When I graduated from Edinburgh University in 2004, I was reluctant to leave the city. The beautiful architecture, the Scottish countryside, friendly people - I was not short of reasons to stay.
But along with the majority of my friends, both English and Scottish, I headed south to London to find a job.
This is a common pattern across the UK. About one in five graduates aged between 21 and 29 get a job in London within six months of graduation, according to the Higher Education Careers Service Unit.
Emmar Pollard, a senior researcher at the Institute for Employment Studies says, "There's a genuine desire on the part of the students to stay on in a university town or city. They say the quality of life is good. But they get drawn away because they perceive that the opportunities are elsewhere."
This trend is particularly strong in southern cities, with London not far away.
短语学习：
new/fresh graduate 新的毕业生
graduate from university 从大学毕业
not short of reasons 不缺少理由
head to 去到
a common pattern 普遍的模式
higher education 高等教育
senior researcher 高级研究员
a genuine desire 真切的渴望
get drawn away 被吸引走
be reluctant to do sth 不情愿做某事
单词学习：
architecture n. 建筑
Scottish adj. 苏格兰
employment n. 雇用，就业
career n. 职业生涯
reluctant adj. 不情愿的
graduate v. 毕业
countryside n. 乡村，农村
majority n. 多数，大多数
senior adj. 高级的
institute n. 学会，学院，协会
genuine adj. 真正的，诚恳的
desire n. 愿望，欲望
graduation n. 毕业
pattern n. 模式
graduate n. 毕业生
researcher n. 研究员
perceive v. 觉察，发觉
particularly adv. 特别，尤其，格外
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