Seeds of Our
Future
我们未来的种子
Nicole &
Michael Introductory Speech
Good Evening Mr. Michael Lees, teachers,
students, parents of the students, parents of the parents of the
students, friends and especially Mr.& Mrs. Wang and Nicole, and
Mr. & Mrs. Li and Michael.
尊敬的李龙威校长、老师们、学生们、家长们、朋友们以及我们的毕业生Nicole同学和家长王先生王太太、Michael同学和家长李先生和李太太,大家晚上好!
We are thrilled, honored and privileged to be
presenting to you ISD’s first ever graduates…..The Class of 2014.
This is a historic day and milestone in the short few years of ISD
and a time that should be celebrated.
今天,我们非常興奮也很荣幸地向我们ISD建校以来的也是2014年首届毕业生代表致賀詞,這是我们建校短短的两年非常具有历史意义的一天,也是我校树立里程碑、可喜可贺的一天!
Now, I have to admit when we were first asked
to write this speech we declined…thinking we wouldn’t know what to
say! But we thought about it and were asked a second time, and
again we declined…this time because we would probably say too
much.And here we all are, congratulating ISD’s first year of
graduates!
说实话,我们第一次接到这个毕业典礼演讲邀请的时候,我们不敢答应,因为我们不知道应该说些什么!当我们在收到第二次的邀请時,我们还是不敢答应……这次是因为我们有太多的话要说,滔滔不絕………….總之!今天我們還是跟大家欢聚一堂,一同祝贺ISD第一届毕业生!
So Michael and Nicole, this is the ending of a
very important chapter in your lives. You are now at a cross road
where future decisions have to be made and you will be held
accountable for them. Let us explain
why?
Michael和Nicole,你们完成了一生中非常重要的基础教育阶段,現在你們来到了人生的第一个十字路口,是为你们的未来作决定,并且为你们的决定担负起责任的時候了。让我们来解释一下为什么吧?
The importance of primary and secondary
schooling is so often undermined! Students get their grades and off
they go to university……but it is through these short 12 fun years
of primary and secondary education that is meant to prepare them
for the world of making their own decisions and choices, and taking
responsibility for them……to understand the value of money, being
global citizens and facing challenges and changes in life ALL BY
YOURSELF!!
人们常常忽略了小学和中学教育的重要性!学生好像順理成章的從小學中学毕业,然后就準備上大学……但这短暂而充满欢乐的12年其實正是培育孩子们學習自己做决定和选择,並且为自己的選择學會负责任的能力……
比如學習对金錢价值的概念,如何成为世界公民,如何能独立地面对生活中的挑战以及变化等!
So while you have received your educational
direction and passed all your grades, what is it that prepares you
for the world going forward?
O.K!所以当你完成了12年中小学学业、也順利拿了畢業證書,那又是什麼可以幫助你们在这个世界继续阔步向前呢?
The answer lies largely in our families, we as
parents - our personal cultures and our parental guidance. Being a
parent does not mean paying the bills and merely bringing a child
into this world. It’s about sharing acts of kindness, nurturing and
having meaningful dialogue, teaching the concepts of respect and
responsibility, educating our children to be polite and to be
globally and culturally
aware.
其实,答案和我们的家庭息息相关,也就和作為父母的我們有关——具体地说是和我们的个体文化背景以及家长给予孩子的引导有关。家长的职责,不是仅仅把孩子们带到世界上来,然后为他们生活买单而已。家长应该以善行来引导孩子,耐心地培育他们,与他们进行有意义的沟通,授之以礼,培养他们的全球意识和对多元文化的认识。
Everything we as parents, have taught our kids
at this stage, will reflect on the decisions they themselves will
have to make in the future. So parents too, play
an integral part in this cross road that our kids now
face.
家长们对孩子的教育,将对他们未来具有相當深远的影响。所以,當你的孩子们在面对这个人生十字路口時,是少不了家长的积极参与的。
Also, the world now looks at the younger
generation to step up. It’s interesting to know that tradition has
taught us that kids have to listen and learn from adults……well
times are changing and the era has almost come where adults now
need to learn and understand more from our
kids!
這個世界期盼着年轻的下一代積極的步入世界舞台。有趣的是,传统的观念教导我们,孩子必须听从大人的,向大人们学习……
但是时代变了,我们几乎走进了一个成人需要向孩子们学习并更多地理解他们的新时代!
The world needs their ideas, their daring,
their enthusiasm, their energy, their imagination and their
passion. It is these students who are the seeds of our future!
These are big footsteps to fill and it all starts from
today!
世界需要他们的想法,他们的胆识、他们的热忱、他们的活力、他们的想象力以及他们的激情。我们的这些学生,正是我们未来的种子!这是我们需要积极迈出的一大步,让我们从今天开始!
So Michael and Nicole never forget these cross
roads and the life you had at ISD, because you’re inheriting the
world and that’s pretty cool! Follow your passion, take risks, fall
down…..butalways get up again, continue learning, help others and
never give up!
Michael ,
Nicole,请不要忘记你现在的所面对的十字路口,以及曾經在ISD的时光,因为你正在继承着世界的不停轉動,这是一件多么了不起的事!请跟随着你们的激情,勇于接受挑战,面对挫折……学会跌倒了再站起来,持之以恒地学习,帮助他人,永不放弃!
So when you enter the next phase of your life,
never be afraid of tomorrow……for you have already seen yesterday
and today is a great day! Always remember the I, the S and the D!
Inspire others, Succeed in whatever you do and never stop
Dreaming…..It’ll make your life incredible!!
当你们步入人生的下一個旅程時,永远不要为明天感到恐惧……因为你已经经历过了昨天,并且拥有美好的今天!请永远记住I,
S, D这3个字母,启发别人,成就所為,并且永不停止梦想!你们一定可以因而体会到人生的美妙!!