新学期开始，相信大部分的同学们已经开启了新的校园生活。8月30日，哈佛大学面对1649名入学的大一新生举办了开学典礼，校长劳伦斯·巴科（Lawrence Bacow）发表开学演讲。这篇演讲稿实则暗藏了可以积累的语言点，也有很多可以用在雅思写作里的高分表达，和小易一起来看看吧~

 

Good afternoon, Class of 2026.

下午好，2026届的同学们！

It is an honor to add my voice to the chorus welcoming you officially as members of the Harvard community.我很荣幸能够在这里欢迎你们正式成为哈佛大学的一员。

One of the many reasons we admitted students from around the world, people with every interest imaginable, is because we learn from our differences.

哈佛录取的学生来自世界各地，兴趣各不相同，原因之一就是我们要从我们的差异中学习。

You can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. 你无法把点滴与未来联系，只能通过回顾才能看见。所以你必须相信过去的点滴能够串联未来。

积累：

look forwar：朝前看，向前

look backward：向后看，回顾

v. connect：联系；建立...联系

常用搭配为：

~ A to/with B，（使）连接；联结

~ sth (to sth)，接通；连接

Even more importantly, you must be willing to change your mind—to be persuaded by a better argument or new information. Only when you have this experience will you be well equipped to make a difference in the world. This is another skill I hope you will master at Harvard.

更重要的是，你必须愿意改变你的想法——被更好的论据或新的信息所说服。只有拥有了这样的经验，你才会有足够的能力来改变世界。这是我希望你们在哈佛掌握的另一项技能。


Because believing in the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart,even when it leads you off the well-worn path and that will make all the difference.