张国荣(纯英文版)

　　Good morning everybody!

　　It's my honor to speak here,and I am very glad to share my topic with you. Then today I'd like to talk something about Leslie Cheung’s stories.

　　Leslie Cheung nicknamed “elder brother ”is a great artist from Hong Kong, he was born on September 12, 1956, Cheung committed suicide on April 1, 2003. all the gege fans wish cheung were still alive in our world, therefore we can be with his songs films and his smiling face. Form then on, there is no longer fool’s day in the world.

　　Leslie was considered as One of the founding fathers of Canto

　　pop and combining a hugely successful film and music career.

　　In 2010, Hong Kong Radio initiated a survey named “Why you love Hong Kong”

　　at last, he was elected to be No.1 .

　　First of all, let’s talk about his songs.

　　In 1983, Cheung released his first hit song, The Wind Blows On.

　　In 1984, he released his first top ten hit song Monica, which became the first so-called fast song that won the RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award.

　　Other Top Ten Gold Songs released by Cheung through Capital Artists included Ghost Story ,Wild Wind, Love in Those Years, When love has become the past.

　　In 1988, he composed one of his most famous songs Silence is Golden .Those songs are all very classical in those years.

　　In 2000, Cheung held his last concert series, Passion Tour. Passion Tour included 43 concerts, lasting from July 31, 2000 to April 16, 2001. It was his most disputable, and possibly best concert. Cheung worked at the first time as the art director as well as the singer for the concert.

　　In 2000, Cheung was named Asian Biggest Superstar by China Central

　　Television. Recently, he was voted into CNN's top five most iconic musician of all time placing behind Michael Jackson and The Beatles.

　　secondly, let’s talk about some famous films of cheung’s.

　　I'm talking about a lifetime. One year one month one day even one second's less makes it less than a lifetime.——Farewell My Concubine

　　If I can not be with you, I do not want to live alone.——A Chinese Ghost Story I've heard tell of the existence of a legless bird in the real world. A constant flutter in the space above constitutes its whole life. Prostrated with toil and strain, it just takes repose in the wind. Throughout countless nights and days, only once will its body brush the dust of the ground and that's the very time when it bids farewell to the world.——Days of Being Wild

　　But there are some people who are just too proud to jealous.—— Ashes of Time I lose my way and wander around for a while, but I finally reach iguazu, I feel very sad, I feel like there should be two of us standing here. —— Happy Together

　　When I see the photo in the frame, I beg and pray for your return. And now you are here, let’s start it again alright?—— Happy Together

　　Leslie Cheung has won the Golden Palm award、Golden Globe for Best、Best Actor at the Golden Horse Film Festival and so on. Leslie Cheung was ranked the 1st as The Most Favorite Actor in 100 Years of Chinese Cinema in 2005. he is one of the greatest artists in Hongkong, in Asia, even in the whole world.

　　thirdly, let’s talk about cheung’s love stroy.

　　Leslie was bisexual and once said in an interview in Time magazine:It's more appropriate to say I'm bisexual. I've had girlfriends. When I was 22 or so, I asked my girlfriend Teresa Mo to marry me.

　　In a 1997 concert, Leslie openly revealed that Tong was his most beloved after his mother. The Hong Kong media eventually accepted the two men's relationship and the tabloid gave Tong the nickname Tong Tong .

　　Finally, let’s talk about cheung’s death.

　　Leslie committed suicide on April 1, 2003. He leapt from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, located in the Central district of Hong Kong Island. He left a suicide note saying that he had been suffering from depression. He was 46 years old.

　　April 1, 2003 is no longer just a April Fool's day, Leslie Cheung waved away, leaving countless love his people to use lifetime to miss.

　　Depression! Many thanks to all my friends. Many thanks to Professor Felice Lieh-Mak. This year has been so tough. I can't stand it anymore. Many thanks to Mr. Tong. Many thanks to my family. Many thanks to Fei-Fei . In my life I did nothing bad. Why does it have to be like this?

　　Leslie cheung is alive in our heart forever.

　　I'm who I am , a firework of larruping color.

　　Thank you for your listening.