名校勵志英語演講 第108期:21世紀(jì)的挑戰(zhàn)(2)

[00:00.57]I am, however, grateful that this day is different in one important respect from another important occasion 79 years ago. 我很慶幸，在某種重要意義上，今天和 79 年前的一個重要的日子大不相同。 [00:12.24]In June of 1919, the first president of Yenching University, John Leighton Stuart, 我很慶幸，在某種重要意義上，今天和 79 年前的一個重要的日子大不相同。 [00:19.26]was set to deliver the very first commencement address on these very grounds. 1919年6月 ，就在這里， 燕京大學(xué)首任校長約翰·雷登·斯圖爾特準(zhǔn)備發(fā)表第一個畢業(yè)典禮致辭。 [00:25.17]At the appointed hour, he appeared, but no students appeared. 他準(zhǔn)時出場，但學(xué)生一個未到。 [00:32.25]They were all out leading the May 4th Movement for China's political and cultural renewal. 學(xué)生們?yōu)榱苏衽d中國的政治文化，全部走上街頭領(lǐng)導(dǎo)“五四”運(yùn)動去了。 [00:38.49]When I read this, I hoped that when I walked into the auditorium today, someone would be sitting here. 我讀到這個故事后，希望今天當(dāng)我走進(jìn)這個禮堂時，會有人坐在這里。 [00:45.40]And I thank you for being here, very much. 非常感謝大家前來聽我演講。 [00:54.29]Over the last 100 years, this university has grown to more than 20,000 students. 一百年以來，北大已經(jīng)發(fā)展到擁有兩萬多學(xué)生。 [01:01.31]Your graduates are spread throughout China and around the world. 貴校的畢業(yè)生遍及中國和全世界。 [01:05.41]You have built the largest university library in all of Asia. 貴校建成了亞洲最大的大學(xué)圖書館。 [01:10.10]Last year, 20 percent of your graduates went abroad to study, including half of your math and science majors. 去年貴校有20%的畢業(yè)生去國外深造，其中包括一半的數(shù)理專業(yè)學(xué)生。 [01:18.53]And in this anniversary year, more than a million people in China, Asia, and beyond have logged on to your web site. 在這個百年校慶之年，中國、亞洲和全世界有100多萬人訪問貴校的網(wǎng)址。 [01:29.50]At the dawn of a new century, this university is leading China into the future. 在新世紀(jì)來臨之際，北大正在率領(lǐng)中國奔向未來。

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