Good afternoon! As president of the university, I am proud to welcome you to this university. Your achievement is the triumph of years of hard work, both of your own and of your parents and teachers. Here at the university, we pledge to make your educational experience as rewarding as possible.
2 In welcoming you to the university, I am reminded of my own high school graduation and the photograph my mom took of my dad and me. "Posenaturally," Mom instructed us. "Wait!" said Dad, "Let's take a picture of me handing him an alarm clock." The clock woke me up every morning in college. It is still on my office desk.
3 Let me share with you something that you may not expect. You will miss your old routines and your parents' reminders to work hard andattain your best. You may have cried tears of joy to be finally finished with high school, and your parents may have cried tears of joy to be finally finished with doing your laundry! But know this: The future is built on a strong foundation of the past.
4 For you, these next four years will be a time unlike any other. Here you are surrounded by great resources: interesting students from all over the country, a learned and caring faculty, a comprehensive library, great sportsfacilities, and student organizations covering every possible interest from the arts to science, to communityservice and so on. You will have the freedom to explore and learn about new subjects. 求翻译
在欢迎你们来到这所大学的时候，我想起了我自己的高中毕业以及我妈妈为我和爸爸拍的照片。“等一下!”爸爸说，“让我们拍一张我递给他一个闹钟的照片。”大学里的钟每天早上都把我叫醒。它还在我的办公桌上。
让我告诉你一些你可能想不到的事情。你会怀念过去的生活方式和父母对你的提醒，让你努力工作，达到最佳状态。你可能会因为高中生活终于结束而喜极而泣，你的父母也可能因为终于洗完衣服而喜极而泣。但要知道:未来是建立在过去的坚实基础上的。
对你来说，接下来的四年将是一段不同于以往的时光。这里资源丰富:来自全国各地的有趣的学生，博学而有爱心的教师，综合图书馆，良好的体育设施，学生组织涵盖了从艺术到科学，到社区服务等各种可能的兴趣。你将有探索和学习新事物的自由。
