Vitomira Loncar教授：欢迎来到充满创造性、美好共鸣的欧亚

▲Vitomira Loncar教授在2017级新生开学典礼上致辞

Welcoming speech

to the new students of Eurasia University

欧亚学院新生欢迎致辞

Dear our new students, dear future creators of the future of the city of Xi'an and whole of China.

亲爱的新生们，未来的西安、未来的中国的开创者们，

Welcome to the best private University in Xi'an!

欢迎你们来到西安最棒的私立大学！

Today is the second most important day in your lives.

今天是你们人生中第二个最重要的日子。

The first is, certainly, the day you were born, and when you have brought your parents the greatest joy in the world.

第一重要的当然是你们诞辰，那一天你们将这世上最大的快乐带给了你们的父母。

Today is the day when you become responsible for your own life; the day when you determine your future.

而今天，你们真正开始为自己的人生负责；今天，你们真正开始决定你们的未来。

We, your teachers and professors, we lookforward to welcoming you on Eurasia with the excitement and belief that youwill already from the first day understand that we are all here for you, to provide you with support whenever you need it, to encourage you on learning anddiscovery of the world that surrounds you and help you in the decisions of where and how to direct your life.

作为你们的老师，我们无比激动的期盼着你们来到欧亚学院；同时，我们也秉承这样一种信念，那就是让你们从入学的第一天起就明白，我们是为了你们才在欧亚；在你们有需要的时候支持你们，在你们学习和探索世界的时候鼓励你们，在你们决定人生方向的时候帮助你们。

It's a big change in your lives and,believe me, it will not always be easy. Every change brings problems, which is the reason why people do not like changes. But if you will be open to the change，proactive and willing to confront the change through learning each and every day, you will be successful on a personal level, in your company's future and in your private life. With this attitude you will also give big contribution to China in the future becomes even stronger and stronger.

这是你们生命中的一个重大改变，请相信我，这并没那么简单。所有的改变都会引发问题，这就是为什么人们不喜欢去改变的原因。但是，如果你们对改变持开放的态度，通过每天不断的学习，主动地并且愿意去面对改变，那么你们无论是在个人层面、事业层面抑或是在生活层面都会取得成功。而有了这种态度，你们也会为中国更强大的未来做出巨大的贡献。

You are the ones who will, through constant work and dedication,create our future too. This you canachieve only through everyday work and lifelong learning.

你们才是那个将会改变我们未来的人，而这只有通过你们每天的工作和终身学习才能实现。

Do not let one single day in your lives to pass without formal and informal learning. Learning makes us better people, more successful, more content and therefore happier.

不要让正式或非正式的学习在你们生命中任何一天缺席。学习能让我们变得更好、更成功、更有内涵，从而也会让我们更加幸福。

Raise your head of the cell phones and computers, have a look at this inspiring campus, our library filled with books that are all waiting for you, look at the left and right of yourself to your future colleagues, to Professors, and start, without fear – a new life–adventure!

请把你们的目光从手机和电脑屏幕上抬起来吧，看一看激励人心的校园，看一看等着你的填满了书籍的图书馆，看一看你们左边、右边的同学、老师，然后开启新的生活吧，不要害怕，去冒险吧！

Set the goals you want to achieve, because,as the saying goes, if you don't go for your own goals, others will harness you to achieve theirs.

为自己树立奋斗的目标吧！有句话说的好，如果你不为自己的目标去努力，那么别人就会利用你去实现他们的目标。

Don't be afraid of the challenges that willshow up in your lives starting from today. Celebrate them ready because,remember the old saying, who decides for the easy solution, it will havea hard life, and who opt for more difficult solutions, will have an easy life.

不要害怕那些从今天开始即将出现在你们生命中的挑战。准备迎接他们吧，有句老话说的好，那些选择了简单模式的人总是活得很艰难，而那些选择了困难模式的人却活得很简单。

Therefore, do not be afraid!Move on!

因此，不要害怕，开始前进吧！

Eurasia is a place that will allow you to reach your goals and become successful and accomplished people. The fact thatas many as 98 percent of our students found a job immediately after the end ofthe studies can testify it.

欧亚学院是个能够让你达成目标、收获成功和成就的地方。这一点，用我们98%的毕业生都能顺利找到工作的事实就能证明。

And at the end, let me tell you a story from faraway Africa: – Every morning a gazelle wakes up, aware that it must runfaster than the fastest lion if it wants to survive that day. Every morning alion wakes up and, aware that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle if itwants to catch the prey and survive that day. So, as soon as they wake up, they both have to – start running. The same fate waits all of you and all of us:from tomorrow morning, we've got to run to survive in a competitive world. The good news is that your creativity can serve as the best running shoes in which we will become elusive, or we will develop the ability to catch anyone who wants to help us.

最后，我想跟大家分享一个来自遥远的非洲的故事：每天早晨，羚羊睁开眼睛所想到的第一件事就是，我必须比跑得最快的狮子更快，否则我会被吃掉；而就在同一时刻，狮子从睡梦中醒来首先想到的是，我必须至少赶得上跑得最慢的羚羊，要不然，我会饿死。于是，在羚羊和狮子醒来的那一刻开始，他们就都不得不一跃而起开始奔跑。同样的命运注定发生在我们每个人的身上：从明天清晨开始，我们都不得不为了在这个竞争激烈的世界存活而奔跑。但好消息是，你们的创造力可以为你们提供一双最快的跑鞋而不让别人追到，或者你们可以强化你们的能力去捕获别人来帮助你们。

Welcome to Eurasia, a place of creativity,good vibrations and support.

欢迎大家来到欧亚学院，一个充满创造性、美好共鸣和充分提供支持的地方。

Welcome to the University that is ready to achieve your personal future and the future of the whole of China.

欢迎大家来到一所已经准备好要实现你们个人未来和中国未来的大学。

演讲嘉宾 | Vitomira Loncar 教授

图片 | 孙寅鑫 韩东伦