王力宏牛津大学演讲 第6期

 　　And I was facing first but definitely not the last time, the harsh¹ reality that I was minority. 这是我第一次但绝不是最后一次面对这个残酷的现实，我是少数群体。

　　In Rochester, which in those days had Asian population of 1%. 在罗彻斯特，当时亚洲人的数量只占1%。

　　And I was confused. I wanted to punch Brian. 我很困惑。我想要打布莱恩。

　　I wanted to hurt him for putting me in that situation. 因为他让我陷入这个境地，我很想伤害他。

　　But he was faster than me, stronger than me, and he would kick my butt², and we both knew that, so I just took it in. 但是他跑得比我快，长得比我壮，他会踢我的屁股，我们都知道。所以我只是默默承受。

　　And I didn't tell anyone or share with anyone these feelings, and I just held them in and let them fester. 我没有告诉任何人和任何人分享我的感受。我只让它们烂在自己心里。

　　And those feelings would surface, in a strangely therapeutic³ way for me through music. 而这些感受浮出水面竟是通过一种神奇的疗法——音乐。

　　And it was no coincidence that around that time, I started getting good at the violin, the guitar and the drums. 并不是巧合，我那时开始玩小提琴，吉他，鼓，玩得越来越好。

　　And I would soon discover that by playing music or singing, other kids would for a brief moment forget about my race or colour and accept me and then be able to see me for who truly I am,  我很快发现演奏音乐或者唱歌时，其他孩子会暂时忘记我的种族，我的肤色，接受我，能够看到真正的我。

　　a human being who's emotional, spiritual, curious about the world, and has a need for love, just like everyone else. 一个人，有感情，有灵魂，对世界好奇，需要爱，就和他们每个人一样。

　　And by the sixth grade, guess who asked me if I would be the drummer for his band. Brian McKilroy. And I said yes. 到了六年级，猜猜是谁邀请我成为他们乐队的鼓手？布莱恩·麦克基罗。我答应了。

　　And that's when we together, formed our elementary school rock band called Nirvana. 这时我们走到了一起，建立了小学的摇滚乐队，它叫涅槃。

　　I'm not kidding. I was in a rock band called Nirvana, before Kurt Cobain's band was ever known. 我没开玩笑，我确实曾在一个叫涅槃的摇滚乐队里，是在科特·柯本之前。

　　So when Nirvana came out. Brian and I were like, hey, he's stealing our name! 所以当那个涅槃乐队出来的时候，布莱恩和我就像这样，嘿，他们偷了我们的名字！

　　But really what attracted me to music at this young age was just this, and it's still what I love about music, it's that it breakes down the walls between us, and show us so quickly the truth that we are much more alike than we are different. 但确实，在那个年纪，音乐吸引我的地方，而且我今天喜欢音乐的原因，仍是它打破了我们之间的隔阂，很快向我们展示了真相，那就是我们的相同之处比不同之处更多。

1 harsh   

adj.严厉（酷）的，刺耳的，刺目的，毛糙的

参考例句：

• The sunlight is very harsh.太阳光很刺眼。
• Although his words are harsh,there is positiveness in them.虽然他的话很苛刻，但有建设性。

2 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

3 therapeutic   

adj.治疗的，起治疗作用的；对身心健康有益的

参考例句：

• Therapeutic measures were selected to fit the patient.选择治疗措施以适应病人的需要。
• When I was sad,music had a therapeutic effect.我悲伤的时候，音乐有治疗效力。