級新生開學典禮雙語講話稿

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 , 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 human kind, 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-known chinese poet, believes: “aspiration makes a man outstanding”, which was proved by mr. ma yun who once told the students of qinghua university when he was making a speech there: congratulations to you, for you were taken in by a very good university in china--only second to hangzhou teachers’ college. ma set up his ambition when he was a student at hangzhou teacher’s college, and finally rose to become one of the most successful businessmen in the country. this proves a fact: success belittles one’s background. now, as students of sis, we might as well cherish such lofty conviction: “we are mere students of foreign languages today, we are certain to bring honour to our alma mater someday.”

the actualization of aspiration calls for perseverance which is my second word of advice for you. benjamin franklin wrote: “i have never seen a man who is up early in the morning, hard-working, prudent and honest complains that the fate is unfair for him. the one who has fine characters, good habits, and strong will-power can never be defeated by such thing known as ‘fate’.” again, ma yun met his failure 16 years ago at new york, but he did not give up his effort, and 15 years later in XX, he brought the biggest transaction of ipo to new york stock market ever in its history. perseverance is the driving force for the realization of one’s expectation. confronted by today’s materialistic trends and temptations of all kinds, the more determined one is with his aim, the more likely he is to be successful. perseverance means constant effort, which finds no substitute. success of any sort can be obtained only through hard work, just as nietzsche put it: “if there is really a miracle in the world, it is only another name for exertion.” one’s patience can predetermine his pursuit level: he who expects immediate return of his every effort can only be suitable for hourly worker. perseverance also means some abandons: to give up those things or doings that hinder the achievement of one’s goal. let’s review the the teaching of makarenko, famous educator of soviet union: “strong will does not necessarily mean the ability to acquire what one desires. it also means the ability to force oneself to give up something when necessary.” we may ask ourselves, therefore, whether such bad habits of procrastination, idleness and undue hedonism, commonly seen among youngsters today, have been corrupting our will and forming obstructions to the realization of our aspiration?

motse says “aspiration is mobilized by action”, which means aspiration will be effective only if it is put into practice, thus leading up to my third word of advice: action. the four years of college life is merely a flick meanwhile time flies. modern society is competitive in nature, and that the state of inertia is terrible enough, but what is more terrible is the fact that other peers who are equally excellent or ever more excellent are taking action, quicker than you. by action, we mean we should begin acting at the right place, in other words, “do right things in a right way”. you should set the correct goal as early as possible, and work out your learning schedule by first leaving out those peripheral, unworthy things in order that you make best use of every minute of your college time. you should not idle away all your time in phone games, weibo, wechat, and qq. your action plan for four years must be framed with the guide of your mentors, the earlier the better, with every move logically and rationally scheduled, the principle being “specific time for specific use”, to achieve the best result of action.

thus comes to the conclusion: aspiration makes a man aim high, perseverance makes a man stand out excellent, and action makes a man push forward.

girls and boys, a university is a place where knowledge and thoughts converge and are distilled, a magnificent stage where you learn to demonstrate your value in life. the faculty of sis will be your dedicated companion all the way to your destination, going all out to help you in your pursuit of “unity in diversity in languages and cultures, excellence for learning, career and life”. we sincerely hope you will be able to release your dream here, and make your adolescence a completely worthy stay with us in four years time.

thank you!

親愛的同學們，朋友們：

下午好！今天是我們學院令人高興而難忘的重要日子。我們迎來了又一批年輕而富有朝氣的年輕學子。大學就是就是在這樣迎來送往的更迭中，彰顯着自己活力。在此，我代表xx文理學院外國語學院全體教職員工，表達對你們的熱烈歡迎，並感謝你們選擇了，無論是志願的還是勉強的，來到我們學院成為我們這個大家庭中的一員。

你們一定認為，大學就是培養你們為今後的生涯做好準備之地。 正如美國密西根大學前校長，教育家杜德斯達所説，大學的一個目的，“就是用知識和理性來武裝學生，使其成為良好的公民並過上有意義的生活。”確實如此。不過它的確還有更重要的功能。梁啟超説過，上大學最重要的目的是“為了學做人”，學習成長為“知者不惑，仁者不憂，勇者不懼的人”。大學裏所有學科的學習，知識的吸取，都只不過是“做人所需要的手段，不能説專靠這些就能達到做人的目的”。他認為，大學這幾年，就能決定“你成不成人”。那麼如何成為一個不惑、不憂、不懼，對社會、國家及家庭都有用的人呢？

中國傳統文化的價值觀是：欲做人，先立志。所以，我要給大家的第一個忠告就是立志。王陽明説過：“志不立，天下無可成之事”。毛澤東的老師楊昌濟曾對毛澤東及他的同學們説：“一個人的作為大小，本源於志向高低。無志者，天才可以歸庸碌；有志者，隴畝亦可飛鴻鵠。” 我們都見證了這些立大志者最後在各自領域裏取得的巨大成功。就我們剛走進大學校園的年輕學子而言，也需早立高遠志向，因為它可以引導我們無論身處何處，都會排除干擾，克服困難，在我們生命力最旺盛、求知慾最強烈、創造力最勃發又最具可塑性的大學時光，博覽羣書，追求“大學問”，練就“大視野”，為最終實現自己的人生志向打下堅實的基礎。余光中説：“理想會使人出眾”，馬雲用自己的行為生動地詮釋了這句話。他在清華大學講演時對那裏的學生説：祝賀你們考進了一所僅次於杭州師範學院的好大學。馬雲立志於杭州師範學院，最終成為全國商界翹楚，可謂有志者，成功不為出處所困。我們今做外語學院學子，是否也具有“今為文理外語人，他日載譽報母校”的豪情？

有了志向，還須堅守。所以我給大家的第二個忠告就是堅守。富蘭克林説過：“我從未曾見過一個早起、勤奮、謹慎、誠實的人抱怨命運不好；良好的品格，優良的習慣，堅強的意志，是不會被假設所謂的命運擊敗的。”馬雲XX年前去紐約失敗而歸，但他從不曾放棄，XX年後的XX年他帶給了美國紐交所史上最大的一單首次公開募股（ipo）。堅守是實現理想的動力，在當今物慾橫流，各種誘惑環伺的時候，越能堅守，成功的可能性就越大。堅守需要意味着付出持續的努力， 而努力從沒有替代品，任何成就均需通過努力才能得到。正如尼采所言：“如果這世界上真有奇蹟，那只是努力的另一個名字。”人的耐心決定其境界：付出一點就想馬上就想有回報的，只能做鐘點工。堅守，還意味着某些放棄，即放棄那些有礙自己實現理想的事情和行為。著名教育學家馬卡連柯説：“堅強的意志，不僅是想什麼就獲得什麼的那種本事，也是迫使自己在必要的時候放棄什麼的那種本事。”我們可以問問自己，年輕人最常見的拖沓和懶惰，以及過早的享樂思想，是否在侵蝕着我們的意志，妨礙着我們實現我們的理想？

墨子曰“志行，為也”，是説意志付於行動，才是作為。我給大家第三個忠告便是行動。時間滾滾向前，大學四年彈指一揮間。現代社會競爭激烈，自己無所作為當然可怕，但更可怕的是和自己一樣優秀甚至更優秀的人行動更快。行動意味着找準下手之處，要點是“正確地做正確的事”。同學們應儘快明確自己的目標，先從砍掉邊際價值最低的事情開始，規劃四年的學習生涯，使治學中的每一寸光陰變得更有價值。 學會與時間賽跑，不要讓光陰在玩遊戲、發微博、刷微信、聊qq中無謂蹉跎。在導師的幫助下，及早要作好行動規劃，邏輯而理性地安排每個步驟，“專時專用”方能提高行動效率。

故曰：立志使人致遠，堅守使人優秀，行動使人進步。

同學們，大學是一個知識思想匯聚提煉的地方，是你們開始體現人生價值的炫麗舞台。 外國語學院全體教職員工將與你們一道前行，幫助你們“追求語言與文化之多元融合，實現學業、事業和人生之卓越 ”。祝願你們在此四年的學習時間裏，放飛夢想，綻放出你們青春的風采。

謝謝大家！