弗吉尼亚大学积极管理学生贷款债务

短语讲解：

1. The Obama administration offered financial relief last month to one million college students and recent graduates struggling to make student loan payments, as tuition costs rapidly rise. Administrators at a community college in Virginia have watched the tuition-loan crisis building and have launched their own program to help head it off.

head off防止…发生
例句：They could think of no way to head off the inflation.
他们想不出避免通货膨胀的办法。

2. Navy veteran Reason Chandler wanted to earn a college degree after leaving the military, but he needed the money to pay for it.

pay for为…付钱; 赔偿
例句：He paid for the damage done.
他赔偿了造成的损失。

3. So, like almost half of the 46,000 students at Tidewater Community College in Virginia, he applied for financial aid, taking out loans and grants to help fund his education.

apply for申请
例句：I made up my mind to apply for a scholarship.
我决定申请奖学金。
take out获取, 办理
例句：Mary and John took out a marriage license.
玛丽和约翰取得一份结婚证书。

4. To get their loan checks, Tidewater students must complete a current budget of income and expenses, and a projected post-graduation budget, based on what that first job might pay.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

5. I look back at how much I borrow and how much my payments would be.

look back回顾,倒退;回顾,追忆
例句：Once you have started, you should not look back.
你一旦开了头就不该退缩。

6. “This is one way to deal with it. And maybe that is the only way we have to deal with it right now, but for me I prefer to look at it on the front end,” said DiCroce.

deal with 应付, 处理; 对待
例句：There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。
prefer to较喜欢; 宁愿
例句：He preferred to die instead of stealing.
他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。