ladies and gentlemen, good evening!
tonight, we are meeting here to celebrate this special, peaceful, silent and holly night. here and now, allow me，on behalf of all the members of the school committee, to express my hearty regards and seasonal greetings to all of you. merry christmas and happy new year!
and i am very glad to tell you that we have two distinguished guests from england to join us tonight to celebrate this special christmas eve with us together. this is because christmas eve has the same meaning of safe and peace with ping an in chinese. just as the chinese saying goes, “safe and peace is fortune and luck”。 so i’d like to extend my best wishes of fortune and luck to everyone here and those you love as well as those who are now still working in their posts.
christmas is a time to give thanks, so let’s give our hearty thanks to our parents, our teachers, those around us as well as our great motherland with our sincerity, loyalty, intelligence and diligence.
my dear boys and girls, the mid-term examination is over, and all the students in our school did very well this time. since the examination, many students are working harder than ever before, and they are becoming more active in class. especially through english corner, they’re getting to understand the importance of learning english. meanwhile, i hope every student in our school will take an active part in learning english and using english, and enjoy english.
here and now, i’d like to say thank you very much to those who have tried their best to have organized the christmas eve.
this special christmas eve will certainly bring us pleasure and enjoyment, laughter and passion, ass well as applause.
to conclude my speech, i wish everyone here will enjoy the performances and have a very good time tonight. and i sincerely wish a merry christmas and happy new year to you again.
that’s all. thank you very much.
Ladies and gentlemen, good evening!
Tonight, we are meeting here to celebrate this special, peaceful, silent and holly night. Here and now, allow me，on behalf of all the members of the school committee, to express my hearty regards and seasonal greetings to all of you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
And I am very glad to tell you that we have two distinguished guests from England to join us tonight to celebrate this special Christmas Eve with us together. This is because Christmas Eve has the same meaning of safe and peace with Ping an in Chinese. Just as the Chinese saying goes, “safe and peace is fortune and luck”。 So I’d like to extend my best wishes of fortune and luck to everyone here and those you love as well as those who are now still working in their posts.
Christmas is a time to give thanks, so let’s give our hearty thanks to our parents, our teachers, those around us as well as our great motherland with our sincerity, loyalty, intelligence and diligence.
My dear boys and girls, the mid-term examination is over, and all the students in our school did very well this time. Since the examination, many students are working harder than ever before, and they are becoming more active in class. Especially through English corner, they’re getting to understand the importance of learning English. Meanwhile, I hope every student in our school will take an active part in learning English and using English, and enjoy English.
the name christmas is short for "christmass". a mass is a kind of church service. christmas is a religious festival. it is the day we celebrate as the birthday of jesus. there are special christmas services in christian churches all over the world. but many of the festivities of christmas do not have anything to do with religion. exchanging gifts and sending christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the christmas in the world.
the birth of jesus had a story: in nazareth, a city of galilee. the virgin's name was mary was betrothed to joseph. before they came together, she was found with child of the holy spirit. joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. while he thought about these things, gabriel, an angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take mary as wife. and mary will bring forth a son, and he shall call his name, jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
before jesus births, joseph and mary came to quirnius was governing syria. so all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. joseph also went up out of galilee, out of the city of nazareth, into judea, to the city of david, which is called bethlehem, because he was of the house and of the lineage of david, to be registered with mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. so it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to bedelivered. and she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. and that, christmas is the feast of the nativity of jesus, is on 25th, december every year. but nobody know the actual birthday of jesus. and the christmas has become popular when christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly santa claus was first made popular in nineteenth century。
the mid-autumn festival has all interesting history. long ago in one of the dynasties of china there was a king who was very cruel to the people and did not manage the country well. the people were so angry that some brave ones suggested killing the king. so they wrote notes telling about the meeting place and time and put them into cakes. on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month every person was told to buy the cakes. when they ate them they discovered the notes. so they gathered together to make a sudden attack on the king. from then on the chinese people celebrate on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month and eat "moon cakes" in memory of that important event.
when the mid-autumn festival is near, shop windows are beautifully decorated. many "moon cakes" are displayed for people to buy. people send presents such aswine, fruits and "moon cakes" to their friends and relatives. in the evening of the day, they have a feast. after the feast, they go out to the garden to look at the moon. the children run and laugh on the streets.
it is believed that the moon is at her brightest on this night. many poems have been written about it, and poets are never tired of reading and writing such poems. in chinese literature, the moon of the mid autumn festival has been compared to a looking-glass, a jade rabbit, and so on. it seems that chinese literature takes far more interest in the moon than in the sun.
my dear friends,
do you know what is the most precious and everlasting thing in the world ?money?you may lose everything you have if you don't use money carefull enough.youth?in one's long life youth is like a flash in the pan and no one in the world has the secret to keep his youth forever.beautiful look?many people pray that they can get hold of beauty,but it disappears far more quickly than they can imagine.and when they are in real trouble beauty itself feels helpless.a good job?as you grow older and your brain and hands can't work as fast as before.it will become other people's wealth.