早安英文 第386期:来听英国小哥聊6月毕业季

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Hello, everybody. My name is Jack¹. And I’m 21 years old. I’m from a small town just outside of London. A lot of people that live there do work in London, so usually we visit there a lot of the time.

大家好我是Jack，今年21岁。我来自英国伦敦旁边的一个小镇。我们那里很多人在伦敦工作，所以会经常去到伦敦。

Actually it’s quite similar. So it works on a relatively² similar system as China. We also have 3 years.

其实差不多。整个运作系统和中国的挺像的，我们大学有3年的时间。

That’s lots of different graduation parties and events that happen in universities across England. Mostly, they usually involve everybody getting very drunk, dancing, singing. Some people even dress up as fancy dress characters and go on bigwalks around that time.

在英国，庆祝毕业有很多聚会和活动。通常都是大家一起唱歌，跳舞，喝醉。有的人还会穿上一些特别的服装，还有的会去竞走。

Work hard, persevere³, and everything else will come.

努力工作，坚持不懈，该来的都会来的。

I just wanted to say, thank you very much and good luck to all of the undergraduates out there and students who are still studying, and good luck. 谢谢大家。希望所有即将毕业已经正在求学的朋友们，好运连连。

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

3 persevere   

v.坚持，坚忍，不屈不挠

参考例句：

• They are determined to persevere in the fight.他们决心坚持战斗。
• It is strength of character enabled him to persevere.他那坚强的性格使他能够坚持不懈。