Graduation and Moving on

时间：2013-04-09 03:09:04

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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 forward, 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 ceiling⁶, I felt that was time to move on.

The way that I describe that moving on is a graduation.

Some times we are thrown out into the world or to the next level⁷,

whether we are ready or not.

Other times we get the truth when we want to move on.

I have experienced⁸ both.

I preferred the second one, where I have a choice,

I like the truth 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.

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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 ceiling
n.天花板；(规定价格、工资等的)最高限额
参考例句：
It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling.粉刷天花板用了将近一整天的时间。 A fly is on the ceiling.一只苍蝇在天花板上。

7 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。

8 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。