On Friday, September 3, 2021 the Bryant Zhuhai first-year students were honored to hear from Dr. Vinita Gaikwad as the keynote speaker for the Bryant ZhELI Conference Day. Dr. Gaikwad is a new English professor at Bryant Zhuhai who brings her many years of experience to enrich the learning of our first-year students.
2021年9月3日，布莱恩特项目一年级新生听取了Vinita Gaikwad博士英语培训周“会议日”的主题演讲。
The title of Dr. Vinita’s speech was The Road Much Traveled, which refers to the long road of life throughout which a person must continue to learn, saying that learning only stops after life is over. In fact, she told a story of ship at sea in which something went wrong and the engines stopped working; the engineers on board could not solve the problem. The ship’s captain made an announcement searching for a passenger who might help. An old man stepped forward to volunteer, but the captain doubted that such an old man would be able to fix his modern ship. In the end, the old man was able to solve the problem with a few simple taps of a hammer in the right place. Amazed and grateful, the captain asked the man to send them a bill for fixing the engines. On the bill, the man listed the following:
Hammer: $1.00
Knowledge: $1,999.00
The moral of the story: you can have all the right tools, but if you don’t have the knowledge for how to use them they will be of no benefit.
Vinita博士的演讲题目是“The Road Much Traveled”，这是指在人生的漫长道路上，一个人必须不断地学习，活到老，学到老。
她讲了一个故事：正在海上行驶的一艘船发生了故障，引擎停止了工作。船上的工程师无法解决这个问题。船长发出通告，寻找可能提供帮助的乘客。一位老人自告奋勇走上前来，但船长怀疑这样一位老人是否能修好他那艘现代化的船。最后，老人用锤子在正确的地方敲了几下，就解决了这个问题。船长既惊讶又感激，让老人寄给他们一张修理引擎的帐单。在账单上，老人列出了以下内容:
锤子:1美元
知识:1999美元
这个故事的寓意是:你可以拥有所有正确的工具，但如果你不具备如何使用它们的知识，它们将毫无用处。
Dr. Vinita went on to say that the professors at Bryant Zhuhai are here to help the students gain the knowledge they need so they can know how to use the tools necessary for success in their future careers. She said, your classes here are “not just to give you the scores, but to give you the knowledge.”
Finally, she ended her speech giving the students three words of advice. First, PREPARE for your classes by managing your time well, doing your homework, and following the course syllabus, so you can face all the challenges you will meet, both good and bad. Second, PARTICIPATE in your classes by being actively engaged, asking and responding to questions. Make sure your mind and body are both present in class. Third, PERSEVERE, which means to be patient, work hard, and not give up. She warned them that things will not always go smoothly, so they will need to have the perseverance to keep going even through the hard times.
Vinita博士接着说，布莱恩特项目的老师来这里是为了帮助学生获得他们需要的知识，这样他们就可以知道如何使用必要的工具，在未来的职业生涯中取得成功。她说，学生们在这里的课程“不仅仅是给你分数，而是给你知识。”
最后，她在演讲结束时给了学生们三个建议。首先，学会管理好你的时间；第二，积极参与课堂，确保你的身心都在课堂上；第三，持之以恒，努力学习，不轻言放弃。她提醒同学们，事情不会总是一帆风顺，所以他们需要有毅力，即使在困难时期也要努力坚持下去。
Many students asked Dr. Vinita questions about how to make good choices for their career, how they know if they are on the right path, and how to have patience when they want instant results. Their questions show that they are concerned about starting their new life as university students as they think about which paths they will choose to reach their goals.
As Dr. Gaikwad said, all of us here at Bryant Zhuhai are here to help, and we are just as excited as they are to start traveling this road together!
许多学生向Vinita博士提出了一些问题，比如如何在职业生涯中做出正确的选择；如何知道自己是否走在正确的道路上；以及如何保持耐心。学生们提出这些问题表明他们已经开始思考如何成为一名合格的大学生了，因为他们在考虑要选择哪条道路来实现他们的目标。
正如Vinita博士所说，布莱恩特项目的所有人都在这里为学生们提供必要的帮助。我们陪伴他们一起，兴奋地开启了大学生活！