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1. I am not an outstanding student of yours, but you are the most respectable teacher to me in my eyes. On this special day, I extend my heartfelt respects to you! I am not your best student, yet you are the teacher I respect the most. On this special day, I want to offer you my highest respects! 2. No formula can be used to calculate your devotion ; There are no poems or songs to express our heartfelt gratitude to you. It is you who nurture our minds with your extensive knowledge and your noble spirit. On this special occasion, please accept our best wishes! Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division – none of these can measure the sacrifices you have made! Poems and songs cannot fully express my admiration for you! You have watered the flowers of our dreams with the nectar of knowledge; on this extraordinary moment, please accept my deepest blessings! 3. Time is flying by, and the years pass swiftly. Only our friendship remains in my heart forever. Farewell, my friend! Take care, my friend! Time flows swiftly, years pass by in a hurry, but friendship remains forever in our hearts. Goodbye, friend! Friend, take care! 4. Oh, my friend, do you like stars? If you feel lonely far away from home, look up at the stars in the sky – there’s a star of luck that I’ve sent you. Friend, do you like the starry sky? If one day you feel lonely and melancholic while wandering far away, look up at the starry sky; there, you will find the lucky star I gave you. 5. Life is a profound book. Others’ notes cannot replace your own understanding. May you find and create something new in it. Life is a deep and complex book; others’ comments cannot take the place of one’s own understanding. May you discover and create. 6. Don’t be disappointed on the journey of life. There are friends in the world. Seize your chance and value your opportunities. May our friendship be everlasting. There’s no need for sadness on life’s path; somewhere in the world, there’s always a kindred spirit. Seize the opportunity and cherish this bond; may our friendship last forever. 7. Time does not dilute the wine of friendship ; Distance cannot separate our hands filled with longing. Wishing you happiness forever! Time cannot dilute the wine of friendship, and distance cannot separate those who miss each other. Wishing you happiness, forever and ever! 8. I have three wishes: May our friendship warm our hearts! May joy always be with you and me! May we often meet each other! I have three wishes: first, that friendship warm our hearts; second, that joy remain in our hearts forever; third, that we may see each other often! 9. Thinking of each other is just like a thread connecting you on one end and me on the other. Longing is a thin thread that connects you at one end and me at the other, keeping two beating hearts linked at all times. 10. If I should meet thee, After long years, How should I greet thee? With silence and tears. — [Britain] George Gordon Byron After years of separation, or upon meeting again, what is there to say? Tears flow silently. ———[UK] Byron 11. If life cheats you, don’t be disappointed or worried. Calmness is needed on melancholic days. Believe that happiness is on the way. Long for a bright future even when you’re unhappy. Everything will pass, and it will all come to an end. The past will become pleasant memories. — [Russia] Alexander Pushkin If life deceives you, don’t be sad or anxious. Moodier days require calm. Believe it, those happy days are coming soon. The heart always longs for the future, even though you are often gloomy now. Everything is fleeting; everything will pass, and what has passed will turn into a fond memory. ———[Russian] Pushkin. Reproduced from Hai Ci Happy English, for sharing among Hai community members
As can be seen from the above inscription, Pushkin’s English was really good back then.