毕业，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.

　　甚至从我研究生院毕业。

　　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,[cn]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 level,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 experienced⁷ 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 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。