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qualify for (使)有…资格
例句：His skills qualify him for the job.
他的技术使他能胜任这份工作。

2. And of this reduced pool, very few can afford to pay for their tertiary education. 

pay for为…付钱
例句：I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

3. While South African education officials celebrate last year’s 70.2 percent Grade 12 pass rate, the party’s over for many of those secondary school graduates, who are now scratching their heads, unsure of what to do next.

scratch one's head搔头皮；迷惑不解
例句：I had to scratch my head to remember his name.
我只想苦苦地回忆他的名字。

4. Just about 24 percent of the graduates have the grades necessary to apply to universities.

apply to向…申请〔要求〕
例句：We applied to the authorities for assistance.
我们向当局请求帮助。

5. And while some have since started their tertiary education careers, what has happened to the rest?

happen to发生在…身上
例句：An odd thing happened to him this morning.
他今天早晨遇到一件怪事。

6. “A tertiary education basically sets up your future, because if you don’t have a tertiary education, you’ll probably be a blue collared worker and be earning a little money, and then life is going to be so much more difficult for you,” he said.

set up准备; 安排
例句：All the arrangements have been set up for the newspapermen to meet the Queen.
新闻记者谒见女王的所有安排已经就绪。

7. “You don’t get guidance, you know, you don’t get guidance as to what you want to do, what makes sense, what you are suited for," said Sello.

make sense有道理；有意义；讲得通
例句：This sentence doesn't make any sense.
这个句子没有意义。
suit for使与…相适合〔相符, 相称〕
例句：He wasn't suited for the job and left after two weeks.
他不适合做这份工作, 两周后就离职了。

8. “No one actually prepares you for the work that happens at varsity [university]," she complained. 

prepare for(使)为…作准备
例句：Right now they are preparing themselves for the Olympic Games.
眼下他们正在为参加奥运会作准备。

9. Two, universities are made out to be for intelligent ones, so most of the people are not ambitious enough to even apply for universities, so they end up going to dodgy colleges, because no-one has told them about universities, no one has told them what is required of it.

make out辨认出
例句：It was difficult to make out the manager's handwriting.
经理的字迹很难辨认。
apply for申请
例句：He applied for a passport.
他申请护照。
end up结束; 最终成为〔变得〕
例句：He finally ended up his speech.
最后他结束了自己的讲话。

10. And a host of other social issues also come into play.

come into play积极活动, 起作用
例句：All your faculties have come into play in your work.
在你的工作中, 你的全部才能已起到了作用。