精美英文欣赏:毕业并继续前进

Graduation¹ and moving on

毕业并继续前进

At least once a year, there are a lot of graduations².

至少每年一次,会有很多的毕业典礼。

It’s a time when a lot of people move on,

这是一个很多人继续前进的时刻,

from where they were, to another school or another class,

从那里的人们会到另一个学校或另一个班级,

or out into a real world.

或者到了一个真实的世界。

To graduate means³ to take a step forward, to move onward⁴.

毕业意味着向前迈进一步，已经上路了。

I can remember my high school graduation,

我还记得我的高中毕业,

my graduation from university,

我大学毕业,

and even my graduation from graduated school.

甚至从我毕业的学校毕业。

Each of those graduations was nice.

其中每个毕业典礼都是非常好。

I took pictures, I got flowers, I hug my parents.

我拍照片,我得到了花,我拥抱我的父母。

I had the motions⁵ to moving on, I want to stay and have more fun.

我曾有想继续下去的动力，我希望留下并获得更多的乐趣。

But I also want to move on.

但我还想继续前进。

When we hear the word graduation, we naturally think of graduating from school.

当我们听到毕业那个词,我们很自然地会想到从学校毕业。

But I think it’s possible to graduate from different places, or stages in life.

但我认为这是有可能是从不同的地方或不同阶段的生活毕业。

I worked in a company in New York for about three years.

我在纽约一家公司工作三年了。

In one point I felt I couldn’t learn anything else from the company,

在某种程度上,我觉得我无法从公司身上学到东西,

where the people I was working with.

从与我共同工作的人身上也一样。

Then I had hit a ceiling⁶, I felt that was time to move on.

然后我已经达到了一种上限,我觉得是继续前行的时候了。

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

我所描述的继续前行是毕业。

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

有时我们被抛进世界或下一个阶段,

whether we are ready or not.

不管我们是否为此做好了准备。

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

其他时候,我们得到当我们想继续前进的事实。

I have experienced⁸ both.

我已经都经历过了。

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

我更喜欢第二个,在那里我可以选择,

I like the truth when and how, but we don’t always get what we want,

我喜欢这个何时以及如何的事实,但我们不能总是得到我们想要的东西,

since we can learn from every experience that we have,

因为我们可以从我们有的每次经历中学习,

each experience can be a stepping stone for us to be better people.

每次经历都可以成为我们的一块垫脚石而成为更好的人。

I know that I take lessons with me every time I graduated,

我知道每次我毕业我都要学习一些课程,

but some times I can be a slow learner.

但有时我可以是一个缓慢的学习者。

I wonder when my next graduation is going to be.

我想知道当我的下一次毕业将是何时。

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。