追求: to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly, to seek after, to woo...
证书: credentials, certificate...
要强: eager to excel, eager to get ahead in life, strong-minded...
舟: boat...
沾: infected by, moisten, receive favors, moisten...
势必: to be bound to, undoubtedly will...
发源地: place of origin, birthplace, source...
树立: to set up, to establish...
继而: then, afterwards...
慰问: to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc...