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1、graduation speechDear faculty, family, friends and fellow graduates, I am honored to speak to you on this very important day. As I walked along the avenue on my way from dormitory in Benbu campus to Beiyi campus to join the graduation ceremony this morning, the avenue which we passed for thousands o
2、f times during last four years, I noticed that the warmth in the breeze has become stranger and the light yellow color of the leaves has turned into a brighter green. Its quite clear that theres few fair spring time left here. Summer is just around the corner. Have you ever thought of this question,
3、 why did we graduate in June? Not in a golden autumn or a white winter, but in the time of seasonal connection between spring and summer? Well, you may say that its because we begin a academic year in September and wed like to enjoy our last summer holiday. Call me far-fetched, but I think this time
4、 of the year is a metaphor. What have we been through during the last nearly 20 years of education have made us grown from a seed to a sapling. We enjoyed sunshine and water nature provided for us; we suffered from growing pains and then felt the thrill when seeing our first bud; we got hurt by some
5、 peoples carelessness or deliberate malice while protection and comfort from others; we made sharp improvement every other day and had the feeling that weve seen the world and done it all. Wow, were so young and beautiful and were so ignorant. We dont know how harsh summer could be. Spring drizzle o
6、nce annoyed you and made you sleepless all night long will be eclipsed in front of the summer storm which may even break you in half. Bright sunshine once wrapped you in warmth may turn into burning devil and make you life unbearable as hell. Sometimes theres too much rain that you can feel your roo
7、ts rotting, while sometimes you are just 1-centimeter close to die of thirst. How could we not shrink back in front of such pessimistic prospect? First of all, we should make it clear to ourselves that there is no shrinking back. Time is a straight line we must follow. We can either end it at some p
8、oint or struggle forward. A tree can never shrink back to earth again no matter how afraid it is of the growling lightening. It can only grow against all odds and one day finally become hard enough to bear all the torment. And then, try to imagine the autumn after the summer. Imagine the glowing fru
9、its hanging all over you. Imagine you sitting there, like an old soldier, every scar on your aged body recalls you a particular memory of the glorious summer youve been through. The more youve taken in and digested, the richer your fruits will taste. So, on this graduation day, now the Spring is over, are you ready for the Summer?
