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2025届毕业典礼致辞中英文稿

尊敬的各位家长、各位老师，亲爱的同学们：

大家下午好！

南风舒怀，绿荫满庭，又逢毕业盛时。今天，我们相聚于此，共同见证华南师范大学附属中学2025届国际部134位毕业生扬帆远航！我谨代表全体华附人，向在场的全体毕业生表示热烈的祝贺！向辛勤耕耘的国际部老师表示崇高的敬意和真挚的问候！同时，也向在座的各位家长及各界人士表示感谢，感谢一路走来，你们始终如一地信任、支持华附的国际化办学工作！

回首三年征途，我们亲历了世界的激荡和新生——

2022年的秋冬，校园封闭，我们在云端课堂坚守学术初心；2023年曙光破晓，ChatGPT也在这一年横空出世，重划知识的边界；2024年巴黎塞纳河上重现“百舸争流”之景；2025年，新科技浪潮席卷全球，以其势不可挡之力，重塑世界经济、政治、社会与文化的版图。

正是在这变革与危机交织的浪潮中，华附国际部2025届毕业生共同携手踏浪前行。在学校规范办学、严谨治学、科学管理的长期坚持下，134名毕业生圆满完成了高中学业，并取得了令人满意的海外大学录取结果。据不完全统计，在刚刚落幕的申请季中，他们收获了来自美国、英国、中国香港、加拿大、澳洲、日本等8个国家和地区，共计860封录取通知书，奖学金总数超过3700万元人民币。

让我们再次向顺利进入海外大学深造的同学们表示最热烈的祝贺！

从某种程度上来说，高中毕业典礼是以学校之名为同学们举办的成人仪式。“成人”不止是正装革履的形象，还要有更成熟的心智和公民意识。临别之际，我希望同学们重点“修炼”两种能力，让自己的大人模样更加稳重、自信、独立——

执思辨之炬：思考与发问的能力，做合格的数字公民。

曾经，信息是稀缺的，答案是需要经过漫长思考和求索的。很多年前，HFI的学生在完成一篇论文写作前是要完成大量的书籍和素材的阅读的，随处可见贴满问题和重点金句的原版书籍，或浏览完网页或视频后所做的笔记。不过几年光景，hfichatgpt的使用频率更高。

当ChatGPT、DeepSeek等各大语言模型的持续优化，信息和答案变得触手可及，我们既享受便捷，也面临选择。在信息过载和知识快速迭代的时代，我们往往会认为：信息越多代表着获取的知识就越多，懂的越多。但如今的我们是否还会像过往那样愿意付出时间去审问答案、思考本质、明辨是非、心志坚定并持之以恒？

大家都曾经在课堂上听过老师们鼓励提问的话语：提出问题意味着在思考，带着思考的学习才是高质量的。同学们，对世界保有疑问是人类最可贵的天性之一，后天的学习则是培养高阶思维。于是我们能看破由AI代笔的文段，能发现AI编造数据或文献来源的胡言乱语，甚至最终觉察网络数据本身的纷繁复杂。

因此，你们作为数字时代的公民，更要在勤于思索中积极求进，在勇于质询中历练胆识，在善于提问时准确表达，保持清醒的头脑，客观地剖析现象，守正创新，学以致用，方能让科技的便利融通学习的乐趣。

架文明之虹：跨文化交际的能力，做合格的文化使者。

我看到国际部的师生和家长们圆满完成了一年一度的“戈壁徒步”。在那片无垠的沙海中，两千年来始终上演着一部部跨文化交流的典范，展现了中华文明在异域文明面前的智慧与勇气：两千年前，张骞策马西行，穿越茫茫戈壁，历经千辛万苦，开辟了丝绸之路，架起了东西方文明交流的虹桥。他不仅带回了西域的珍宝，更播撒了文化交流的种子。而数百年后，玄奘法师亦踏上了西行的征程，凭借坚定的信念和渊博的学识，成功穿越险峻的帕米尔高原，历经磨难，最终将佛法的智慧带回到故土。今天的你们，亦将带着同样的勇气与决心，踏上与世界交流的征途。

跨文化交流的能力，自古以来便是我们民族的宝贵财富。不必担心在新的环境里无从依靠，五千年的华夏文脉是你们的精神家园，扬帆通海两千年的广州城是你们的出发之地，数以千计的华附国际部校友和时刻牵挂你们的父母师友是你们的最强后援！

在海外的大学校园里，有来自世界各地的学子；在他乡的天空下，有不同文明的风土人情。到广阔的山河，去远方的村镇，看不同的风景，见不同的人，结交知心的朋友，遵守文明的规则，理解社会的现象，坚守自己的心意，不盲从，不骄矜。

除了见识世界领略多元文化之外，文化使者的核心素质是洞悉表象之下的本质，并勇挑重任，甘于为改善现状而奉献。150多年前，近代留学生出国求学，肩上担着的是救亡图存的时代使命；80年前，联合国在战后的废墟上应运而生，承载着人类对和平与合作的共同愿景。然而，近年的全球性挑战——气候变化带来的生存危机、地区冲突引发的人道主义灾难、疫情冲击下的国际协作困境，以及全球化进程中的信任危机——无不考验着这一国际组织的韧性与智慧。海外学子不只是知识的求索者，更是文明的传播者。你们当发扬“敢为人先，崇尚自主，追求卓越”的华附精神，在力所能及的范围内，做有利于社区和谐的事情。你们所受的教育应该孕育尊重与包容，而非滋长偏激与傲慢；所学的知识应能促成合作与共赢，而非陪衬优越与钻营；所秉持的信念应能在危机中寻得生机，在分歧中达成共识。愿你们以中国青年的担当与远见，在更广阔的天地里为构建“人类命运共同体”贡献智慧与力量。

同学们，毕业意味着高中学业的结束，新的征程从此开始。愿大家保持对未知的好奇、对生活的热爱、对世界人事的同情，做成熟的大人，持续修炼，持续精进，平安顺利，多回来与我们分享你的故事。

最后，感谢各位家长把孩子托付给华附，他们是你们的骄傲，也是华附的骄傲。再次感谢全体学科老师和教职员工的敬业奉献与默默付出，祝大家工作顺利、万事如意！

翻译：Wendy何文婷老师

Dear parents, teachers and students:

Good afternoon!

The south wind is soothing, the shade of green fills the garden, and it is the time of graduation. Today, we are gathered here to witness the 134 graduates of the International Department of the High School Affiliated to South China Normal University (SCNU) in the class of 2025 set sail for the distant future! On behalf of all the people of the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University, I would like to express my warm congratulations to all the graduates present! I would like to express my high respect and sincere greetings to the teachers of the International Department who have worked so hard! At the same time, I would like to express my gratitude to all the parents and people from all walks of life here for your consistent trust and support of HFI!

Looking back on our three-year journey, we have experienced the world's turbulence and renewal--In the autumn and winter of 2022, the campus was closed, and we held fast to our academic beginnings in the classroom in the cloud; in 2023, the dawn broke, and the ChatGPT was launched, redrawing the boundaries of knowledge; and in 2024, 'A Hundred Boats Contesting for Water' was reappeared on the Seine River in Paris; in 2025, the new wave of science and technology swept across the globe, reshaping the world's economy, politics, society and culture with its unstoppable force.

It is in this wave of change and crisis that the 2025 graduates of HFI are riding the wave together. Under the long-term persistence of the school's standardised operation, rigorous governance and scientific management, 134 graduates have successfully completed their high school studies and achieved satisfactory results of admission to overseas universities. According to incomplete statistics, in the application season that has just ended, they harvested a total of 860 offers from 8 countries and regions such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Australia, Japan, etc., and the total amount of scholarships exceeded 37 million RMB.

Let us once again express our warmest congratulations to the students who have successfully entered overseas universities for further studies!

In a way, the high school graduation ceremony is a coming-of-age ceremony organised in the name of the school. "Adulthood is more than just being dressed up in formal attire; it is also about having a more mature mind and civic consciousness. As we part ways, I hope that students will focus on two skills that will make them more stable, confident, and independent as adults.

Torch of discernment: the ability to think and ask questions, to be a qualified digital citizen.

Once upon a time, information was scarce, and answers required a long process of thinking and searching. Many years ago, HFI students had to read a lot of books and materials before completing an essay, and there were original books full of questions and key phrases, or notes taken after browsing web pages or videos. In a few years' light, though, hfichatgpt was used much more frequently.

As ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and other major language models continue to be optimised and information and answers become available at our fingertips, we enjoy both convenience and choice. In the era of information overload and rapid iteration of knowledge, we tend to think: more information means more knowledge gained and more we know. But are we still as willing today as we were in the past to put in the time to interrogate the answers, think through the essentials, discern right from wrong, and be steadfast and persistent in our minds?

We have all heard the words of teachers in class encouraging questions: asking questions means thinking, and learning with thinking is high quality. Students, questioning the world is one of the most valuable aspects of human nature, and learning is about developing higher-order thinking. Thus we can see through paragraphs written by AI, spot the nonsense of AI fabricating data or documentary sources, and even eventually perceive the complexity of online data itself.

Therefore, as citizens of the digital age, you should actively seek progress in thinking hard, practice courage in questioning, express yourselves accurately in asking questions, keep a clear mind, analyse the phenomenon objectively, be correct and innovative, and apply what you learnt, so that the convenience of science and technology can be integrated with the joy of learning.

Building the rainbow of civilisation: cross-cultural communication skills and being a qualified cultural ambassador.

I saw that teachers, students and parents of HFI had just successfully completed the annual 'Gobi Trek'. In that boundless sea of sand, a model of cross-cultural exchange has been staged for 2,000 years, showing the wisdom and courage of Chinese civilisation in the face of foreign civilisations: 2,000 years ago, Zhang Qian steered his horse westward across the vastness of the Gobi, through all the hardships, opened up the Silk Road, and set up a rainbow bridge for exchanges between Eastern and Western civilisations. He not only brought back the treasures of the Western Regions, but also sowed the seeds of cultural exchange. Hundreds of years later, Venerable Xuanzang also embarked on a journey to the west, and with his firm beliefs and profound knowledge, he successfully crossed the treacherous Pamir Plateau, and through trials and tribulations, eventually brought the wisdom of Buddhism back to his homeland. Today, with the same courage and determination, you will embark on a journey of communication with the world.

The ability to communicate across cultures has been a valuable asset of our nation since ancient times. You don't have to worry that you can't rely on yourselves in a new environment. The 5,000-year-old Chinese culture is your spiritual home, the 2,000-year-old Guangzhou City is your starting place, and thousands of alumni of HFI and your parents, teachers and friends who are always concerned about you are your strongest backing!

There are students from all over the world in the overseas university campuses; under the sky of other countries, there are customs of different civilisations. Go to vast mountains and rivers, go to distant villages and towns, see different landscapes, meet different people, make heartfelt friends, abide by the rules of civilisation, understand the phenomena of society, stick to your own mind, do not blindly follow, do not be arrogant.

In addition to seeing the world and appreciating the diversity of cultures, the core qualities of a cultural ambassador are the ability to see beneath the surface and the willingness to take on heavy responsibilities and dedicate oneself to improving the status quo: over 150 years ago, when modern international students went abroad to pursue their studies, they carried on their shoulders the mission of salvation; 80 years ago, when the United Nations was born from the ashes of the post-war period, it carried the common vision of mankind for peace and co-operation. However, the global challenges of recent years - the existential crisis brought about by climate change, the humanitarian catastrophe caused by regional conflicts, the dilemma of international cooperation under the impact of epidemics, and the crisis of trust in the process of globalisation - have all tested the resilience and wisdom of this international organisation. Overseas students are not only seekers of knowledge, but also disseminators of civilisation. You should carry forward the Huafu spirit of ‘Dare to be first, advocate autonomy, and pursue excellence’, and do what you can to contribute to the harmony of the community. The education you receive should nurture respect and tolerance, not bigotry and arrogance; the knowledge you learn should lead to cooperation and win-win situation, not superiority and camping; and the beliefs you hold should be able to find a chance of survival in a crisis and reach a consensus in a disagreement. May you contribute your wisdom and strength to the building of a ‘community of human destiny’ in a broader world with the commitment and vision of Chinese youth.

Students, graduation means the end of high school and the beginning of a new journey. May you maintain your curiosity about the unknown, your love for life, your sympathy for the people of the world, be mature adults, continue to practice, continue to improve, be safe and successful, and come back to share your stories with us more often.

Finally, I would like to thank all the parents for entrusting their children to Huafu. They are not only the pride of you but also the pride of Huafu. Once again, I would like to thank all the teachers and staffs for their dedication and commitment, and I wish you all the best!