时尚英语话题 120

　　At least once a year,there are a lot of graduations². It’s a time when a lot of people move on,from where they were,to another school or another class,or out into a real world.To graduate means³ to take a step forwad, to move onward⁴.
I can remember my high school graduation¹,my graduation from university,and even my graduation from graduated school.Each of those graduations was nice. I took pictures,I got flowers,I hug my parents. I had the motions⁵ to moving on, I want to stay and have more fun. But I also want to move on. When we hear the word graduation, we naturally think of graduating from school. But I think it’s possible to graduate from different places, or stages in life. I worked in a company in New York for about three years. In one point I felt I couldn’t learn anything else from the company, where the people I was working with. Then I had hit a ceiling,I felt that was time to move on. The way that I discribe that moving on is a graduation. Some times we are thrown out into the world or to the next level⁶, whether we are ready or not. Other times we get the trues when we want to move on. I have experienced⁷ both. I prefered the second one, where I have a choice, I like the trues when and how, but we don’t always get what we want, since we can learn from every experience that we have, each experience can be a stepping stone for us to be better people. I know that I take lessons with me every time I graduated, but some times I can be a slow learner. I wonder when my next graduation is going to be.
Talk about it:
How many times have you graduated?
How have you felt when you graduated?
Do you wish you could go back and change something from school? If so, what?
Some people don’t like to talk about the school they graduated from,why it that?
Have you ever chosen to graduate or move on from a company? Why?
Did you ever go to a class reunion? How was it? And why you don’t go?

1 graduation   

n.毕业，毕业典礼

参考例句：

• Graduation from university is an event in life.大学毕业是人生中的大事。
• He had just attended his daughter's graduation.他刚参加了女儿的毕业典礼。

2 graduations   

n.毕业，毕业典礼( graduation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I cry at weddings, bar mitzvahs, christenings, graduations and birthday parties. 参加婚礼我要哭，出席犹太男子的成年礼我也要哭，什么洗礼，毕业典礼和生日宴会都会使我落泪。 来自辞典例句
• The graduations are marked on the side of the flask. 烧瓶侧面有刻度标志。 来自辞典例句

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 onward   

adj.向前的，前进的；adv.向前，前进，在先

参考例句：

• The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping.黄河以万马奔腾之势滚滚向前。
• He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。

5 motions   

n.（物体的）运动( motion的名词复数 )；提议；通便

参考例句：

• She just went through the motions of being a poetess. 她只不过装成一个女诗人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He always accompanied his speech with motions. 他讲演时总是伴以手势。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 level   

n.水平，水准，标准；adj.同高的，平坦的，齐平的；v.弄平，瞄准，对准

参考例句：

• Our level is very low.我们的水平很低。
• The water level has been raised by 1.1 metres.水位提高了1.1米。

7 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。