!篇6My favorite singer is Michael Jackson!Hey guys, do you know who is the most awesome singer in the world? It's Michael Jackson! He is the King of Pop and his songs are super cool. I love listening to his music because it always makes me want to dance.I first heard Michael Jackson's songs when I was little and I instantly fell in love with them. I would listen to "Thriller," "Billie Jean," and "Beat It" on repeat all day long. His voice is so smooth and his dance moves are so cool. I wish I could dance like him!Michael Jackson's music is timeless. Even though he is not with us anymore, his songs will always be remembered.Whenever I feel sad or bored, I just put on his music and it instantly cheers me up. He is truly a legend.I also love watching his music videos. The way he moves and sings is just so mesmerizing. I try to copy his dance moves but I always end up tripping over my own feet. But it's okay, I still have so much fun dancing along to his songs.Michael Jackson will always be my favorite singer. I hope one day I can see him perform live in concert (even though that's impossible now). But his music will always live on in my heart. Thank you, Michael Jackson, for giving us such amazing music!篇7My favorite singer is Michael Jackson. He is the king of pop and his music is just awesome!Michael Jackson has so many great songs like "Thriller," "Beat It," and "Billie Jean." Whenever I listen to his music, I just can't help but dance and sing along. His voice is so amazing and his moves are so cool. I wish I could dance like him!I also love Michael Jackson's style. He always wore cool outfits and his signature glove was so iconic. I even tried to dress like him for Halloween one year!One of the things I admire most about Michael Jackson is how he used his music to spread messages of love and unity. He sang about important issues like world peace and equality, and he inspired people all over the world to come together through his music.Even though Michael Jackson is no longer with us, his music will always live on. I will always be a fan of his and I will continue to listen to his songs for years to come.Michael Jackson will always be my favorite singer because his music brings me so much joy and happiness. Thank you, Michael Jackson, for sharing your talent with the world!篇8My favorite singer is Michael Jackson! He is so cool and his songs are super awesome. I love to dance and sing along to his music.Michael Jackson is the King of Pop and he has so many great songs like "Thriller," "Billie Jean," and "Beat It." Whenever I hear his music, I just want to get up and dance. His dance moves are so smooth and cool, I wish I could dance like him.I also love Michael Jackson's style. He always wears really cool outfits and his hair is always so stylish. I wish I could dress like him and look as cool as he does.I also admire Michael Jackson because he was always helping people. He donated a lot of money to charities and he cared about making the world a better place. He is a true inspiration to me.I hope I can meet Michael Jackson someday and tell him how much I love his music. He will always be my favorite singer and I will always listen to his songs. Thank you, Michael Jackson, for your amazing music and for being such a great person.篇9My favorite singer is Michael Jackson. He is the best singer in the whole wide world! When I listen to his music, I feel like dancing and singing along with him.One of my favorite songs by Michael Jackson is "Beat It". It's a super cool song with awesome music and lyrics. Every time I hear it, I can't help but start tapping my feet and moving to the beat. Another one of my favorite songs is "Thriller". It's so spooky and fun at the same time. I love singing along to the chorus and pretending I'm in a scary movie.I also love watching Michael Jackson's music videos. He is such an amazing dancer and performer. I wish I could move like him and moonwalk across the stage. His music videos are like mini movies with awesome costumes and cool dance moves.I think Michael Jackson is the King of Pop for a reason. His music is timeless and will always be loved by people of all ages. I hope to see him perform live one day, but for now, I'll just keep listening to his songs and dancing like no one is watching. Thank you, Michael Jackson, for being the best singer ever!篇10My favorite singer is Michael Jackson! He is so cool! I love all his songs and I always dance along when I hear his music. Michael Jackson is the King of Pop and he is the best singer in the whole world!I first heard Michael Jackson's songs when I was little and I immediately fell in love with his music. My favorite song by him is "Thriller" because it's so catchy and I love the spooky music video. Whenever I listen to "Thriller," I can't help but dance like a zombie!Another song that I really like is "Billie Jean." The beat is so awesome and I love the way Michael Jackson moves when heperforms it. I always try to copy his dance moves but I can't move as smoothly as he does. He is such a great dancer!One thing I admire about Michael Jackson is his passion for music. He puts so much emotion into his songs and performances, and you can tell that he really loves what he does.I wish I could sing and dance like him someday!In conclusion, Michael Jackson is my favorite singer because his music is amazing and he is a fantastic performer. I will always be a fan of his and I hope to see him in concert one day! Thank you, Michael Jackson, for sharing your talent with the world!。

迈克尔杰克逊的介绍英语作文10字Michael Jackson, also known as the King of Pop, was a legendary American singer, songwriter, and dancer. He rose to fame in the1980s and became one of the most influential and iconic figures in the history of music and entertainment.迈克尔·杰克逊，也被称为流行音乐之王，是一位传奇的美国歌手、词曲作家和舞蹈家。

他在上世纪80年代崛起，成为音乐和娱乐史上最具影响力和标志性的人物之一。

With his distinctive voice, innovative dance moves, and memorable music videos, Michael Jackson captivated audiences around the world. His album "Thriller" remains the best-selling album of all time, showcasing his unparalleled talent and creativity.凭借独特的声音、创新的舞蹈动作和令人难忘的音乐录影带，迈克尔·杰克逊征服了全球观众。

他的专辑《Thriller》仍然是有史以来销量最佳的专辑，展示了他无与伦比的才华和创造力。

Beyond his musical accomplishments, Michael Jackson was also known for his philanthropic efforts. He supported numerous charities and humanitarian causes, using his fame and wealth to make a positive impact on the world.除了音乐成就外，迈克尔·杰克逊还以他的慈善事业而闻名。

Ladies and Gentlemen , Good afternoon! I’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech. today my topic is “The legendary Michael Jackson”. I hope you will like it , and learn more about Michael Jackson. As we known, Michael Jackson is the King of Pop. This is not a title that he gave himself. It was given to him by his millions of fans around the world and by his peers, among whom he has no equal. Today I would describe Michael Jack from six aspects. Include: his main experience,Albums legend,Dance legend,Legendary world tour巡演传奇世界,Modern MV legend and Charity legend慈善传奇the experience,Michael Jackson was Borned in August 29, 1958.Even though Michael was young, it became immediately obvious that he had something special with others.In 1976, the Jacksons left his hometown and signed with Epic Records.in a short time,.he was Referred to as the "King of Pop" in subsequen years. five of his solo studio albums are among the world’s best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979)，Thriller (1982)，Bad (1987),Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995)。

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 distrust, 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 XX by michael jacksonthank you, thank you dear friends, from the bottom of my heart, for such a loving and spirited welcome, and 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 qualities, 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 central 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. i've even heard that kermit the frog has made an appearance here, and i'vealways felt a kinship with kermit's message that it's not easy being green. i'm sure he didn't find it any easier being up here than i do!as i looked around oxford today, i couldn't 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 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 children's literature, from j.r.r. tolkien to cs lewis. today i was allowed to hobble into the dining hall in christ church to see lewis carroll's 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 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 terrible 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 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 i'm sure that i'm at least 80 – and tonight i even walk like i'm 80! so please harken tomy message, because 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 alone 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 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 biggest 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 haven't stopped dancing or singing. but while performing and making music undoubtedly remain 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 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 jehovah's witnesses do. and it was then that i was ableto see the magic of other people's childhood.since i was already a celebrity, i would have 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 shag 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 that 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 pain 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, it's a universal calamity, 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 it's like to be a kid.today children are constantly 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 world's greatest experts.ours is a generation that has witnessed the abrogation of the parent-child covenant. psychologists are publishing libraries of books detailing the destructive effects of denying one's 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 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 from 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 love once occupied.and it's not just the kids who are suffering. it's 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, ladies and gentlemen, is the human family's 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 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 ofthe human heart. parents, undistracted by the lust for luxury and status, accorded their children primacy 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, 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 children's universal bill of rights, the tenets of which are:1. the right to be loved without having 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 havea face that only a mother could love).friends, the foundation of all human knowledge, the beginning of human consciousness, must be that each and every one of us is an object of love. before you know if you have red hair or brown, before you know if you are black or white, before you know of what religion you are a part, you have to know that you are loved.about twelve years ago, when i was just about to start mybad tour, a little boy came with his parents to visit me at home in california. he was dying of cancer and he told me how much he loved my music and me. his parents told me that he wasn't going to live, that any day he could just go, and i said to him: "look, i am going to be coming to your town in kansas to open my tour in three months. i want you to come to the show. i am going to give you this jacket that i wore in one of my videos." his eyes lit up and he said: "you are gonna give it to me?" i said "yeah, but you have to promise that you will wear it to the show." i was trying to make him hold on. i said: "when you come to the show i want to see you in this jacket and in this glove" and i gave him one of my rhinestone gloves –and i never usually give the rhinestone gloves away. and he was just in heaven.but maybe he was too close to heaven, because when i came to his town, he had already died, and they had buried him in the glove and jacket. he was just 10 years old. god knows, i know, that he tried his best to hold on. but at least when he died, he knew that he was loved, not only by his parents, but even by me, a near stranger, i also loved him. and with all of that love he knew that he didn't come into this world alone, and he certainly didn't leave it alone.if you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can he dealt with. a professor may degrade you, but you will not feel degraded, a boss may crush you, but you will not be crushed, a corporate gladiator might vanquish you, but you will still triumph. how could any of them truly prevail in pulling you down? for you know that you are an object worthy of love. the rest is just packaging.but if you don't have that memory of being loved, you arecondemned to search the world for something to fill you up. but no matter how much money you make or how famous you become, you will still fell empty. what you are really searching for is unconditional love, unqualified acceptance. and that was the one thing that was denied to you at birth.friends, let me paint a picture for you. here is a typical day in america – six youths under the age of 20 will commit suicide, 12 children under the age of 20 will die from firearms – remember this is a day, not a year – 399 kids will be arrested for drug abuse, 1,352 babies will be born to teen mothers. this is happening in one of the richest, most developed countries in the history of the world.yes, in my country there is an epidemic of violence that parallels no other industrialized nation. these are the ways young people in america express their hurt and their anger. but don't think that there is not the same pain and anguish among their counterparts in the united kingdom. studies in this country show that every single hour, three teenagers in the uk inflict harm upon themselves, often by cutting or burning their bodies or taking an overdose. this is how they have chosen to cope with the pain of neglect and emotional agony.in britain, as many as 20% of families will only sit down and have dinner together once a year. once a year! and what about the time-honored tradition of reading your kid a bedtime story? research from the 1980s showed that children who are read to, had far greater literacy and significantly outperformed their peers at school. and yet, less than 33% of british children ages two to eight have a regular bedtime story read to them. you may not think much of that until you take into account that 75% of their parents did have that bedtime story when they were thatage.clearly, we do not have to ask ourselves where all of this pain, anger and violent behavior comes from. it is self-evident that children are thundering against the neglect, quaking against the indifference and crying out just to be noticed. the various child protection agencies in the us say that millions of children are victims of maltreatment in the form of neglect, in the average year. yes, neglect. in rich homes, privileged homes, wired to the hilt with every electronic gadget. homes where parents come home, but they're not really home, because their heads are still at the office. and their kids? well, their kids just make do with whatever emotional crumbs they get. and you don't get much from endless tv, computer games and videos.these hard, cold numbers which for me, wrench the soul and shake the spirit, should indicate to you why i have devoted so much of my time and resources into making our new heal the kids initiative a colossal success.our goal is simple – to recreate the parent/child bond, renew its promise and light the way forward for all the beautiful children who are destined one day to walk this earth.but since this is my first public lecture, and you have so warmly welcomed me into your hearts, i feel that i want to tell you more. we each have our own story, and in that sense statistics can become personal.they say that parenting is like dancing. you take one step, your child takes another. i have discovered that getting parents to re-dedicate themselves to their children is only half the story. the other half is preparing the children to re-accept their parents.when i was very young i remember that we had this crazy mutt of a dog named "black girl," a mix of wolf and retriever. notonly wasn't she much of a guard dog, she was such a scared and nervous thing that it is a wonder she did not pass out every time a truck rumbled by, or a thunderstorm swept through indiana. my sister janet and i gave that dog so much love, but we never really won back the sense of trust that had been stolen from her by her previous owner. we knew he used to beat her. we didn't know with what. but whatever it was, it was enough to suck the spirit right out of that dog.a lot of kids today are hurt puppies who have weaned themselves off the need for love. they couldn't care less about their parents. left to their own devices, they cherish their independence. they have moved on and have left their parents behind.then there are the far worse cases of children who harbor animosity and resentment toward their parents, so that any overture that their parents might undertake would be thrown forcefully back in their face.tonight, i don't want any of us to make this mistake. that's why i'm calling upon all the world's children – beginning with all of us here tonight – to forgive our parents, if we felt neglected. forgive them and teach them how to love again.you probably weren't surprised to hear that i did not have an idyllic childhood. the strain and tension that exists in my relationship with my own father is well documented. my father is a tough man and he pushed my brothers and me hard, from the earliest age, to be the best performers we could be.he had great difficulty showing affection. he never really told me he loved me. and he never really complimented me either. if i did a great show, he would tell me it was a good show. and if i did an ok show, he told me it was a lousy show.he seemed intent, above all else, on making us a commercial success. and at that he was more than adept. my father was a managerial genius and my brothers and i owe our professional success, in no small measure, to the forceful way that he pushed us. he trained me as a showman and under his guidance i couldn't miss a step.but what i really wanted was a dad. i wanted a father who showed me love. and my father never did that. he never said i love you while looking me straight in the eye, he never played a game with me. he never gave me a piggyback ride, he never threw a pillow at me, or a water balloon.but i remember once when i was about four years old, there was a little carnival and he picked me up and put me on a pony. it was a tiny gesture, probably something he forgot five minutes later. but because of that moment i have this special place in my heart for him. because that's how kids are, the little things mean so much to them and for me, that one moment meant everything.i only experienced it that one time, but it made me feel really good, about him and the world.but now i am a father myself, and one day i was thinking about my own children, prince and paris and how i wanted them to think of me when they grow up. to be sure, i would like them to remember how i always wanted them with me wherever i went, how i always tried to put them before everything else. but there are also challenges in their lives. because my kids are stalked by paparazzi, they can't always go to a park or a movie with me.so what if they grow older and resent me, and how my choices impacted their youth? why weren't we given an average childhood like all the other kids, they might ask? and at that moment i pray that my children will give me the benefit of thedoubt. that they will say to themselves: "our daddy did the best he could, given the unique circumstances that he faced. he may not have been perfect, but he was a warm and decent man, who tried to give us all the love in the world."i hope that they will always focus on the positive things, on the sacrifices i willingly made for them, and not criticize the things they had to give up, or the errors i've made, and will certainly continue to make, in raising them. for we have all been someone's child, and we know that despite the very best of plans and efforts, mistakes will always occur. that's just being human.and when i think about this, of how i hope that my children will not judge me unkindly, and will forgive my shortcomings, i am forced to think of my own father and despite my earlier denials, i am forced to admit that me must have loved me. he did love me, and i know that.there were little things that showed it. when i was a kid i had a real sweet tooth –we all did. my favorite food was glazed doughnuts and my father knew that. so every few weeks i would come downstairs in the morning and there on the kitchen counter was a bag of glazed doughnuts – no note, no explanation – just the doughnuts. it was like santa claus.sometimes i would think about staying up late at night, so i could see him leave them there, but just like with santa claus, i didn't want to ruin the magic for fear that he would never do it again. my father had to leave them secretly at night, so as no one might catch him with his guard down. he was scared of human emotion, he didn't understand it or know how to deal with it. but he did know doughnuts.and when i allow the floodgates to open up, there are other memories that come rushing back, memories of other tinygestures, however imperfect, that showed that he did what he could. so tonight, rather than focusing on what my father didn't do, i want to focus on all the things he did do and on his own personal challenges. i want to stop judging him.i have started reflecting on the fact that my father grew up in the south, in a very poor family. he came of age during the depression and his own father, who struggled to feed his children, showed little affection towards his family and raised my father and his siblings with an iron fist. who could have imagined what it was like to grow up a poor black man in the south, robbed of dignity, bereft of hope, struggling to become a man in a world that saw my father as subordinate. i was the first black artist to be played on mtv and i remember how big a deal it was even then. and that was in the 80s!my father moved to indiana and had a large family of his own, working long hours in the steel mills, work that kills the lungs and humbles the spirit, all to support his family. is it any wonder that he found it difficult to expose his feelings? is it any mystery that he hardened his heart, that he raised the emotional ramparts? and most of all, is it any wonder why he pushed his sons so hard to succeed as performers, so that they could be saved from what he knew to be a life of indignity and poverty?i have begun to see that even my father's harshness was a kind of love, an imperfect love, to be sure, but love nonetheless. he pushed me because he loved me. because he wanted no man ever to look down at his offspring.and now with time, rather than bitterness, i feel blessing. in the place of anger, i have found absolution. and in the place of revenge i have found reconciliation. and my initial fury has slowly given way to forgiveness.almost a decade ago, i founded a charity called heal the world. the title was something i felt inside me. little did i know, as shmuley later pointed out, that those two words form the cornerstone of old testament prophecy. do i really believe that we can heal this world, that is riddled with war and genocide, even today? and do i really think that we can heal our children, the same children who can enter their schools with guns and hatred and shoot down their classmates, like they did at columbine? or children who can beat a defenseless toddler to death, like the tragic story of jamie bulger? of course i do, or i wouldn't be here tonight.but it all begins with forgiveness, because to heal the world, we first have to heal ourselves. and to heal the kids, we first have to heal the child within, each and every one of us. as an adult, and as a parent, i realize that i cannot be a whole human being, nor a parent capable of unconditional love, until i put to rest the ghosts of my own childhood.and that's what i'm asking all of us to do tonight. live up to the fifth of the ten commandments. honor your parents by not judging them. give them the benefit of the doubt.that is why i want to forgive my father and to stop judging him. i want to forgive my father, because i want a father, and this is the only one that i've got. i want the weight of my past lifted from my shoulders and i want to be free to step into a new relationship with my father, for the rest of my life, unhindered by the goblins of the past.in a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. in a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. in a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. and in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.to all of you tonight who feel let down by your parents, i ask you to let down your disappointment. to all of you tonight who feel cheated by your fathers or mothers, i ask you not to cheat yourself further. and to all of you who wish to push your parents away, i ask you to extend you hand to them instead. i am asking you, i am asking myself, to give our parents the gift of unconditional love, so that they too may learn how to love from us, their children. so that love will finally be restored to a desolate and lonely world.shmuley once mentioned to me an ancient biblical prophecy which says that a new world and a new time would come, when "the hearts of the parents would be restored through the hearts of their children." my friends, we are that world, we are those children.mahatma gandhi said: "the weak can never forgive. forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." tonight, be strong. beyond being strong, rise to the greatest challenge of all –to restore that broken covenant. we must all overcome whatever crippling effects our childhoods may have had on our lives and in the words of jesse jackson, forgive each other, redeem each other and move on.this call for forgiveness may not result in oprah moments the world over, with thousands of children making up with their parents, but it will at least be a start, and we'll all be so much happier as a result.and so ladies and gentlemen, i conclude my remarks tonight with faith, joy and excitement.from this day forward, may a new song be heard.let that new song be the sound of children laughing.let that new song be the sound of children playing.let that new song be the sound of children singing.and let that new song be the sound of parents listening.together, let us create a symphony of hearts, marveling at the miracle of our children and basking in the beauty of love.let us heal the world and blight its pain.and may we all make beautiful music together.god bless you, and i love you.。

迈克尔杰克逊的英语演讲稿迈克尔杰克逊的英语演讲稿迈克尔杰克逊的英语演讲稿1As 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 is never in dispute is that children have certain obvious rights,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 Children's Universal Bill of Rights, the tenets of which are:1. The right to be loved without having 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 havea face that only a mother could love)..我们都知道，我们两国在托马斯·杰弗逊提出的所谓“几个不可妥协的权利”上决裂。

迈克尔杰克逊的英语演讲稿迈克尔杰克逊的英语演讲稿迈克尔杰克逊的英语演讲稿1As 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 is never in dispute is that children have certain obvious rights,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 Children's Universal Bill of Rights, the tes of which are:1. The right to be loved without having 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 pete 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)..我们都知道，我们两国在托马斯·杰弗逊提出的所谓“几个不可妥协的权利”上决裂。

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迈克杰克逊的英语作文Sure, I can help with that! Here’s an essay on Michael Jackson:Michael Jackson was an iconic figure in the music industry, known for his incredible talent, unique style, and impact on popular culture. Born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, Jackson began his career at a young age as a member of the Jackson 5 alongside his siblings. However, it was his solo career that truly catapulted him to international fame and made him a household name.One of the most striking aspects of Michael Jackson's career was his unmatched talent as a performer. His dance moves, such as the moonwalk, became legendary and influenced countless artists that came after him. Jackson's ability to combine singing with intricate dance routines showcased his versatility and creativity as an artist. Songs like "Thriller," "Billie Jean," and "Beat It" not only topped the charts but also became anthems of an entiregeneration.Aside from his musical prowess, Michael Jackson also made significant contributions to the music industry as a whole. He was a trailblazer in the world of music videos, producing elaborate and cinematic visuals that elevated the medium to new heights. The music video for "Thriller" is often cited as one of the greatest of all time, showcasing Jackson's commitment to innovation and storytelling through his music.However, Jackson's life was not without controversy. He faced allegations of child sexual abuse, which tarnished his reputation and led to legal battles. Despite these challenges, Jackson maintained his innocence and continued to focus on his music career.In addition to his musical achievements, Michael Jackson was also known for his philanthropic efforts. He supported numerous charities and humanitarian causes, including children's hospitals and disaster relief efforts. Jackson's charitable work reflected his desire to make apositive impact on the world beyond the realm of music.Tragically, Michael Jackson's life was cut short when he passed away on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50. His death was met with an outpouring of grief from fans around the world, highlighting the profound impact he had on popular culture and the music industry.In conclusion, Michael Jackson's legacy as a musician, performer, and philanthropist is undeniable. His contributions to music and entertainment continue to inspire artists and entertainers today, cementing his status as one of the greatest and most influential figures in music history.。