美国驻广州领事馆商务副领事Michael Middleton致辞华师附外美式高中揭牌及欢迎美国交换生到来。

美国驻广州领事馆商务副领事Michael Middleton

Ge wei Liabin, gei wei peng you! Dai jia hao!（音译：各位来宾，各位朋友，大家好）

My name is Michael Middleton and I am a Commercial Service Officer & Trade Attaché serving at the U.S. Consulate � Guangzhou and supporting the interests of U.S.education herein south China.

First, I would like to offer a warm welcome to the newly arrived students from Texas.

Welcome to Guangzhou! (Huānyíng dào guǎngzhōu：欢迎到广州)

I’m sure most of you have already been working hard to study Mandarin at home in Texas. Now you’ve come to visit China where you’ll experience even more than just language immersion.

You will get to experience the great culture and wonderful people of China with you host families, your fellow Chinese students and teachers.It is a great opportunity, so make sure to take full advantage of it.

When the studying gets tough,you can remember that the work you are doing here helps fulfill one of the goals that President Obama and President Xi made together to bring our two countries closer.

During President Xi’s visit to the U.S., he and President Obama set out the goal to have one million American students studying Mandarin by 2020. And you can play a part in helping reach that goal of “One Million Strong.”

Think of it. Just by doing your homework, and doing it well, you can help make history!

The Consulate General is pleased to support IL Texas and Lingnan Education Group in the work that they are doing in conjunction with Affiliated Foreign Language School.

I’d like to thank -

Principal Hemphill- IL Texas GZ for having us here today.

Tracy― Board of Lingan Education Group

Grace― Principal of the Affiliated Foreign Language School

Zhang Jianwu ― Commissioner of HuangPu Edu Bureau

For inviting us here today.

And I wish all the American and Chinese IL Texas students good luck with your studies.

Thank you all !!

Xie xie da jia !!（谢谢大家）