Speech by Russell,Principal of St.George's School,Washington,U.S.A
| [日期：2017-11-24] | 作者：外事辦 2590 次瀏覽 | [字體：大 中 小] |
Principal Gao, Ms Li, Mr Liu, Ms. Yang, teachers, parents, students, Good afternoon
and Thank you for welcoming me back to your beautiful city and this impressive
school.
尊敬的高校長(zhǎng)、李女士、劉先生、楊女士，親愛(ài)的老師、家長(zhǎng)、同學(xué)們，大家下午好！感謝
大家給我這次機(jī)會(huì)讓我再度來(lái)到這座美麗的城市和這所令人留連忘返的校園。
Yesterday, I spent the day in classes, meeting students, and talking with teachers. I
am pleased to report that in just the first few months, SGIS at SHS is running
strong. It embraces the main themes and goals of SGS in Washington State.
昨天在這里我用了一整天的時(shí)間和學(xué)生見(jiàn)面，與老師溝通交流。今天，我很高興地向大家匯
報(bào)，在短短幾個(gè)月的時(shí)間內(nèi)，雙流中學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)學(xué)校圣喬治國(guó)際敎育中心運(yùn)行地十分成功。它很
好地融入了華盛頓州圣喬治學(xué)校辦學(xué)的主旨和目標(biāo)。
Our students want to learn. They are willing to ask for help. And they recognize that
with directed effort, they can improve. They learn what they love and they don’t give
up. Students who do that are destined to do well.
我們的生愿意去學(xué)習(xí)，他們想得到幫助。他們知道，只要在老師的指導(dǎo)下不斷努力，便可
以進(jìn)歩。他們會(huì)去學(xué)習(xí)自己所熱愛(ài)的事物，并永不言棄。能夠做到這一點(diǎn)的學(xué)生注定會(huì)成功
Though the campuses are far apart, there are three characteristics that we share.
The first is an excellent, caring faculty. The second is small classes. The third is a
modern curriculum.
雖然我們兩個(gè)校區(qū)相距萬(wàn)里，但我們卻有著相近的特質(zhì)。第一，是雄厚的師資和富有愛(ài)心的
教師團(tuán)隊(duì)；第二，是小班敎學(xué)的模式；第三，是現(xiàn)代化的課程體系。
People are what make a school. We can have the best classrooms, the most modern
equipment, and the fanciest computers (and we have all of those! I hope you will be
impressed on the tour!), but without excellent teachers, the rest is only window
dressing.
「人」是學(xué)校之所以成為學(xué)校的根本。即便我們擁有最好的敎?zhǔn)?，最先進(jìn)的設(shè)備和電腦（這
些我們都有，大家在稍后的參觀中一定會(huì)被驚艷到的），但如果沒(méi)有好的老師，這一切都只
是櫥窗里的擺設(shè)。
I have had a chance to meet the staff and they are excellent. They know their
subjects and they care deeply about their students. A strong, caring faculty is the
most important characteristic that SGIS at ShuangLiu HS has to offer.
我也與各位老師進(jìn)行了溝通交流，他們都很優(yōu)秀。老師們不僅了解自己的課程并且非常關(guān)心
學(xué)生。雄厚的師資和富有愛(ài)心的教師團(tuán)隊(duì)是雙中實(shí)驗(yàn)校圣喬治國(guó)際教育中心所必備的最重要
的特質(zhì)。
Encouraging relationships is the second most important characteristic. What our
method of education has to offer is that we will know your students and we will care
about your students.
激勵(lì)合作的關(guān)系是第一個(gè)最重要的特質(zhì)。我們的教育模式應(yīng)該是了解并關(guān)心我們的學(xué)生。
Small classes allow our teachers to get know students well. They know students’
strengths and areas that need improvement. They know what interests students.
小班教學(xué)便是我們的老師更好了解學(xué)生的方式。我們知道學(xué)生的長(zhǎng)處和需要改進(jìn)的地方，
以及學(xué)生的興趣所在。
Small classes also mean that students are called upon to contribute every day. As a
student told me yesterday morning, she feels that she knows the material better
because she is engaging with the teacher and her classmates every class.
小班教學(xué)也能使我們的學(xué)生每天有相應(yīng)的付出。正如昨天早上一位學(xué)生告訴我的，她覺(jué)得自己
能更好的掌握教材，因?yàn)槊刻谜n都是一次與老師和同學(xué)交流的過(guò)程。
There is a respect between students and teachers that allows both to perform at
their best. SGIS at Shuangliu is set up to inspire these encouraging relationships.
學(xué)生和老師之間應(yīng)有一種相互尊重的關(guān)系，它能夠讓彼此都發(fā)揮最好的水平。圣喬治雙流國(guó)
際教育中心就是為了激發(fā)這樣的關(guān)系而設(shè)立的。
The third characteristic that makes SGIS at Shuangliu HS successful is a curriculum
that is geared toward the modern world.
現(xiàn)代化的課程體系是使得雙中實(shí)驗(yàn)校圣喬治國(guó)際教育中心成功的第三個(gè)特質(zhì)。
Students not only learn calculus, they also learn Solid-works – a program for 3D
design. This is one of the objects they designed yesterday. Then they printed it on
the 3D printers. [Show object]
學(xué)生不僅學(xué)習(xí)微積分，還有3D打印課程。請(qǐng)看，這就是他們昨天設(shè)計(jì)并打印的作品。
They not only read English, but also speak it, breaking it down into its component
parts so that, one day, they will sound fluent. They read about Physics and then
apply what they have read in a state of the art lab.
在英語(yǔ)課上，學(xué)生們學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)閱讀和口語(yǔ)，學(xué)習(xí)如何把長(zhǎng)句拆分成小的意群，并運(yùn)用到實(shí)際
的交流溝通中，使他們的口語(yǔ)更流利。在物理課上，他們學(xué)習(xí)理論知識(shí)并在實(shí)驗(yàn)室進(jìn)行操作
和應(yīng)用。
This is a hands-on, design-based curriculum that will prepare students to succeed
for jobs that may not even exist yet. They will be prepared because they know how
to think and to communicate with people and with machines.
整個(gè)課程體系注重學(xué)生的動(dòng)手能力和設(shè)計(jì)能力，它能讓學(xué)生更從容地面對(duì)未來(lái)更具有挑戰(zhàn)和
創(chuàng)造性的工作。他們將會(huì)明白如何去思攷，如何與他人溝通，與機(jī)器交互，與這個(gè)時(shí)代相連
I love what we do, I hope you can see that. I know you are here to find the best fit
for your child.
我熱愛(ài)我們所做的一切。希望通過(guò)本次活動(dòng)大家可以更深入地了解雙中實(shí)驗(yàn)圣喬治教育中心。
在這里有最適合孩子的學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境。
I admit that some children are best suited to a classroom where a teacher tells them
what is right and then the students repeat that over and over. That is not our way.
At Saint George’s we believe that students need to think for themselves.
我承認(rèn)，在以老師為主導(dǎo)的課堂教學(xué)中，有的孩子在接受教師的指令并完成制定任務(wù)方面表
現(xiàn)優(yōu)異，但圣喬治教育中心擯棄傳統(tǒng)的課堂教學(xué)，轉(zhuǎn)而著重培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的獨(dú)立思考能力。
Our students are prepared to go on to college and find jobs that will require them to
do more than memorize.
在這樣的教育模式下培養(yǎng)的學(xué)生會(huì)更適應(yīng)未來(lái)國(guó)外大學(xué)的教育和工作。
They will be prepared to decode, analyze, and synthesize information and problems
so that they can create, compute, and communicate their innovative ideas and
solutions!
在學(xué)習(xí)中，他們解讀信息、分析信息、歸納總結(jié)和處理問(wèn)題的能?得到培養(yǎng)，這使得我們的
學(xué)生在創(chuàng)造力、計(jì)算能力、溝通能力、創(chuàng)新能力和執(zhí)行力方面更勝一籌。
We help our students find their strengths so that they can contribute to the world.
我希望我們的學(xué)生能學(xué)有所用，為全世界做貢獻(xiàn)。
How do I know this Saint George’s type curriculum works? First, I am a product of
it. I had excellent teachers who taught me to think for myself. I love to learn!
我是如何了解到圣喬治的課程運(yùn)作模式呢？首先，我自己就是圣喬治的敎學(xué)模式下培養(yǎng)出來(lái)
的學(xué)生。在我的學(xué)生時(shí)代，我遇到了優(yōu)秀的老師，他們教會(huì)我如何自我探究并讓我衷心地?zé)?/span>
愛(ài)學(xué)習(xí)。
Second, have heard from graduates about how well prepared they are. I have a son
who graduated from SGS two years ago and is now at Columbia University.
其次，我也從圣喬治的畢業(yè)生口中得知他們的學(xué)習(xí)能力。我的大兒子兩年前從圣喬治畢業(yè)，
現(xiàn)在就讀于美國(guó)哥倫比亞大學(xué)。
He told me that his English class in college is run exactly the way his English class
in high school was. My son feels well prepared.
他提到現(xiàn)在哥倫比亞大學(xué)的英語(yǔ)課授課模式和圣喬治的模式一樣。他很適應(yīng)現(xiàn)在的大學(xué)課程
Third, I have met doctors, computer scientists, lawyers, engineers, CEOs, sales
people, and even teachers who tell me that their education at SGS set the
foundation for their success.
另外，從圣喬治畢業(yè)的學(xué)生有的成為了醫(yī)生、計(jì)算機(jī)專家、律師、?程師、公司的 CEO、
銷售人員等等，他們都跟我提到圣喬治的教育是他們現(xiàn)在從事工作的基石。
Preparation is what we do. We are preparing students for college and for life.
這就是我們的工作——為學(xué)生未來(lái)的學(xué)習(xí)和工作做好準(zhǔn)備。
My question for you is, what do you want your child to be? I hope you will come to
SGIS at Shuangliu HS where our excellent, caring teachers will encourage and
engage them with a curriculum that will prepare them for college and for the
modern world.
最后，我想向大家提一個(gè)問(wèn)題，您想讓您的孩子成為一個(gè)什么樣的人？我由衷地希望大家可
以到圣喬治雙流國(guó)際敎育中心求學(xué)，在這里，我們的老師會(huì)鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生，讓他們參與到課程中
去，并幫助他們?cè)谶@個(gè)現(xiàn)代社會(huì)中，為走向今后的大學(xué)生活做好準(zhǔn)備。
Thank you.
and Thank you for welcoming me back to your beautiful city and this impressive
school.
尊敬的高校長(zhǎng)、李女士、劉先生、楊女士，親愛(ài)的老師、家長(zhǎng)、同學(xué)們，大家下午好！感謝
大家給我這次機(jī)會(huì)讓我再度來(lái)到這座美麗的城市和這所令人留連忘返的校園。
Yesterday, I spent the day in classes, meeting students, and talking with teachers. I
am pleased to report that in just the first few months, SGIS at SHS is running
strong. It embraces the main themes and goals of SGS in Washington State.
昨天在這里我用了一整天的時(shí)間和學(xué)生見(jiàn)面，與老師溝通交流。今天，我很高興地向大家匯
報(bào)，在短短幾個(gè)月的時(shí)間內(nèi)，雙流中學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)學(xué)校圣喬治國(guó)際敎育中心運(yùn)行地十分成功。它很
好地融入了華盛頓州圣喬治學(xué)校辦學(xué)的主旨和目標(biāo)。
Our students want to learn. They are willing to ask for help. And they recognize that
with directed effort, they can improve. They learn what they love and they don’t give
up. Students who do that are destined to do well.
我們的生愿意去學(xué)習(xí)，他們想得到幫助。他們知道，只要在老師的指導(dǎo)下不斷努力，便可
以進(jìn)歩。他們會(huì)去學(xué)習(xí)自己所熱愛(ài)的事物，并永不言棄。能夠做到這一點(diǎn)的學(xué)生注定會(huì)成功
Though the campuses are far apart, there are three characteristics that we share.
The first is an excellent, caring faculty. The second is small classes. The third is a
modern curriculum.
雖然我們兩個(gè)校區(qū)相距萬(wàn)里，但我們卻有著相近的特質(zhì)。第一，是雄厚的師資和富有愛(ài)心的
教師團(tuán)隊(duì)；第二，是小班敎學(xué)的模式；第三，是現(xiàn)代化的課程體系。
People are what make a school. We can have the best classrooms, the most modern
equipment, and the fanciest computers (and we have all of those! I hope you will be
impressed on the tour!), but without excellent teachers, the rest is only window
dressing.
「人」是學(xué)校之所以成為學(xué)校的根本。即便我們擁有最好的敎?zhǔn)?，最先進(jìn)的設(shè)備和電腦（這
些我們都有，大家在稍后的參觀中一定會(huì)被驚艷到的），但如果沒(méi)有好的老師，這一切都只
是櫥窗里的擺設(shè)。
I have had a chance to meet the staff and they are excellent. They know their
subjects and they care deeply about their students. A strong, caring faculty is the
most important characteristic that SGIS at ShuangLiu HS has to offer.
我也與各位老師進(jìn)行了溝通交流，他們都很優(yōu)秀。老師們不僅了解自己的課程并且非常關(guān)心
學(xué)生。雄厚的師資和富有愛(ài)心的教師團(tuán)隊(duì)是雙中實(shí)驗(yàn)校圣喬治國(guó)際教育中心所必備的最重要
的特質(zhì)。
Encouraging relationships is the second most important characteristic. What our
method of education has to offer is that we will know your students and we will care
about your students.
激勵(lì)合作的關(guān)系是第一個(gè)最重要的特質(zhì)。我們的教育模式應(yīng)該是了解并關(guān)心我們的學(xué)生。
Small classes allow our teachers to get know students well. They know students’
strengths and areas that need improvement. They know what interests students.
小班教學(xué)便是我們的老師更好了解學(xué)生的方式。我們知道學(xué)生的長(zhǎng)處和需要改進(jìn)的地方，
以及學(xué)生的興趣所在。
Small classes also mean that students are called upon to contribute every day. As a
student told me yesterday morning, she feels that she knows the material better
because she is engaging with the teacher and her classmates every class.
小班教學(xué)也能使我們的學(xué)生每天有相應(yīng)的付出。正如昨天早上一位學(xué)生告訴我的，她覺(jué)得自己
能更好的掌握教材，因?yàn)槊刻谜n都是一次與老師和同學(xué)交流的過(guò)程。
There is a respect between students and teachers that allows both to perform at
their best. SGIS at Shuangliu is set up to inspire these encouraging relationships.
學(xué)生和老師之間應(yīng)有一種相互尊重的關(guān)系，它能夠讓彼此都發(fā)揮最好的水平。圣喬治雙流國(guó)
際教育中心就是為了激發(fā)這樣的關(guān)系而設(shè)立的。
The third characteristic that makes SGIS at Shuangliu HS successful is a curriculum
that is geared toward the modern world.
現(xiàn)代化的課程體系是使得雙中實(shí)驗(yàn)校圣喬治國(guó)際教育中心成功的第三個(gè)特質(zhì)。
Students not only learn calculus, they also learn Solid-works – a program for 3D
design. This is one of the objects they designed yesterday. Then they printed it on
the 3D printers. [Show object]
學(xué)生不僅學(xué)習(xí)微積分，還有3D打印課程。請(qǐng)看，這就是他們昨天設(shè)計(jì)并打印的作品。
They not only read English, but also speak it, breaking it down into its component
parts so that, one day, they will sound fluent. They read about Physics and then
apply what they have read in a state of the art lab.
在英語(yǔ)課上，學(xué)生們學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)閱讀和口語(yǔ)，學(xué)習(xí)如何把長(zhǎng)句拆分成小的意群，并運(yùn)用到實(shí)際
的交流溝通中，使他們的口語(yǔ)更流利。在物理課上，他們學(xué)習(xí)理論知識(shí)并在實(shí)驗(yàn)室進(jìn)行操作
和應(yīng)用。
This is a hands-on, design-based curriculum that will prepare students to succeed
for jobs that may not even exist yet. They will be prepared because they know how
to think and to communicate with people and with machines.
整個(gè)課程體系注重學(xué)生的動(dòng)手能力和設(shè)計(jì)能力，它能讓學(xué)生更從容地面對(duì)未來(lái)更具有挑戰(zhàn)和
創(chuàng)造性的工作。他們將會(huì)明白如何去思攷，如何與他人溝通，與機(jī)器交互，與這個(gè)時(shí)代相連
I love what we do, I hope you can see that. I know you are here to find the best fit
for your child.
我熱愛(ài)我們所做的一切。希望通過(guò)本次活動(dòng)大家可以更深入地了解雙中實(shí)驗(yàn)圣喬治教育中心。
在這里有最適合孩子的學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境。
I admit that some children are best suited to a classroom where a teacher tells them
what is right and then the students repeat that over and over. That is not our way.
At Saint George’s we believe that students need to think for themselves.
我承認(rèn)，在以老師為主導(dǎo)的課堂教學(xué)中，有的孩子在接受教師的指令并完成制定任務(wù)方面表
現(xiàn)優(yōu)異，但圣喬治教育中心擯棄傳統(tǒng)的課堂教學(xué)，轉(zhuǎn)而著重培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的獨(dú)立思考能力。
Our students are prepared to go on to college and find jobs that will require them to
do more than memorize.
在這樣的教育模式下培養(yǎng)的學(xué)生會(huì)更適應(yīng)未來(lái)國(guó)外大學(xué)的教育和工作。
They will be prepared to decode, analyze, and synthesize information and problems
so that they can create, compute, and communicate their innovative ideas and
solutions!
在學(xué)習(xí)中，他們解讀信息、分析信息、歸納總結(jié)和處理問(wèn)題的能?得到培養(yǎng)，這使得我們的
學(xué)生在創(chuàng)造力、計(jì)算能力、溝通能力、創(chuàng)新能力和執(zhí)行力方面更勝一籌。
We help our students find their strengths so that they can contribute to the world.
我希望我們的學(xué)生能學(xué)有所用，為全世界做貢獻(xiàn)。
How do I know this Saint George’s type curriculum works? First, I am a product of
it. I had excellent teachers who taught me to think for myself. I love to learn!
我是如何了解到圣喬治的課程運(yùn)作模式呢？首先，我自己就是圣喬治的敎學(xué)模式下培養(yǎng)出來(lái)
的學(xué)生。在我的學(xué)生時(shí)代，我遇到了優(yōu)秀的老師，他們教會(huì)我如何自我探究并讓我衷心地?zé)?/span>
愛(ài)學(xué)習(xí)。
Second, have heard from graduates about how well prepared they are. I have a son
who graduated from SGS two years ago and is now at Columbia University.
其次，我也從圣喬治的畢業(yè)生口中得知他們的學(xué)習(xí)能力。我的大兒子兩年前從圣喬治畢業(yè)，
現(xiàn)在就讀于美國(guó)哥倫比亞大學(xué)。
He told me that his English class in college is run exactly the way his English class
in high school was. My son feels well prepared.
他提到現(xiàn)在哥倫比亞大學(xué)的英語(yǔ)課授課模式和圣喬治的模式一樣。他很適應(yīng)現(xiàn)在的大學(xué)課程
Third, I have met doctors, computer scientists, lawyers, engineers, CEOs, sales
people, and even teachers who tell me that their education at SGS set the
foundation for their success.
另外，從圣喬治畢業(yè)的學(xué)生有的成為了醫(yī)生、計(jì)算機(jī)專家、律師、?程師、公司的 CEO、
銷售人員等等，他們都跟我提到圣喬治的教育是他們現(xiàn)在從事工作的基石。
Preparation is what we do. We are preparing students for college and for life.
這就是我們的工作——為學(xué)生未來(lái)的學(xué)習(xí)和工作做好準(zhǔn)備。
My question for you is, what do you want your child to be? I hope you will come to
SGIS at Shuangliu HS where our excellent, caring teachers will encourage and
engage them with a curriculum that will prepare them for college and for the
modern world.
最后，我想向大家提一個(gè)問(wèn)題，您想讓您的孩子成為一個(gè)什么樣的人？我由衷地希望大家可
以到圣喬治雙流國(guó)際敎育中心求學(xué)，在這里，我們的老師會(huì)鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生，讓他們參與到課程中
去，并幫助他們?cè)谶@個(gè)現(xiàn)代社會(huì)中，為走向今后的大學(xué)生活做好準(zhǔn)備。
Thank you.
