向新来的美国老师致辞

Speech for a Newly Arrived American Teacher

向新来的美国老师致辞

Ladies and gentlemen:
It is my special pleasure to welcome our new staff member, Mr. Tony White, who has come here from America.
Mr. White has recently graduated from the University of Chicago where he majored in English Literature and minored in Teaching English as a Second Language. He is 22 years old and unmarried.
Mr. White will be working mostly in our day-time classes, and he has also graciously consented to take some of our evening classes. He will be with us here for at least two years.
One of the goals of our school, in addition to teaching English, is to promote understanding and cooperation between the young people of our two countries. By having dedicated people like Mr. White, who are willing to sacrifice the comfort their friends in their own country to come to a strange and unknown country, we feel we are very lucky and that our goals will be all the more easily realized.
Mr. White, the other faculty members and the rest of the staff of the school join with me in extending to you our sincerest welcome we are indeed happy to have you here, and we wish you all the best during the time that you are with us. Thank you.

各位先生、各位女士：
能欢迎我们来自美国的新老师，托尼.怀特先生，是我的殊荣。
怀特先生是从芝加哥大学毕业，主修英国文学，副修英语教学法，今年二十二，未婚。
怀特先生大部份时间将教授日间部，并且还很亲切地答应教几班夜间部。他至少将在此地跟我们在一起两年。
除英语教学外，本校另一目标，就是促进两国年轻人之间的了解与合作。能有像怀特先生如此全心奉献的人，愿意牺牲自己国内朋友的慰藉，来到一个陌生未知的国度，我们感到非常幸运，也觉得我们的目标更加容易实现。
怀特先生，学校其他的老师及职员跟我一起表达对你最真挚的欢迎。真高兴你加入此地，但愿你在此与我们共渡的时光里事事如意。谢谢！

staff n. 全体职员
promote vt.促进
all the more 更加；越发
faculty n.全体教授
extend vi. 致；给予