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王力宏牛津大学演讲稿中英对照：欧阳引擎（2021.01.01）Thank you, Plena. Thank you, Jun. Thank you, Peishan for helping this set up.谢谢波琳娜，谢谢君，谢谢珮姗帮我组织这一切。
Thank you all for being here today and the late comers as well. Thank you for coming in quietly.谢谢在座的各位，谢谢晚来的同学，也谢谢你们悄悄的进来。
I wanna start off today just to take a moment of silence for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake and also for the victims of the Boston marathon bombing. So let’s just take a minute to pay our respect to that.今天开始之前，我想要先为四川地震的灾民们以及波士顿马拉松爆炸事件的受害者们默哀。
让我们用一分钟时间，为他们祈福。
Thank you.谢谢你们。
I never thought I would be addressing you, the esteemed members of the Oxford Union, without a guitar or an Erhu, without my crazy stage hair, costumes. But I did perform in the O2 Arena in London last week. I am not sure if any of you were able to make that. But in many ways, that was similar to what I’m talking about today, that is, introducing Chinese pop music here.尊敬的各位牛津大学辩论会和牛津大学亚太学生会的同学们，万万想不到会以这样的方式跟你们相聚。
LH: Lorraine HahnWL: Wang Lee HomBlock A:LH: Hello and welcome to Talk Asia, I’m Lorraine Hahn. My guest today is Taiwanese pop st ar, W ang Lee Hom. Born in New York in 1976, Wang grew up in the Unit ed Stat es. Blessed with a mix of brains and talent, he spent his youth performing in local musicals, then pursued a degree in music at Williams College, followed by a masters degree from the prestigious Berkley School of Music.While in universit y, W ang landed a recording contract in T aiwan. His breakthrough album, Revolution, garnered rave reviews and firmly est ablished him as a rising star in the Asian music scene.In addition to writing and producing his own music, Wang has also dabbled in movie projects around Asia.Lee Hom, it’s so good to see you! Thank you. (WL: It’s great to see you again.) Thanks for coming in. Your music, a blending of east west. Y ou also sort of embody this mix. How would you describe your style?WL: Um, actually I call my style —and I hope I don’t offend any of the viewers —but I call it ―chinked out.‖LH: I’m glad you said it and I didn’t.WL: Well, the ―chinked out‖ style is a school of hip hop –that’s the way I like to think of it – that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds. Uh, I st art ed it off in my last album called Shangrila. And this album incorporat ed the music of ethnic minorities, in China, in Tibet, in Mongolia, Shenzhen. There’s 50 some odd –some people say 54, 55 different ethnic minorities —tribal music. It’s a — beautiful and original to Chinese culture. And this new album called Heroes of Earth incorporat es Peking Opera and Quen-chu which are thousand year old t raditions that are also unique to Chinese culture. Very unique instrumentation, costumes, singing styles. And it invigorates hip hop music. I don’t think anyone has ever done this before in hip hop, in the hip hop world.LH: Now when you use this so-called ―derogat ory‖ racial slur (WL: Y eah) Did you not think you would offend some people?WL: Well, I mean this is this is music. (LH: laughs) I’m an artist. I think I’d rather make people think, and coin new terms, and coin new sounds. Y ou know, I think that saying this music is chinked out. I don’t want to offend anybody. I want to repossess the word, and this is a word I heard growing up in New Y ork. It was derogatory at the time. And you know, I hope I can make it cool.LH: Right. So you don’t mean it in a bad way then.WL: Definitely not.LH: Right. Your main influences when you’re writing music. What are they?WL: W ell, I’ve got so many influences. As far as um popular music is concerned, there’d be people like Stevie W onder and Prince. Um, Alisha Keys and Outkast. Missy Elliot. R Kelly. The Neptunes, people like that. And um, in classical music Leonard Bernstein, Bartok, St ravinsky, you know 20th century great composers. In Jazz there’s the great Jazz pianists — because I studied jazz piano as well- like Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Kris Tiner, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans.LH: Now I’ve heard that you carry a PDA all the time with you.WL: W ell, I carry my comput er with me everywhere I go.LH: And you write on it, right away?WL: Y eah, I writ e and do all my arrangements on my Mac. And um, I use Logic Pro, which is a great software program. It’s got all these synthesizers, software since… it’s got a whole orchestra inside. (LH: wow.) And actually I did this whole album, I’d say 90% of it, all the programming, at least, in my laptop.LH: Really? (WL: Y eah) On the road?WL: On the road. On the airplane, in hotels.LH: So technology is pretty import ant for somebody like you?WL: Oh absolutely. Um, I think it makes the music more natural to be able to incorporate the production just in your every day life. Y ou get an idea, and you just pull out your computer on the bus, or on the car, or w herever, and say , ―Oh, I’m going t o lay down another t rack,‖ you know. It’s just painless.LH: Your mother tongues isn’t Mandarin, right? (WL: no it’s not) Y ou had to learn it as an adult?WL: Well, I learned it growing up in a Chinese household. But that was in the St ates so it was, by far, not fluent at all.LH: So is it difficult for you to sing and write in mandarin initially?WL: Initially. But I really I think paid my dues. Y ou know, I studied it. And I’m still studying it because, colloquially f or me, it’s not a problem now, but when you go back and work with Peking Opera and you’re looking at the scripts from, thousand year old scripts, and the way the Chinese language is, the ancient Chinese is so different than cont emporary Chinese. I mean it would be very hard for your typical Chinese, native speaker, to understand that either.LH: Right. But so far, of all you albums, none of them have been sold in English yet.WL: I’ve never really had the urge to make an English album. (LH: Any plans?) I’ve done plenty of English singles though… are collaborations with artist s from the States or other countries. I’ve just had a wonderful time doing Chinese music, and it’s been so rewarding for me. I feel like there’s so much potential in mandarin music, an d there’s so much, you know, ground left to be broken.LH: So that’s on the back burner — an English album — for the time being.WL: Yeah. It is, it is. I mean, I love singing in English. And it’s a wonderful language to sing in. Yeah.LH: But not your preference at the moment.WL: Not now. I mean, Chinese music is —I hope everyone gets a chance to hear what’s going on in Chinese music because it’s, it is new. And everyone knows that the Chinese world is exploding and you can watch CNN. You can see all these news broadcast about the economy, etc. But as far as the music is concerned, it’s the same way. Pop world, pop music, or movies, or etc, you know. Um, so there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on.LH: Right. You’ve won a number of awards the sort of Chinese Grammy Awards. (WL: Right) What do these awards mean t o you? Are they important? Are they a validation of t o what you do?WL: Well. The first time I won, uh like you just said, when I was 22, it meant a lot to me. It was like (I)didn’t know I could make this happen, I didn’t know I could get this kind of recognition. So back t hen, it was a huge boost of confidence. And I don’t want to say ego, but confidence. I think every artist needs confidence.LH: Speaking of awards now, you recently, co-hosted the MTV Asia Awards with Kelly Rowland. (WL: Yeah.) Who was here as well, as I mentioned earlier. (WL: Y eah, she’s such a sweetheart.) I mean any funny, anything happen interesting, during t hat time?WL: That was my first time hosting. And well, I know what pressures a host has so I really appreciate your job. (LH: Thank you.) Cause, I mean, I’m a musician because I’m just not a good speaker. You know, ever since I was a kid, I didn’t want to talk to anybody, I just wanted to play my piano or the viol in. Sothis really forced me t o, you know, work on it. And t o be able t o read the cues and to read the teleprompt er even though I’m not used t o doing that. But Kelly was fantastic. Kelly was so sweet and she’s really smart. Great timing. So she made my job easy.LH: Lee Hom, we’re going to t ake a very short break. When T alk Asia returns, we’ll talk to Wang Lee Hom about being born in the USA, and life before fame. St ay with us!Block B:LH: Hello again, you’re wat ching T alk Asia, and my guest is T aiwa nese singer and songwriter Wang Lee Hom. Leehom, you started singing at 3. Y ou started playing the violin. (WL: I don’t know if that was called singing, but yeah.) Okay. The violin at 6. (WL: Right, right.) Was this somet hing your parents did to put you through the motions or was it something you really enjoyed doing?WL: Actually I always feel like, in ret rospect, I was t ricked into it. Most kids are forced into it but I was tricked into it because my older brother…he’s two years older than me, he was ki nd of forced into playing the violin. Um, he didn’t really want t o do it and I didn’t underst and the forced element, I just went with my older brother to his lessons. And I would sit there and be like, ―Ah, well…‖ My older brother t o me, still, is a hero figure for me. But back then, he was my idol. Anything that he would do, I wanted to do. So I asked my parent, ―Why can Leo play the violin and I can’t play the violin?‖ ―Lee Hom, you’re t oo young. You’re going to have to wait until you’re six.‖ I was like,―that’s not fair. Y ou guys don’t let me do anything.‖ (LH: laughs) So um, finally when I was six years old and I got to play the violin, I was like, ―Ah, I’ve been waiting for so long‖ so it was love at first sight for me.LH: What about other instrument s? You picked up other inst rument s along the way, haven’t you? WL: Y eah, then well the drums… I think every kid, you know, every kid wants to play the drums. Just bang away. (LH: any male kid) Y eah, any male kid. So that to me was an immediat e, this real passion as well. And the piano… I always loved the piano as well. But it wasn’t until college that I really got into jazz. Other instruments, like guitar, base, and all the keyboards… those just came along the way, as I st art ed playing in bands.LH: You have an English name I read — Alexander.WL: Y eah. Y ou know, I’ve never ever used it though.LH: Yeah, I was going to ask you, who called you that?WL: Nobody. Nobody except for um.. customs people. (LH: laughs) Cause it’s in my passport. But, um I remem ber when I went to kindergarten, my parent s asked me ―So do you want to go by Alex or Lee Hom‖ and they’re like ―well keep in mind if they say Alex, there might be another Alex, but if you’re Lee Hom, you’re probably going to be the only Lee Hom.‖ W ell I w ant t o be Lee Hom then. (LH: Right, and you are probably still the only Lee Hom.) I think I am. (LH: laughs)LH: I heard you were a very good student in school. Did you enjoy it?WL: I wasn’t a good two shoes… I broke a lot of rules and I skipped a lot o f classes and I did a lot of great things as well. But um, you know, I always knew what the consequences were going to be and I wasn’t, um, you know, I wasn’t difficult about it.LH: What do you enjoy about school? What was it? I mean, the exercise, the games, the learning, the clubs, the friends?WL: W ell, I love most about my school is the friends… and the interpersonal relationships between, you know, whether it was hanging out with the baseball team… I loved to play baseball… or hanging out with the school band or doing musicals. You know, I loved t o be able to hang out with different cliques. And I think that’s who I always have been. I’ve been somebody that’s been bridging over different… you know musical genres as well.LH: Was music always your a mbition even back t hen or…WL: It was always my ambition deep in my heart. But music, especially I grew up in Rochester, New York, which is where the Eastman School of Music is in and at was always surrounded by professional musicians, and I always knew t he outlook was bleak. Y ou know, for any musician. (LH: It’s t ough.) It’s tough.LH: And your parents, they didn’t sort of like push you like typical parents do? You know, get good grades, you know?WL: They did. They did. That’s why… um there was some te nsion going on as far as my parents wanted me t o be a doct or, like my older brother is. And that would have been great, if I had, you know, the heart for it. But I just didn’t. That was the hardest part of growing up. I think that was the hardest part of m y life… was right during uh applying for colleges and ―What do you want to major in?‖ and everything, every bone in my body is saying music, ―I want to do music.‖ And I’m writing down Biology, you know. (LH: laughs.) That was rough. Yeah.LH: How did you convince them? I mean what did they think when you said, ―I really want to do t his.‖ I mean that must have been difficult.WL: W ell, I owe so much to Taiwan… and the fans in T aiwan because I released my first album when I was 19. So that was… that was rig ht at that um crossroads.LH: While you were in university?WL: Y eah, freshman year. So there was still enough time for me to change my major to music. Aft er the first album, it was actually aft er the second album came out… cause the first album didn’t d o so well. So after the second album came out and um, there was, you know, a lot more response and I st art ed t o think, ―This is it. Like this is who I am. Dad, mom, this is like… I’m a fish in water now. I’m happy. And this is what I’ve always wanted to do.‖ Um, so I finally got their blessings.LH: Great. How did you juggle universit y studies and t hen I presume flying to T aiwan?WL: Y eah, that was tough. That was t ough. Like I was on a plane at the drop of a hat. If it was Spring Break, even like Thanksg iving break, you got a 5 day break, I’d be back in Taiwan. And I’d record one song. So that was… you got t o pay your dues. If you want t o become a musician, you really, really have to commit your life t o it.LH: Right, and now your family still based in t he United Stat es. Right? (WL: Yeah, they’re still there in Rochest er.) I mean, was t he transition difficult? Rochest er to T aipei, for example. Taipei, Rochest er, Rochest er, Taipei. (LH: laughs)WL: It was really difficult for me at the beginning to adapt. Y ou know, I was 19, well I was 18 when I was recording the album. And I didn’t really speak mandarin very well. I didn’t know anybody in T aiwan. And I was really, really lonely. And uh, you know, it was hard t o… hard to just express myself. So that was a tough time, but um like I said, I paid my dues. (LH: And it’s all behind you now.) Y eah. Well, every time I go to a new country though… for example, when I went to Japan and did my Japanese album and movies and um, concert t ours, and you know, I felt like, I’m a new artist all over again. (LH: laughs) That’s one of t he great things about the Asian market, is that you can go from country to country and you know, become a new artist all over again.LH: Right. Great. Lee Hom, we’re going t o take another very, ry short break. When we return, we’ll get Wang Lee Hom t o share his thoughts on t he Asian pop scenes up and coming st ars. Stay with us.Block C:LH: Welcome back to T alk Asia. My guest is Wang Lee Hom. Lee Hom, you’re not just, I mean, singing, yeah right, (laughs) you write, you produce. You’ve got your own studios — Home Boys Studios. (WL: That’s right.) I mean, what gave you the idea t o st art that in the first place… the studios?WL: Um, just the bulk of work that I have to come up with. I produce for other artists as well and compose for them as well. Um, I just produced for some Korean artist s. And there’s a lot of crossovers going on right now in Asia. And it’s really exciting so I decided that I’m going to need a studio in New Y ork. I’m going t o need a studio in Taipei. And maybe the rest I can get by with just my laptop.LH: Yes. I was just going t o say… so there is a business man inside there somewhere.WL: No. It’s actually.. it’s not open for public, so that’s probably t he lack of a busine ss man inside of me. If there was one, I’d probably open it up and charge people for it. But I’m not going t o do that.LH: You mentioned earlier, briefly, about acting. What is it about acting that’s so attractive?WL: Well I started doing musical theat re. And I loved it so much from the age of 13, you know, growing up in New York, Rod was a huge influence as well. So just the singing, the acting, t he dancing… they’re all my passions. So when that… I wasn’t really able to do acting for so many years, just doing these pop albums and uh, you know, the opportunit y presented itself. Actually in 2000, I did my first movie and ever since then I’ve been enjoying doing movies.LH: Could you focus on one given the choice?WL: I can definitely focus on music. (LH: laughs) I don’t think I’m much of an act or. But I just love being surrounded by creative people and a lot of times, doing music is a lonely struggle, especially composing, and arranging, producing my own albums. Acting, everyday you get called and you’re surrounded by other act ors and creative people.LH: Right. Right. F ame. Obviously. Has that made life difficult for you? Has it changed your life a lot? WL: W ell I think um, it’s changed my life tremendously. And uh, for better and for worse, just like anything.LH: How do you deal with this loss of privacy and intrusion? How do you do it?WL: Well it can be a real pain in the neck and um, you know, I feel lucky that I can go back to New York and not be recognized and not be followed by paparazzi and be… that at times can be really, really annoying, um but you know, in today’s day and age, anybody with a cellphone that has a camera on it… and a blog. I mean, there’s… I don’t know about other parts of the world, but in the Chinese entertainment news, ther e’s this recent trend of journalists or media, present company excluded, just going on t o the Internet and seeing a blog and saying ―Oh, so and so saw so and so.‖ Y ou know, it’s completely irresponsible but in the blog he says this and that can become the title of the newspaper article.LH: No way! (WL: Y eah.) So during your time off, do you hide away somewhere then? Or just go back to… (laughs)WL: I spend a lot of time in the studio. So it’s great. Music is my best and healthiest escape.LH: Now that y ou’ve been in the business or in any business for a few years, do you think that’s changed you as a person?WL: Deep down inside, no. Um, but as far as having bett er interpersonal skills, I think it has, yeah, and being more mature… (LH: Right. Good, good.) Dealing with different people. Yeah.LH: Any advice you would give, and I’m t alking t o you like you’ve been a veteran (WL: I am a vet eran.)I wouldn’t even dare use that word… to younger people t hinking of going into the business.WL: Y eah. I think that artists, you have to be true t o yourself and because there are so many record company executives, so many fossils, that tell you, ―T rust me, I know what I’m doing. You can be the next, um, U2, or you could be the next Stevie Wonder, or you could be the next Wang Lee Hom or whatever.‖ And I hear that so much and every time I hear that it makes me so upset because you’re depriving this new artist of being t he first themselves. (LH: Right.) And I always t ell new artists t o put your time and energy into finding that unique qualit y which makes you a star or which makes your music, you know, worth list ening to.LH: Rather than just being a copy cat. (WL: Yeah.)LH: The new comers. Any new comers you’ve seen, I mean, there’s so many when you open the pages of a magazine.WL: Y eah. Sometimes it gets, it gets confusing. New comers, I love artists with great voices like um, ah Daniel Powt er, he was at the MTV Asia Awards. And I was so happy to see him there. Y ou know the guy who sings, ―Bad Day.‖ Everybody knows ―Bad Day‖ now. But not everybody knows Daniel Powter yet. I love his album, I think it’s great. Chinese artists. Um, new artists like Chau Gu. Y ou know, he’s from Malaysia. Gary, he’s worked hard. He’s really making it happening, he’s got a great voice and a great attitude. JJ Lim, from Singapore. (LH: W ow.) These are artists that I really support.LH: Wow. Great, great. What’s next for you?WL: Next for me? I’m writing a musical right now. Like I said, (LH: W onderful) I’m coming back to square one because these are my roots and uh music theatre to me is something that lacks presence, especially in pop cult ure out here in Asia. So I want to write a Chinese musical, and that’s uh in the works right now. It’s going to be completely original, complet ely new p iece.LH: Oh, Lee Hom, I’m very happy for you. Congratulations. (WL: Thank you.) Thank you so much. WL: Thank you Lorraine. It’s great t o be back. (LH: Really appreciate it. Okay.)LH: You’ve been watching T alk Asia. I’m Lorraine Hahn. Let’s talk again, next week.。
精选王力宏英文毕业演讲技巧王力宏大概就是上辈子拯救了银河系的人吧!集才华与帅气与一身，是所有人心目中的偶像。
最近他被伯克利音乐学院授予博士学位，加冕礼上又用流利的英文演说惊艳到大家，精彩的演说展现出有为艺人的人生梦想和对母校的感激之情。
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暖场调侃I don;t know what to say. I didn;t know that there would be a podium with a microphone. I thought I would just be singing songs. Not to downplay that, but ;这段话属于;破冰;(ice-breaking)，就是先说几句有的没的来暖场。
其间不乏幽默的调侃，比如I thought I would just be singing songs.downplay一词用得不错，表示;不予重视;对;轻描淡写;;;not to downplay that;是指前面的调侃并非不重视该场合，即他认为这个场合很重要。
表达拿到博士学位的激动心情Oh, my goodness, what an honor. I am just so humbled and excited to be here looking out at all of you.缓过神来之后，表达一下拿到博士学位的激动心情。
请记住，oh my goodness和what an honor是获奖感言的标配。
后面humbled 和excited两个词表达了说话人的谦逊和喜悦之情。
回忆过往校园生活的点滴细节Being back here on campus is ; I feel so proud to have studied here. And ; that;s 16 years ago, but ; I used to come to Symphony Hall every weekend and get those rush tickets, the student packs, and watch the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform as often as possible, often by myself.这是一记;回忆杀;，带听众回到20xx年前，并描述当时学习生活的点滴细节，感谢母校对自己的生命的影响。
