毕业季
又到了五月，一年一度的毕业季又来临了，看着校园里的毕业生们奔走忙碌，拍摄留念，你心里又有什么样的感慨呢？你想不想知道国外著名大学的毕业季是怎么样度过的？今天，请跟随我们一起走进GLOBAL特别节目——毕业季，看看牛津大学的毕业典礼是怎样进行的。
In Oxford University, every college will hold its own graduation ceremony, and then the institute-wide faculty graduation ceremony will be held.Most colleges have little difference with other parts of the city of Oxford, neat and tidy green gra, old vaulted doors and the medieval tan spires of high walls.The typical gothic buildings show a kind of deep academic gas and history.Graduation ceremony is not only belongs to the graduates, according to tradition, the graduates will invite their parents, relatives or friends to come and attend.Oxford University graduation ceremony held three times each year, the students can choose to attend that year or later.Some students even wait years to attend the graduation ceremony with relatives or friends after work.In Oxford’s campus, you will see students wearing glaes and with their schoolbags between their arms going everywhere in hurry steps and those young men who come from all over the world dragging suitcases to study here.Graduates in ceremonial dre walking on the road, sometimes will meet acquainted clamates and teachers, saying “hello” to each other in a well-mannered way.On the graduation ceremony day, family members will be introduced into a room hung oil paintings.Here is the Christ College’s dining room, and also is the shooting place of Harry Potter films.A long table in the middle of dining room is put exquisite candelabras and tableware above, and lunch before ceremony is held here.Students and family numbers sit on the sides of the long table.Looking around, you will find people in different colors and different faces from all over the world people sit in the room together and talk warmly.People chat with each other in different languages, and this make all harmony and full of festive.For a while, words paused, dean appeared in the end.After the entire people stand, dean wearing white wig begins to make a speech.From the faces of the families, it seems that no one can understand his words, because what he said is Latin.The next link is having dinner, the food is simple, but the species is complete.After lunch, we will go to Grand Theatre Sheldon Neanderthals in Oxford city plaza for a formal graduation ceremony.This theater having 300 years of history is no longer for performance, and only used for academic report and celebrations.The opposite side of the Grand Theatre is overpa architecture inlaid with carved gla, which is the famous Bridge of Sighs in Oxford.It is said that those students who failed to graduate, looking acro at the Grand Theatre in the graduation ceremony in progre, give the cries of a resigned sigh, and this is the source of Bridge of Sighs in Oxford.Grand theatre is in coffee ma-tone, giving a person with grave solemn feeling.In the front of the stage, there are three chairs the sainted old headmaster sitting in the middle, two vice President sitting on the side of him, and an eagle gold statue sits behind them.Facing with them is dozens of profeors and graduates who are sitting on both sides of the chairs.Students\' family members are placed on the audience in a second.After the ceremony, a vice president first takes the name of the current graduates.Subsequently, according to different profeions, profeors led wearing different color gowns and fringed hats students gradually come to the headmaster.First is the doctor, Oxford’s doctor gowns are very particular about the color; the common doctoral gowns are divided into black and red.However, the blue is the color of Oxford, therefore, the color of doctoral gowns are special: Oxford Blue and China red.Their drees are also lined with large white and red plush shawl collar.Profeor, holding the top of a student\'s hand, bows to the President and reports something and then the president stands up and picks up hats, bowing to the student one by one.The special feature is the seminary graduates.Students go down on their knees before the principal, and the principal carries the Bible touching in their heads and blees in Latin.At the ceremony, profeors and students salute each other again and again until it is over.At this point, the music sounded, under the guidance of the guards of honor, the three principals get up and all follow behind them to exit in order.Oxford University graduation ceremony fills with stylized, but extremely grand, very impreive.For these graduates from it, when they come out of the theater, it is the end of the grueling study, and also is a new beginning.
牛津大学每个学院都会先举行自己的毕业礼，再举行全校性的毕业典礼。大多数学院与牛津城的其他地方差别不大，整齐划一的绿草地，古香古色的拱形大门和中世纪黄褐色高墙上的尖塔。典型的哥特式建筑透露出一种厚重的学术气和历史感。
毕业典礼不仅仅是属于毕业生的，按照传统，毕业生们都会邀请自己的父母或者亲朋好友来参加。牛津大学的毕业典礼每年举办3次，学生可以选择当年参加或以后再来参加。有的学生甚至等到工作好几年后，才呼朋唤友地来参加毕业典礼。牛津校园里，随处可见那些带着眼镜、腋下夹着书包，脚步匆匆的学生们，还有拖着行李箱，从世界各地到这里来求学的年轻人。毕业生们穿着礼服走在路上，不时会碰到相识的同学和老师，相互彬彬有礼地打着招呼。
到了毕业典礼的那天，家属们被引进一间挂满大幅油画的房间。这里是牛津大学基督学院的食堂，也曾是拍摄电影《哈利·波特》的地方。食堂中间有一条长长的桌子，上面摆放着精美的烛台和餐具，典礼前的午餐就在这里举行。学生和家属们坐在长桌的两旁。环顾四周，你会发现偌大的房间中有来自世界各地不同国家的人，不同的肤色，不同的面容，却在一起谈笑风生。大家用互不相同的语言各自闲聊着，倒也显得和谐融洽，充满喜庆。
一会儿，话语停歇，院长出现在长桌的一端。全体起立后，头戴白色假发的院长开始致辞。从家属的表情来看，好像没有什么人能够听得懂，因为院长讲的是拉丁文。接下来就是用餐环节，饭菜虽然简单，但种类还算齐全。
吃完午餐，大家就要去牛津城中心的谢尔登尼安大剧院参加正式的毕业典礼。这座有300多年历史的剧院，现在已不再供演出使用，而仅仅用于学术报告和庆典活动。大剧院的对面有座镶嵌着雕花玻璃的天桥式建筑，这就是牛津著名的叹息桥。据说，那些未能毕业的学生，望着对面大剧院中正在进行的毕业典礼，发出的一声声无奈的叹息，这就是牛津叹息桥桥名的来源。
大剧院内以咖啡色为主色调，给人以庄重肃穆的感觉。舞台前有三把椅子，德高望重的老校长坐在中间，两名副校长坐在两侧，他们身后是一座镶金的雄鹰雕像。正对着他们的是坐在两边椅子上的几十名教授和毕业生们。学生家属们则被安排坐在一二层的观众席上。
仪式开始后，一名副校长首先宣读本届毕业生的姓名。随后，按照不同的专业，教授们带领着穿着不同颜色学袍，头戴飘有流苏方帽的学生，陆续走到校长面前。最先走上来的是博士生，牛津博士服的颜色是很有讲究的，常见的博士学位袍分为黑、红两色。但是，蓝色是牛津的代表色，因此，牛津博士服的颜色便别出一格：牛津蓝加中国红。他们的礼服上还镶有白色毛绒领子和红色大披肩。教授握着最前面一名学生的手，向校长鞠躬并报告着什么，之后，校长起身摘帽，逐一对向他鞠躬的学生致意。比较特别的是神学院的毕业生。学生们三人一排，向前半跪，校长则手持圣经在他们头顶上轻按一下，口中念着表示祝福的拉丁语。有的专业，学生们呼啦啦上来十几人，有的专业仅仅只有一人。整个典礼就在教授和学生的一次次相互行礼中结束。此时，音乐响起，三位校长起身，在仪仗的引领下，所有人跟在他们的后面，按顺序退场。
牛津大学的毕业典礼充满程式化，但极其隆重，令人印象深刻。对于这些毕业生来说，当他们从大剧院走出来时，既是寒窗苦读的结束，更是人生新的开始。
牛津，这座有800多年历史的学府城，总是洋溢着青春的气息，尤其是每年夏季授学位的日子，到处闪现着身穿学位袍、头戴方帽的年轻博士、硕士和学士的影子。他们来自世界各地，在牛津取得学位后又回世界各地去。有人说“牛津永远不老”，因为它永远是年轻人的天地。好了，今天GLOBAL的特别节目——毕业季到这里就要结束了，让我们一起祝福即将走出校门的毕业生吧。
