Before we know it, the Voice of CCNU has been with us for 18 years and her own Bar Mitzvah around the corner. Over the past 18 years, not only have we witnessed her growth, each tweet here also kept a record of our own lives. When it comes to this, do you recall your own unique and passionate eighteen years old.
不知不觉转眼间，小桂已经陪伴大家了十八个年头，迎来了自己的成人礼。十八年来，大家不仅见证着小桂的成长，这里一篇篇推文更是记录着我们自己生活的点点滴滴，想到这里，你是否回忆起属于自己的那个独一无二的热烈的十八岁。
National College Entrance Examination
As if to make the year much more unforgettable, we prepared for one of the most important exams in our lives at eighteen. In the period of time of preparing for the National College Entrance Examination, everyone around us seemed to have the same life center—exams. Time was counted in minutes, papers and questions could never be completed, the atmosphere was tense and serious, and everybody’s emotion was volatile. We were often in a state of collapse and chagrin because we screwed up an exam. However, we could also easily get satisfied because we had accomplished our small goals ahead of schedule. All of us struggled desperately in one direction during that time, with no distractions. Although we usually complained about the exhausting routine of leaving early and returning late every day, we still expected that on the way home after 11p.m, the moon would be brighter than yesterday.
高考
似乎是为了让这一年变得更加难忘，我们准备参加了人生当中最重要的一场考试。备战高考的那段日子里，身边所有人生活的中心好像全部变成了考试，时间是以分钟来计算的，试题是永远做不完的，氛围是紧张的，情绪是波动的。我们总会因为一场考试失利而陷入崩溃懊恼不已，也会因为提前完成了自己定下的小目标而感到满足。那段时间里我们所有人都朝着一个方向拼命的努力，心无杂念，常常抱怨早出晚归的疲惫作息，却也期待着在晚上11点后回家的路上可以看到比昨天更亮的月亮。
Come of Age
It was on Bar Mitzvah Day that we were back to our familiar school. All of us took off our uniforms, and the girls wore the beautiful dresses they never had the chance to wear while the boys wore their new sneakers they had wanted to own for a long time. We all got together and shared the funny with each other just like the old days, and kept taking group photos, trying to memorize the last moments by photos without prior consultation. After crossing the “adult door”, I would have a new life path unlike the previous eighteen years. Whether there was more expectation or reluctance in my heart, even I myself could not figure out.
成人
再次回到熟悉的校园是成人礼那天，大家都脱下了校服，女孩们穿上了从前没有机会穿上的漂亮裙子，男孩们也穿上了心心念念的球鞋。大家像从前一样聚在一起，谈论着趣事，或者是不断地合影，不约而同地想用照片存储这最后的时光。跨过成人门，我将不同于前十八年那样，就要有新的生活轨迹了，到底是期待更多还是不舍更多，就连我自己也不知道。
College Life
Eventually, I was going to meet my long-awaited college life. The campus covers a large area and is full of various goods, nothing being the same as that in the high school. I was uneasy but curious about everything here. I would start a new study life and meet new challenges here.
Cheer up, 18-year-old teenagers and the Voice of CCNU, you possess youth energy and sufficient enthusiasm, your future will be full of infinite fantastic!
大学
终于要迎接自己向往已久的大学生活了，校园很大，什么都有，却又什么都不一样了。新鲜又陌生，好奇又不安，我将在这里开始新的学习生活，迎接新的挑战。
加油吧，18岁的少年和18岁的“小桂”，有活力有热情，未来定将充满无限精彩！
Reviewer: Hua Siyao
Date: May 29, 2022
