王力宏牛津大学演讲稿中英对照

中国的受害者情节：

为何中国领导人如此猜忌美国

”

或者法新社的财经杂志

《彭博商业周刊》

< br>上说，

“

没错，中国军队正在测探你。

< br>”

And it?s such a great one that I just want to show you the cover of the magazine.

Yes. Be very afraid!

Ok, is it shown to you right? OK. So there?s actually an

extremely high amount of negativity and fear and anxiety about China,

sinophobia, that I think is not just misinformed, but also misleading and

ultimately dangerous, very dangerous.

这个特别逗，我来给你们展示一下这封面。是的，特别恐慌有木有！方向那对的吧，嗯， 对

的。

当今对于中国有太多的负面东西。

恐华情绪很严重。

我觉得这种现象不仅是一种误传同

时也是一 种误导。这是很可怕的，超级可怕。

And what about how westerners are viewed by Chinese? Well, we have terms for

westerners. The most common of which are gweilo in Cantonese, which means

“the old devil”, laowai, meaning the old outsider in mandarin, angmoh, which

means the “red hairy one” in Taiwanese. The list goes on and on. So are these

roommates headed for a best friend relationship? I think we need a little help.

And as China rises to be global power, I think it is more important than ever for

us to be discerning about what we believe, because after all, I think that?s the

purpose of higher education.

那么，

中国人又是如何看待西方的呢？我们对西方人的称呼五花八门。

大家熟知的有：

香港

人叫他们

“

鬼佬

”

，字面上就是

“

老妖

”

。大陆人叫他们老 外，字面上就是

“

蛮夷

”

。还有台湾人

叫他们

“

红毛

”

。

还真说不完呢。

< br>这看上去像是能发展成一段最佳友谊的舍友关系吗？我认为

我们得治治病。

随着中国实力不断强大，

看清楚应该相信什么这一点空前重要。因为，

归根

结底，这就是高等教育的目的。

And that?s why we are all here: to be able to think for ourselves and make our

own decisions. China?s not just those headlines, the burgeoning economy of the

unique pol

itics. It?s not just the world?s factory or the next big superpower, it?s

so much more. A billion people with rich culture, amazing stories and as a

product of both of those cultures, I want to help foster understanding between

the two, and help create that incredible relationship.

这就是我们坐在这里的原因：< /p>

有能力独立思考，

自主选择。

中国当然不 能通过那些新闻头条

来定义。

也不只是所谓的特殊政策下快速增 长的经济。

中国不仅仅是一个世界工厂，

也不仅

仅是未来超级大国。

中国的意义价值远大于此。

一个拥 有十几亿人口，

丰富悠久的历史文化

与传奇故事的民族。

作为中西两种文化的共同产物，

我特别想要帮忙在两种文化之间培养起

一种互相的理解，建立起一种很美好的情谊。

Because knowing both sides of the coin, I really think that there is a love story

waiting to be told, waiting to unfold. And I am only half-joking when I said love

story because I believe it is, the stories that will save us, will bring us together.

And my thesis statement for today?s talk is that, the

relationship between the

east and west needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture. That?s a big fat plan.

And I am gotta trying to back it up!

但凡事都有两面，

所以我认为这背后蕴含着一个亟待讲述的爱情故事 。

我说

“

爱情故事

”

不完

全在说笑。

因为我相信，< /p>

这些关于爱的故事能够拯救我们，把我们凝聚在一起。我今天讲的

主题就是，

通过流行文化修复东西方世界的关系。

好宏伟的计划 有木有啊！

我会想办法讲明

白的。

The UN Secretary generalBunki Boo said: “There are no language required in

musical world.” That is the power of music. That is the power of the heart.

Through this promotion of arts, we can better understand that the culture and

civilizations of other people. In this era of instability and intolerance, we need to

promote better understanding through the power of music.

联合国秘书长潘基文说过，在音乐的世界 里，

沟通时无需语言的。

这就是音乐的力量。

< br>这就

是人心的力量。

通过发扬艺术，

我们才能够更好的了解其他民族的文明与文化。

在这个动荡

不安，人与人之间不甚宽容的年代，我们需要利用音乐的力量来更好的了解彼此。

Now the UN Secretary General thinks we need more music, and I think he is

right. Music and arts have always played the key role in my life in building

relationships, replacing what once was the ignorance, fear and hatred with

acceptance, friendships and even love. So I have a strong case for promoting

music between cultures because it happened to me early in life.

联合国秘书长认为 我们需要更多的音乐。

这一点我很赞同。

音乐和艺术一直在我的 生命中占

据着很重要的地位。

音乐和艺术的力量能够帮助建立人 与人之间的关系，

用包容，

友谊和爱

来 驱逐因为无知的仇恨而产生的恐惧。

在不同文化之间推广音乐这一点上，

我自己的童年时

期的经历是一个最好的例证。

I was born and raised in Rochester, New York. I barely spoke a word of Chinese.

I didn?t know the difference between Taiwan or Thailand. I was… That?s true. I

was as American as apple pie. Until one day, on a third grade playground, the

inevitable finally happened. I got teased for being Chinese. Now every kid gets

teased or made fun on the playground, but this was fundamentally different.

And I knew it right then and there. This kid, let?s call him Bryan M. He started

making fun of me, saying “ Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, look at these.” I

can?t believe you are laughing at that and that hurts. OK, I am just kidding. I can

still remember how I felt. I felt ashamed. I felt embarrassed.

我在纽约的罗切斯特 长大，几乎不会说中文。我连

“

台湾

”

和

“

泰国

”< /p>

这两个词都分不清楚。那

是真的！我那时是个地地道道的美国人。

直到我上了三年级，

有一天在操场上，不可避免的

事情终于发生了。

因为中国人的血统，

我第一次被人 嘲笑了。

当然一起玩的小孩都会互相戏

弄开玩笑，

但这次绝对不同。

这点当时我立马就感觉到了。

我们 暂且管那个孩子叫

Bryan M

吧。它开始嘲笑我说，中国人 ，日本人，脏膝盖，快来看。（英文还押韵）你们居然还笑，

我太受伤了！好吧，我只是 开个玩笑。我依然能够记得我当时的感觉。我感觉特别丢脸，特

别尴尬。

But I laughed along with him, with everyone. I didn?t know what else to do.

It

was like having a out-of-body experience, as if I could laugh at that Chinese kid

on the playground with all the other Americans because I was one of them.

Right? Wrong. On may levels.

但是我当时跟着所有其他人一直在笑。

年幼的我并不知道该怎么办。

当时感觉好像灵魂出窍

一样。

好像我能够和操场上其他 美国孩子一起嘲笑中国人，

我就是他们当中一员了。

这种想

法可取吗？当然不可取，而且是大错特错。

And I was facing in front of the first but definitely not the last time, the harsh

reality that I was minority in Rochester, which in those days had an Asian

population of one percent.

那 是我第一次感受到一件残酷而现实的事实。我属于一个少数群体，但那绝不是最后一次。

在那个时代的罗切斯特，亚洲人口特别少，几乎之占当地人口的百分之一。

And I was confused. I wanted to punch Brian. I wanted to hurt him for putting

me in that situation. But he was faster than me and he was stronger than me.

And he would kick my butt and we both knew that. So I just took it in. And I

didn?t tell anyone or share with anyone these feelings. I just held them in and I

let them fester. And those feelings would surface in a strangely therapeutic way

for me through music. And it was no coincidence that around that time I started

getting good with the violin, the guitar, and the drums. And I would soon

discover that by playing music or singing, other kids would, for a brief moment,

forget about my race or color and accept me and then be able to see me for who

I truly am, a human be

ing who?s emotional, spiritual, curious about the world

and has a need for love, just like everyone else.

我当时心里很乱，我很想把

bryan

打一顿。他让我陷入那种窘境，因此我也要让他难过。