1, good afternoon! As the president, I am very proud to welcome you to this university. What you have achieved is the result of your own efforts for many years, as well as the efforts of your parents and teachers. In this university, we promise to make you succeed in your studies.

At the moment of welcoming you, I remembered my high school days. My mother took a photo with my father. Mother told us, "Be natural." "Wait a minute," said Dad. "Take a picture of me handing him an alarm clock." In college, that alarm clock wakes me up every morning. It's still on the desk in my office.

Let me tell you something that you may not have expected. You will miss your old habits and remember your parents reminding you to study hard and get good grades. You may cry with joy, because your high school life is finally over, and your parents may cry with joy, because they finally don't have to wash your clothes! But remember: the future is based on the solid foundation of the past.

The next four years will be an unparalleled period for you. Here, you have rich resources: interesting students from all over the country, knowledgeable and caring teachers, a comprehensive library, complete sports facilities, student clubs with different interests, from liberal arts clubs to science clubs to community service.

You are free to explore and learn new subjects. You should learn to get used to burning the midnight oil, make friends with attractive people and pursue new hobbies. I want to encourage you to make full use of this special experience and reap the fruitful results of this opportunity with your enthusiasm.

Translation skills:

1. In voice, change the active voice into the passive voice (Chinese-English translation), or change the passive voice into the active voice (English-Chinese translation).

2. In part of speech, change the original verbs into prepositions, adjectives, adverbs and nouns, change nouns into verbs, adjectives and pronouns, or change adjectives into phrases and adverbs.

3. In terms of sentence composition, change the subject into predication, attribute, adverbial and object, change the predicate into predication, subject and attribute, or change the attribute into subject and adverbial.

4. In sentence patterns, simple sentences and complex sentences can be interchanged, complex sentences can be interchanged, or attributive clauses can be transformed into adverbial clauses.