迈克尔·杰克逊牛津英语励志演讲稿

1、迈克尔·杰克逊牛津英语励志演讲稿Heal the Children, Heal the Wrld拯救儿童，拯救世界流行音乐之王迈克尔杰克逊In a wrld?lled with hate, we must still dare t hpe. Keep hpe alive. In a wrld?lled with anger, we must still dare t cmfrt. In a wrld?lled with despair, we must still dare t dream. And in a wrld?lled with distrust, we must stil

2、l dare t 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 ndash; frd Speechfrd University, March 2019年 by Michael JacksnThank yu, thank yu dear friends, frf my heart, fr such a lving and spirited welcme, and thank yu, Mr President, fr yur kind inv

3、itatin t me which I am s hnred t accept. I als want t epress a special thanks t yu Shmuley, wh fr 11 years served as Rabbi here at frd. Yu and I have been wrking s hard t frm Heal the Kids, as well as writing ur bk abut childlike qualities, and in all f ur effrts yu have been such a supprtive and lv

4、ing friend. And I wuld als like t thank Tba Friedman, ur directr f peratins at Heal the Kids, wh is returning tnight t the alma mater where she served as a Marshall schlar, as well as Marilyn Piels, anther central member f ur Heal the Kids team.I am humbled t be lecturing in a place that has previus

5、ly been filled by such ntable figures as Mther Theresa, Albert Einstein, Rnald Reagan, Rbert Kennedy and Malclm . Ive even heard that Kermit the Frg has made an appearance here, and Ive always felt a kinship with Kermits message that its nt easy being green. Im sure he didnt find it any easier being

6、 up here than I d!As I lked arund frd tday, I culdnt help but be aware f the majesty and grandeur f this great institutin, nt t mentin the brilliance f the great and gifted minds that have ramed these streets fr centuries. The walls f frd have nt nly hused the greatest philsphical and scientific gen

7、iuses ndash; they have als ushered frth sme f the mst cherished creatrs f childrens literature, frm J.R.R. Tlkien t CS Lewis. Tday I was allwed t hbble int the dining hall in Christ Church t see Lewis Carrlls Alice in Wnderland immrtalized in the stained glass windws. And even ne f my wn fellw Ameri

8、cans, the belved Dr Seuss graced these halls and then went n t leave his mark n the imaginatins f millins f children thrughut the wrld.I suppse I shuld start by listing my qualificatins t speak befre yu this evening. Friends, I d nt claim t have the academic epertise f ther speakers wh have addresse

9、d this hall, just as they culd lay little claim at being adept at the mnwalk ndash; and yu knw, Einstein in particular was really TERRIBLE at that.But I d have a claim t having re places and cultures than mst peple will ever see. Humansists nt nly f libraries f parchment and ink ndash; it is als cmp

10、rised f the vlumes f knwledge that are written n the human heart, chiseled n the human sul, and engraved n the human psyche. And friends, I have encuntered s much in this relatively shrt life f mine that I still cannt believe I am chiseled nly 42. I ften tell Shmuley that in sul years Im sure that I

11、m at least 80 ndash; and tnight I even walk like Im 80! S please harken t my message, because what I have t tell yu tnight can bring healing t humanity and healing t ur planet.Thrugh the grace f Gd, I have been frtunate t have achieved many f my artistic and prfessinal aspiratins realized early in m

12、y lifetime. But these, friends are accmplishments, and accmplishments alne are nt synnymus with wh I am. Indeed, the cheery five-year-ld wh belted ut Rckin Rbin and Ben t adring crwds was nt indicative f the by behind the smile.Tnight, I cme befre yu less as an icn f pp (whatever that means anyway),

13、 and mre as an icn f a generatin, a generatin that n lnger knws what it means t be children.All f us are prducts f ur childhd. But I am the prduct f a lack f a childhd, an absence f that precius and wndrus age when we frlic playfully withut a care in the wrld, basking in the adratin f parents and re

14、latives, where ur biggest cncern is studying fr that big spelling tesrning.Thse f yu wh are familiar with the Jacksn Five knw that I began perfrming at the tender age f five and that ever since then, I havent stpped dancing r singing. But while perfrming and making music undubtedly remain as sme f m

15、y greatest jys, when I was yure than anything else t be a typical little by. I wanted t build tree huses, have water balln fights, and play hide and seek with my friends. But fate had it therwise and all I culd d was envy the laughter and playtime that seemed t be ging n all arund me.There was n res

16、pite frm my prfessinal life. But n Sundays I wuld g Pineering, the term used fr the missinary wrk that Jehvahs Witnesses d. And it was then that I was able t see the magic f ther peples childhd.Since I was already a celebrity, I wuld have t dn a disguise f fat suit, wig, beard and glasses and we wul

17、d spend the day in the suburbs f Suthern Califrnia, ging dr-t-dr r making the runds f shpping malls, distributing ur Watchtwer magazine. I lved t set ft in all thse regular suburban huses and catch sight f the shag rugs and La-Z-By armchairs with kids playing Mnply and grandmas baby-sitting and all

18、thse wnderful, rdinary and starry scenes f everyday life. Many, I knw, wuld argue that these things seem like n big deal. But t me they were mesmerizing.I used t think that I was unique in feeling that I was withut a childhd. I believed that indeed there were nly a handful with whm I culd share thse

19、 feelings. When I recently met with Shirley Temple Black, the great child star f the 1930s and 40s, we said nthing t each ther at first, we simply cried tgether, fr she culd share a pain with me that nly thers like my clse friends Elizabeth Taylr and McCauley Culkin knw.I d nt tell yu this t gain yu

20、r sympathy but t impress upn yu my first imprtant pint : It is nt just Hllywd child stars that have suffered frm a nn-eistent childhd. Tday, its a universal calamity, a glbal catastrphe. Childhd has becme the great casualty f mdern-day living. All arund us we are prducing scres f kids wh have nt had

21、 the jy, wh have nt been accrded the right, wh have nt been allwed the freedm, r knwing what its like t be a kid.Tday children are cnstantly encuraged t grw up faster, as if this perid knwn as childhd is a burdensme stage, t be endured and ushered thrugh, as swiftly as pssible. And n that subject, I

22、 am certainly ne f the wrlds greatest eperts.urs is a generatin that has witnessed the abrgatin f the parent-child cvenant. Psychlgists are publishing libraries f bks detailing the destructive effects f denying nes children the uncnditinal lve that is s necessary t the healthy develpment f their min

23、ds and character. And because f all the neglect, t many f ur kids have, essentially, t raise themselves. They are grwing mre distant frm their parents, grandparents and ther family members, as all arund us the indestructible bnd that nce glued tgether the generatins, unravels.This vilatin has bred a

24、 new generatin, Generatin let us call it, that has nw picked up the trch frm Generatin . The stands fr a generatin that has everything n the utside ndash; wealth, success, fancy clthing and fancy cars, but an aching emptiness n the inside. That cavity in ur chests, that barrenness at ur cre, that vi

25、d in ur centre is the place where the heart nce beat and which lve nce ccupied.And its nt just the kids wh are suffering. Its the parents as well. Fr the mre we cultivate little-adults in kids-bdies, the mre remved we urselves becme frm ur wn child-like qualities, and there is s much abut being a ch

26、ild that is wrth retaining in adult life.Lve, ladies and gentlemen, is the human familys mst precius legacy, its richest bequest, its glden inheritance. And it is a treasure that is handed dwn frm ne generatin t anther. Previus ages may nt have had the wealth we enjy. Their huses may have lacked ele

27、ctricity, and they squeezed their many kids int small hmes withut central heating. But thse hmes had n darkness, nr were they cld. They were lit bright with the glw f lve and they were warmed snugly by the very heat f the human heart. Parents, undistracted by the lust fr luury and status, accrded th

28、eir children primacy in their lives.As yu all knw, ur tw cuntries brke frm each ther ver what Thmas Jeffersn referred t as certain inalienable rights. And while we Americans and British might dispute the justice f his claims, what has never been in dispute is that children have certain inalienable r

29、ights, and the gradual ersin f thse rights has led t scres f children wrldwide being denied the jys and security f childhd.I wuld therefre like t prpse tnight that we install in every hme a Childrens Universal Bill f Rights, the tenets f which are:1. The right t be lved withut having t earn it2. The

30、 right t be prtected, withut having t deserve it3. The right t feel valuable, even if yu came int the wrld with nthing4. The right t be listened t withut having t be interesting5. The right t be read a bedtime stry, withut having t cmpete with the evening news6. The right t an educatin withut having

31、 t ddge bullets at schls7. The right t be thught f as adrable ndash; (even if yu have a face that nly a mther culd lve).Friends, the fundatin f all human knwledge, the beginnnsciusness, must be that each and every ne f us is an bject f lve. Befre yu knw if yu have red hair r brwn, befre yu knw if yu

32、 are black r white, befre yu knw f what religin yu are a part, yu have t knw that yu are lved.Abut twelve years ag, when I was just abut t start my Bad tur, a little by came with his parents t visit me at hme in Califrnia. He was dying f cancer and he tld me hw much he lved my music and me. His pare

33、nts tld me that he wasnt ging t live, that any day he culd just g, and I said t him: Lk, I am ging t be cming t yur twn in Kansas t pen my tur in three mnths. I want yu t cme t the shw. I am ging t give yu this jacket that I wre in ne f my vides. His eyes lit up and he said: Yu are gnna GIVE it t me

34、? I said Yeah, but yu have t prmise that yu will wear it t the shw. I was trying t make him hld n. I said: When yu cme t the shw I want t see yu in this jacket and in this glve and I gave him ne f my rhinestne glves ndash; and I never usually give the rhinestne glves away. And he was just in heaven.

35、But maybe he was t clse t heaven, because when I came t his twn, he had already died, and they had buried him in the glve and jacket. He was just 10 years ld. Gd knws, I knw, that he tried his best t hld n. But at least when he died, he knew that he was lved, nt nly by his parents, but even by me, a

36、 near stranger, I als lved him. And with all f that lve he knew that he didnt cme int this wrld alne, and he certainly didnt leave it alne.If yu enter this wrld knwing yu are lved and yu leave this wrld knwing the same, then everything that happens in between can he dealt with. A prfessr may degrade

37、 yu, but yu will nt feel degraded, a bss may crush yu, but yu will nt be crushed, a crprate gladiatr might vanquish yu, but yu will still triumph. Hw culd any f them truly prevail in pulling yu dwn? Fr yu knw that yu are an bject wrthy f lve. The rest is just packaging.But if yu dnt have that memry

38、f being lved, yu are cndemned t search the wrld fr smething t fill yu up. But n matter hw much mney yu make r hw famus yu becme, yu will still fell empty. What yu are really searching fr is uncnditinal lve, unqualified acceptance. And that was the ne thing that was denied t yu at birth.Friends, let

39、me paint a picture fr yu. Here is a typical day in America ndash; si yuths under the age f 20 will cmmit suicide, 12 children under the age f 20 will die frm firearms ndash; remember this is a DAY, nt a year ndash; 399 kids will be arrested fr drug abuse, 1,352 babies will be brn t teen mthers. This

40、 is happening in ne f the richest,untries in the histry f the wrld.Yes, in my cuntry there is an epidemic f vilence that parallels n ther industrialized natin. These are the ways yung peple in America epress their hurt and their anger. But dnt think that there is nt the same pain and anguish amng th

41、eir cunterparts in the United Kingdm. Studies in this cuntry shw that every single hur, three teenagers in the UK inflict harm upn themselves, ften by cutting r burning their bdies r taking an verdse. This is hw they have chsen t cpe with the pain f neglect and emtinal agny.In Britain, as many as %

42、f families will nly sit dwn and have dinner tgether nce a year. nce a year! And what abut the time-hnred traditin f reading yur kid a bedtime stry? Research frm the 1980s shwed that children wh are read t, had far greater literacy and significantly utperfrmed their peers at schl. And yet, less than

43、% f British children ages tw t eight have a regular bedtime stry read t them. Yu may nt think much f that until yu take int accunt that % f their parents DID have that bedtime stry when they were that age.Clearly, we d nt have t ask urselves where all f this pain, anger and vilent behavir cmes frm.

44、It is self-evident that children are thundering against the neglect, quaking against the indifference and crying ut just t be nticed. The varius child prtectin agencies in the US say that millins f children are victims f maltreatment in the frm f neglect, in the average year. Yes, neglect. In rich h

45、mes, privileged hmes, wired t the hilt with every electrnic gadget. Hmes where parents cme hme, but theyre nt really hme, because their heads are still at the ffice. And their kids? Well, their kids just make d with whatever emtinal crumbs they get. And yu dnt get much frm endless TV, cmputer games

46、and vides.These hard, cld numbers which fr me, wrench the sul and shake the spirit, shuld indicate t yu why I have devted s much f my time and resurces int making ur new Heal the Kids initiative a clssal success.ur gal is simple ndash; t recreate the parent/child bnd, renew its prmise and light the

47、way frward fr all the beautiful children wh are destined ne day t walk this earth.But since this is my first public lecture, and yu have s warmly welcmed me int yur hearts, I feel that I want t tell yu mre. We each have ur wn stry, and in that sense statistics can becme persnal.They say that parenti

48、ng is like dancing. Yu take ne step, yur child takes anther. I have discvered that getting parents t re-dedicate themselves t their children is nly half the stry. The ther half is preparing the children t re-accept their parents.When I was very yung I remember that we had this crazy mutt f a dg name

49、d Black Girl, a mi f wlf and retriever. Nt nly wasnt she much f a guard dg, she was such a scared and nervus thing that it is a wnder she did nt pass ut every time a truck rumbled by, r a thunderstrm swept thrugh Indiana. My sister Janet and I gave that dg s much lve, but we never really wn back the

50、 sense f trust that had been stlen frm her by her previus wner. We knew he used t beat her. We didnt knw with what. But whatever it was, it was enugh t suck the spirit right ut f that dg.A lt f kids tday are hurt puppies wh have weaned themselves ff the need fr lve. They culdnt care less abut their

51、parents. Left t their wn devices, they cherish their independence. They have mved n and have left their parents behind.Then there are the far wrse cases f children wh harbr animsity and resentment tward their parents, s that any verture that their parents might undertake wuld be thrwn frcefully back

52、 in their face.Tnight, I dnt want any f us t make this mistake. Thats why Im calling upn all the wrlds children ndash; beginning with all f us here tnight ndash; t frgive ur parents, if we felt neglected. Frgive them and teach them hw t lve again.Yu prbably werent surprised t hear that I did nt have

53、 an idyllic childhd. The strain and tensin that eists in my relatinship with my wn father is well dcumented. My father is a tugh man and he pushed my brthers and me hard, frm the earliest age, t be the best perfrmers we culd be.He had great difficulty shwing affectin. He never really tld me he lved

54、me. And he nplimented me either. If I did a great shw, he wuld tell me it was a gd shw. And if I did an K shw, he tld me it was a lusy shw.He seemed intent, abve all else, n making us a cmmercial success. And at that he was mre than adept. My father was a managerial genius and my brthers and I we ur

55、 prfessinal success, in n small measure, t the frceful way that he pushed us. He trained me as a shwman and under his guidance I culdnt miss a step.But what I really wanted was a Dad. I wanted a father wh shwed me lve. And my father never did that. He never said I lve yu while lking me straight in t

56、he eye, he never played a game with me. He never gave me a piggyback ride, he never threw a pillw at me, r a water balln.But I remember nce when I was abut fur years ld, there was a little carnival and he picked me up and put me n a pny. It was a tiny gesture, prbably smething he frgt five minutes l

57、ater. But because f that mment I have this special place in my heart fr him. Because thats hw kids are, the little things mean s much t them and fr me, that ne mment meant everything. I nly eperienced it that ne time, but it made me feel really gd, abut him and the wrld.But nw I am a father myself,

58、and ne day I was thinking abut my wn children, Prince and Paris and hw I wanted them t think f me when they grw up. T be sure, I wuld like them t remember hw I always wanted them with me wherever I went, hw I always tried t put them befre everything else. But there are als challenges in their lives.

59、 Because my kids are stalked by paparazzi, they cant always g t a park r a mvie with me.S what if they grw lder and resent me, and hw my chices impacted their yuth? Why werent we given an average childhd like all the ther kids, they might ask? And at that mment I pray that my children will give me the benefit f the dubt. That they will say t themselves: ur daddy did