北大古生物學1個人的畢業照再度走紅!
The graduation photo of An Yongrui, a paleobiology major at Peking University, has become an internet sensation after he recently posted it online.
近日，北京大學古生物學專業畢業生安永睿在將自己的畢業照發布到網上之後，迅速走紅。Unlike other college graduates, An posed for his graduation photo alone, as he is the only paleobiology graduate this year at the prestigious university's Yuanpei School.
與其他大學畢業生不同的是，安永睿發佈的畢業照中只有他一個人，因爲他是今年這所名校的元培學院該專業唯一的畢業生。An Yonghuiis the "sixth generation" of alumni carrying the legacy of paleobiology, since the major was introduced in 2008.
據報道，安永睿是自2008年古生物學專業設立以來的"第六代"畢業生。
Before him, there were a total of five alumni who majored in paleobiology - in each previous year there was only one graduate, as few college students choose it as a major.
在他之前，該專業共有5位畢業生。由於選擇古生物學專業的學生極少，此前每年都只有一個畢業生。
Paleobiology is a science discipline that combines biology and geology to study the history of life on Earth through fossils. According to a previous report, the school may be the only one in the country to enroll a single undergraduate student annually for a course of study - not from lack of trying but because few are interested in paleontology.
古生物學是一門結合了生物學和地質學，通過化石來研究地球上生命的歷史的科學學科。根據以前的一項報告顯示，該校可能是唯一一個在全國每年招收一個本科學生的學校。這並不是因爲缺乏嘗試，而是因爲很少有對古生物學感興趣的學生。The highly specialized field was under the limelight in 2014 after that year's paleobiology graduate, Xue Yifan, posted a photo of only herself standing in front of a building in the campus, captioned "Paleontology Class 2014, Peking University". The photo soon circulated online and triggered a flurry of discussion.
這一高度專業化的領域是在2014年出現在聚光燈下的。當年該專業畢業生薛逸凡發佈了一張只有她自己站在校園建築物前、標題爲“北京大學2014級古生物學專業”的照片。這張照片很快在網上流傳開來，引發了一系列的討論。Xue has now completed her master's program in computational biology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania and is looking forward to working on her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh.
薛逸凡現在已經完成了美國賓夕法尼亞州卡內基梅隴大學計算生物學碩士課程，正在準備攻讀匹茲堡大學的博士學位。For An Yonghui, the reason he chose the major is almost the same as Xue Yifan's - his great interest in paleobiology.
對於安永睿來說，選擇該專業的原因幾乎和薛逸凡完全一樣，那就是自己對古生物學有着極大的興趣。
