2017级新生开学典礼双语讲话稿

2017 级新生开学典礼双语讲话稿dear freshmen, ladies and gentlemen:

good afternoon!

it 's a big ceremony for our school today: it ' s joyous and memorable, for you, the new students, young and fresh, have come to join us. the constant leave and arrival of students verify the unique vitality of the university. here on behalf of our school--- school of international studies, i extend our warm welcome and express our gratitude to all the freshmen, no matter whether you willingly or reluctantly chose to come to our school, to become members of our big family.

you may have assumed that the university is the place where you are to be prepared for your future career, just as james duderstadt, professor, educator and former president of michigan university claims: one of the university ' s aims is to equip the students with knowledge and ration, in order to make them fine citizens and enable them to have a meaningful life.true, the university does that thing. but more important, as mr liang qichao explained, what an university really does is to have students

“ learn to be a man ”, that

is , to be “a knowledgeable man free from perplexity, a benevolent man free from worry, a courageous man free

from fear ” . to him, all the disciplines and knowledge the

university provides for you are “ just means for

the makings of man, but not the end in themselves ” . then, a question may be asked: how to be a man free from perplexity, worry and fear, a man useful for humankind, the country and your family?

in chinese culture, the traditional value has it: aspiration makes a man. my first word of advice to you, therefore, is asperation. wang yangming, a chinese scholar of ming dynasty, believes : “ without aspiration, one can reach no where. ” mr. yang changji, teacher of mao zedong, told mao and his classmates: “ one ' s final achievements depend largely on his aspiration. aimless, a born-talent will end up a mediocrity; aspirated, a common person can turn into a great man. ” all of us have witnessed their final accomplishments. young learners as we are now, we should also set up great aspiration for our life , as early as possible, for ambition can guide us forward toward our goal despite any obstacles, distractions and difficulties, so that we can make best use of university stay time, during which we are supposed to be most

vigorous in vitality, thirsty for knowledge, powerful in creativity, and flexible in character shaping, to

enrich ourselves by reading as much as possible, to achieve

“ great knowledge ”, and form “ great vision ”, so as to lay a sound foundation for our future career. yu guangzhong , well-