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n.［美］（男子的）无尾礼服）for the event.The young womenbuy or rent a formal or semi-
formal dress.It`s a magicalevening of dinner, dancing ,music,and friendship,and one morestep o n the path of good-bye.The last event for seniors onlyis graduation. Most schools seem to try to hold this eventoutside, usually at the football stadium. Depending on theschool, this
may happen early or late in June,so the weatheris often quite nice. If it rains,though,i t must be heldinside, usually in the high school gymnasium（注：gymnasium
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n.体操馆，体育馆）or theater .When the audience of family members, teachers,and friends is all seated,the seniors marchin to the sound of the high school band playing "Pomp andCircum stance" in their caps and gowns.They sit and listen tospeeches from the principal of t he school and the superintendent （注：superintendent
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n. 监管人）of the school system. The valedictorian（注：valedictorian
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n] n. ［美］致告别辞的毕业生代表）and salutatorian（注：salutatorian
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n. ［美］致开幕词的学生） and class president also give speeches. Then, as the name of
each senior is called, theywalk across the stage and receive their diploma. It`s a proud
moment. After the graduation ceremony,there is often a party for seniors only,too.
During the month of June and sometimes into July, collegeopen-houses（注：open-house n. ［ 美］（学校等的）接待日）willbe held.Families who have a graduating senior will have a bigparty so that friends and family can gather to congratulatethe senior and give him or her presents to get started on thenext phase（注：phase[feiz]n.阶段，时期）of life.Then at theend of the s ummer,it`s off to college or career or family, theculmination（注：culmination
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