Hello everyone. How are you all doing?Thank you for your messages and comments. I’m so happy to hear that a lot of you have already started your two-month-long summer holiday, and some of you are using the holiday to take various English courses. But make sure you get a good rest and don’t forget to watch the Olympics.The weather in London and I believe in other parts of the UK have been very dramatic 戏剧化的, thunders 打雷and showers for one minute, sun shines and breezes the next. Unlike Wimbledon, university and college graduation ceremonies 毕业典礼 are not delayed by this showery 阵雨的weather.July is the season for graduation. It is a fruitful time for thousands and thousands of hard-working students all around the world after years of studying. I will be going to my graduation this Thursday and I am really excited about it.My colleague Finn has just been to his sister’s graduation in Edinburgh.
Finn and his sister Heather at her graduation
The actual graduation ceremony doesn’t take very long. Every student will be awarded his/her degree, usually from the Vice Chancellor 副校长 of the university.One very interesting thing Finn said was that at his sister’s graduation, the class of everyone’s degree was read out at the ceremony, but that doesn’t always happen. In Britain, students are awarded different grades depending on how well they do. There are five degree classifications for undergraduate studies:First-Class Honours (First or 1st) 一等学位（相当于中国优秀成绩85分以上）Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1) 二等学位（相当于中国良好成绩80分以上） Lower Second-Class Honours (2:2) 二等学位 （相当于中国良好成绩75分以上）Third-Class Honours (Third or 3rd) 三等学位 （相当于中国的中等成绩65分到75分）Ordinary degree (Pass) （刚及格）的学位 There are three degree classifications for postgraduate studies:Distinction 优异Merit 优秀 Pass 及格（通过）I’m not sure if our degree classifications are going to be read out at the ceremony, but either way, I think this is a phenomenal achievement and we should be very proud of what we’ve done.Send us some of your graduation photos to [ft=,3, and I will put some of my graduation pictures up on Friday when I come back, fingers crossed for a sunny day on Thursday.Best wishes,Feifei
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