高等教育毕业演讲.doc

各位嘉宾，各位毕业生同学，各位同事， Honorable Guests, Graduates, and Colleagues, 今天是北方大学第十八届学位颁授典礼的喜庆日子。盛典当前，我感到既高兴又自豪。我之所以高兴，是因为北方大学再度庆祝她最丰硕而珍贵的成果，这就是4000多位同学已学有所成，毕业在即。此刻满堂欢乐，我可以感觉到你们内心的喜悦。同时，我也可以感觉到今天莅临观礼的家长和贵宾们内心的喜悦。在这里，让我向大家致以热烈的欢迎和祝贺。 Standing here before you at North University’s 18th Commencement, I feel happy and proud. I am happy because North University is once again celebrating her most bountiful and precious harvest, the graduation of more than 4000 students. This is a joyous occasion and I can feel the happiness in your hearts. I can also feel the happiness of the parents and other special guests who are present here. Let me extend a warm welcome to all of you and offer you my congratulations. 本校是一所年轻的大学，自创校以来一直向上发展；而正如我们学校在各方面发生着急剧的变化，整个世界也同样以日益急速的步伐不断变化。 As a new university, we have worked our way up since the establishment. Just as things have changed rapidly at our university, the whole world has been changing at an accelerating pace. 大约10000年前，以耕种和饲养家畜为主的农业生活在世界的一些地方初次出现。这便是人类文明的开始。 About 10000years ago, agricultural life in terms of plant and animal domestication began to evolve in some parts of the world. This was the beginning of human civilization. 大约1000年前，好几个文明已相当成熟，达到颇高的水平。可是，整个欧洲却没有人知道美洲或澳洲的存在。事实上，约500年前，一般人都相信地球是平的。 About 1000years ago, several civilizations reached a fairly high level of sophistication. Yet no one in Europe had any knowledge of the Americans or Australia. In fact, people generally believed the earth was flat until about 500 years ago. 约100年前，汽船、电报、铁路已普及起来，受过教育的人大多对世界各州各国都略有认识。其后不久，电话、汽车、电影、飞机在很多的地方渐渐流行起来。而约50年前，电视和电脑开始在现代人的生活中起了重要的作用。 About 100 years ago, the steamship, telegraph and railway became commonplace and most educated people had some knowledge about the various continents and countries in the world. Shortly after that, the telephone, automobile, motion picture and airplane became popular in many parts of the world. About 50 years ago, television and computers began to play an important part in modern life. 本校于二十年前创校时，移动电话和