各位家长，来宾，老师，同学们，大家晚上好！我是A2-1班的费天羽，我是A2-7班的吴薇。很荣幸今晚可以站在这里，代表深圳教育交流学院2009届的毕业生作毕业致词。
        Dear Parents, honourable guests, teachers and fellow students, a very good evening to you all. I am Philip of A2-1, and I am Vivian from A2-7. In representing all SCIE graduates of 2009, we are proud to stand here tonight and make a speech.
        眨眼间，我们就要20了，SCIE已经6岁了，我们即将毕业了。回顾这几年，SCIE在成长。从一个6年前只有100学生，到现在500学生的学校；从6年前的漂泊，到现在的稳定：从6年前的默默无闻，到现在中国最知名的A Level 学校！
          How time flies. We are almost twenty years of age and our beloved SCIE is already six. We are about to matriculate. Looking back, SCIE came from a humble beginning of barely 100 students to more than 500 today; from the aimless drifting in the early years to today’s stability; from anonymity to the best known A-Level school in China.
       说起我们在座的各位，大家也经历了很多。我们在身体和心理上逐渐成熟，我们与来自五湖四海的同学交朋友，我们在自己选择的学科上钻得更深，我们也犯过这样或那样的错误。幸运的是，我们挺过来了，好吧，我指的是大部分。
        Speaking both for ourselves and for the graduates sitting in this magnificent hall tonight, we have all come a long way. We grew physically and emotionally; we made friends with fellow students from all over the country; we delved deeper into our chosen fields of academic study; and we made our own share of mistakes. Luckily, we have all come through. Well, almost all. 
     曾经有人说，交流学院的天空很广阔，我们想确实如此。生物组的同学前往香港湿地公园目睹生态平衡的重要；心理课的学生去深圳精神病院访问医生和病人；商务组的同学去工厂观看流水线上作业并体验规模和效益的关系; 化学组的学生体验深圳大学的大型分析仪器发挥神奇……在交流学院，我们有机会以社会补充课堂，以理论结合实际。相比普高学生在漫长的讲课和成堆的习题中煎熬，我们是多麽幸运。
       People say SCIE’s horizons reach far and wide; how true they are! Students of Biology checked out the Wetland National Park in Hong Kong to see for themselves how ecosystems really function; students of Psychology visited the Shenzhen Mental Hospital to match theory with practice in real life; students of Business Studies learnt the true meaning of Scales of Economy in front of a production line in a local company; students of Chemistry witnessed expensive and heavy duty analytical instruments at work at Shenzhen University…We have been lucky enough to supplement our classroom knowledge with real life experiences and situations, whereas our counterparts in state schools sweat away, buried under mountains of books and exercise questions.
        SCIE为我们提供了各式各样的课余活动，在同学欢呼声中放飞的科技节水火箭，引来大家尖叫的万圣节派对上刘海榭的麦当劳小姐装扮让人记忆犹新，令人激情澎湃的校园偶像歌唱比赛杨文达和唐炜皓忘我的演出引爆全场，5班的巡回演出让杨立大出风头。还有运动会上将大小记录收入囊中的杨超，新年晚会A2同学的超人舞让我们更加记住了SCIE生活的精彩。在SCIE这个大舞台，我们尽情歌唱，尽情地舞蹈，挥洒着青春的汗水，插上了梦想的翅膀，潇洒地飞翔！
          Then there are the extracurricular activities that brighten so much of our campus life. The Science & Technology Festival (remember the soaring water rockets?), the Halloween Party (how about Percy’s McDonald’s Girl’s outfit!), the SCIE Idol Competition (didn’t Marshall and Jack get some screaming fans? And then there was Forrest with his travelling show around the school, of course), the Sports competitions (how many records were broken by Albert at the sports meeting?), the Chinese New Year Performances (The A2 Superman’s Dance was really something special), not to mention all the after-school clubs. 
      我们的老师来自全中国、全世界。他们带来各自的风采、各自的韵味，也带来了很多幽默和乐趣。
          经常给我们灌输：生前何须多睡，死后自然长眠！的梁庆瑞(Chinese name)。
          总在大家考“Data Response”的时候发给我们一颗大白兔奶糖的Tim，使我们更加加深了对动力(Chinese)的理解。
           IT组年轻可爱的卢佳懋老师，在刚来学校的时候，就被保安拦住说：“这位同学你怎么不穿校服啊？”
          生物组的Dee，由于太热衷人体器官，曾经把我们的kiki同学叫成Kidney;
          在化学课上显得博大精深，但似乎没有第二件衣服的Joey;
          跆拳道黑带4段的Elaine，对于上课回答不出问题的学生，会实行跆拳道式的管理：俯卧撑伺候！肖行舟因此从肥肉男晋升成为肌肉猛男，并从此登上校草的宝座！
           诸如此类，不胜枚举。我们这些可爱的老师，或有意或无意地为我们的课堂提供了不断的笑声。看，下面的迈克啦啦，就在小声抱怨我们怎么没有提到他的名字。
            We have teachers from all parts of China and from over the world. Not surprisingly they come in all sorts of flavours and idiosyncrasies, many of which impressed us and tickled our funny bones no end. For instance:
          The lovely Raymond, who always tells us, “you can sleep when you are dead”. Very true, and musical too; 
         The smiling Tim, who with perfect timing produced a White Rabbit toffee lolly to provide us with energy and motivation when we were doing the Data Response paper;
          The young Jimmy from IT who gets stopped by the guard for not wearing school uniform;
          The biology guru Dee who once called Kiki of A2-7 Kidney;
          The very strict Joey who seems to know all about Chemistry but doesn’t have a second set of clothes to wear;
          The self acclaimed Go Chess champ Alan;
          The tae kwon do black belt Elaine, who made students do push-ups in class when they didn’t answer her questions correctly! That changed Alex (?) from a chubby chub into a body builder, so he is now the object of many girls’ crushes.
There are many more examples of humour and fun provided by our great bunch of teachers, willingly or unwittingly, but due to time constraint, we won’t be able to go through all of them… Yeah, yeah, yeah, we heard you Mr. MacLaren: “why wasn’t I mentioned?” 
        我们可以负责任地说，今天我们能如此自豪地在这金碧辉煌的大厅里沉浸在毕业的喜悦里，很大程度上归功于在座的各位老师。正是你们孜孜不倦地工作，富有激情的教学，无限的耐心以及无与伦比的职业奉献精神为我们照亮了前路。我们永远都不会忘记讲课深入浅出的Jay，平时外表严肃但上起课来幽默风趣的Mr.Greenwood，仔细用荧光笔为我们修改英语作文的Stephen，授课总是那么结构严谨的闫教授，撰写物理精炼笔记的汪教授，在课后付出很多个人时间为同学答疑的杜萌老师，知识渊博的Jeff，善于用举例子帮助同学理解知识的Mike，总是为我们带来各种有趣课堂游戏的David，经常催我们交作业的Dee，耐心帮助有困难同学的Jill…还有太多太多令我们难忘的老师，还有太多太多令我们无法忘记的故事。我们将带着这些在SCIE发生的所有点点滴滴奔向未来的大学生活。当我们开启我们的职业生涯时，我们决不会忘记你们曾给我们树立了伟大的榜样，你们给我们带来强大的前进动力。让我们代表今晚所有的毕业生，向你们表示我们最诚挚的感谢！
         Now seriously, the fact that we are here tonight, proud and jubilant, has most to do with our teachers. It is you, all of you, to whom we are most indebted. It is your tireless work, your meticulous preparation, your passionate teaching, your endless patience, and your unrivalled professionalism that have brought us where we are now. We will never forget Jay’s ability to make difficult concepts easy to understand; the seemingly tough Mr. Greenwood, whose humour created a relaxing and productive classroom; Stephen’s thorough and careful marking with his fluorescent pen; Prof Yan’s clear and logical structure of lesson planning; Prof Wang’s succinct and highly condensed notes; Du Meng’s hours of personal help after class; Jeff’s extensive background knowledge; Mike’s great use of examples; David’s wide range of class activities; Dee’s persistence in chasing up overdue work; Jill’s patience in helping straggling students…There are so many more. There is so much more. We will take all these precious memories with us as we go into university education, or even as we ourselves begin professional careers, because you have given us great role models, and great sources of energy and inspiration. Let us, on behalf of all graduates here tonight, take a bow and say Thank You.
        我们最应该感谢的是所有在场和不在场的家长们。小时候的我们不谙世事，经过你们悉心的教导，我们逐渐成熟，有了自己的人生目标，也可以自己做出选择了。而你们对我们少了一份叮嘱，多了一份信任；少了一份啰嗦，多了一份尊重。虽然你们对我们的关爱更多的埋藏在心底，但我们依然能感受到你们所为我们做的一切。你们在工作上承受的巨大压力也许我们并不了解，但是你们逐渐斑白的鬓角却无言地诉说着你们的付出。我们没有理由让你们失望！相信我们，我们一定会成为你们的骄傲！在这里，让我们说一声：“爸爸妈妈，我爱你们！”……（鞠躬）
         Now let us turn to our beloved parents, whether they are here or not tonight. We grew up strong and healthy under your loving care. Now that we have gradually matured, and are starting to make our own choices in life, you give us less lecturing and nagging, but more trust and respect. Even though you try to hide your love deep inside your hearts, we feel it warm and strong in everything you do for us. We may not know what pressures you endure in your long hours of work, but your graying hair tells of the sacrifices you make. We have no excuses to let you down. We will do you proud! On behalf of all graduates please allow us to say, we love you, mum and dad. (bow)
        最后，我们想对在座的同学们说几句话。我们在交流学院共同生活、学习了几年，我们曾一起享受成功的喜悦，也曾共同品尝失败的痛苦。我们从深圳及全国各地走到一起，用中国的老话说，我们有缘。现在，我们将再次分手，带着我们共同的记忆和美好的友情。现代科技使远程通信易如反掌，我们没有理由不保持联系。别忘了让老同学分享你的成功，也别犹豫让我们分担你的忧愁，我们会随时伸出援助之手。也许，将来有一天，我们会再次团聚，回忆在当年在交流学院的点点滴滴。
          Finally, we would like to say a few words to our school mates here. We have spent some wonderful years together at this great school, and we have accomplished marvellous feats in various school projects through cooperation and team spirit. To use a traditional Chinese expression, we were destined to meet. That’s why our separate paths converged at SCIE. Now that our paths will diverge again, we each take away with us shared memories and great friendships. Modern technologies make staying in touch easy. Whenever one of us needs a helping hand, we will be ready, wherever in the world we may be. Maybe one day in the future, we will meet again, share some wonderful stories of SCIE and have a laugh.
        带着一丝淡淡的忧愁，我们即将分手，告别同学、母校、亲友；但我们更以满怀的热情和信心，迎接明天的挑战，探索崭新的世界。新的环境必将带来新的机会、新的气象。世界各地的大学，我们来了！
       With a trace of sadness and regret, we are about to part company; but with excitement and anticipation, we look forward to exploring the unknown world. New environments will bring new challenges and new opportunities. Universities of the world, here we come!
        最后，再次祝贺各位同窗好友毕业快乐！各位家长老师工作顺利，身体健康！愿我们的SCIE越办越好！谢谢！
        Finally, our congratulations go to all our fellow graduates who have made it this far, and our well wishes go to all our teachers and parents. May SCIE become bigger and better! Thank you all.