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My wife and I have just off our third and youngest child for his freshman year of college… Leaving your youngest child at college is an act of mixed . We are , knowing what great experiences await him over the next four years…

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夫妻俩把最小的孩子送进大学，踏上归途：兴奋、担忧、不舍，五味杂陈。

Freshman year is exciting: perhaps the most year in a young adult's life. It is a year when our children develop an entirely new relationship with the world as they head down the road to .

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大一是年轻人生中最特别的一年：与世界建立全新关系，走向独立。

Our youngest is at school at Davidson College in North Carolina, a liberal college with a strong academic tradition… a serious commitment to , a global perspective… Indeed, all of them are strong family for us.

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小儿子就读戴维森学院：博雅教育、学术传统、服务精神、全球视野、强篮球——恰与自家价值观合拍。

I can't imagine a better place to go to school, or a better pad for the journey to becoming a useful, caring, honorable adult. … whether the brilliant, well-rounded he is about to receive will prove to be enough.

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没有比这更好的起点了；但面对两百万同龄人走向的世界，再优秀的教育够不够用？

There was nothing in the news: … the Gulf oil spill is not breaking down as rapidly as once . … I know every faces its own challenges…

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回家路上翻报纸：伊朗核争议、墨西哥湾漏油……一代有一代的难题，但今天的问题规模与致命性令人不安。

Of course, the world has always had its challenges. … Will humankind be thriving, getting by, or by hunger or the spread of disease or climate change or extremism?

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四十年前父母送我入学，世界照样难题缠身；再过四十年，人类是兴盛、将就，还是被饥荒疾病气候极端主义压垮？

So how should our children prepare for the road ? "Imagination is more important than ," Einstein wrote… The value of a man should be seen in what he and not in what he is able to receive.

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火炬终将传到孩子手里。怎么准备前路？爱因斯坦：想象力比知识重要；人的价值在于他给出什么。

…they are most helpful when they are by a sharp sense of inquiry, a good world-view, and a genuine commitment to community… … we hope our son becomes self-assured and self-aware… and with the to make a difference.

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书本与实验固然重要，但要配上敏锐探究、世界观、服务社区；愿儿子自信自知、有担当，有想象力去 make a difference。

…these kids, the class of 2014, have been to an extraordinary degree by GPAs and test scores. Now it is their passion, , ability to imagine, and the size of their heart that matters most. I think they will do .

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过去一年孩子们被 GPA 和分数衡量；谢天谢地那页翻过去了。往后要紧的是热情、诚实、想象力和心的大小。他们会好好的。