CNN news 2012-01-03 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The Department of Education recently taking steps to make it easier for states to share the personal information of fellow students, information like where they live, where they were born, how old they are, but also information like how often they're absent from school, how many extra curriculars they participate in and much do they weigh.

take steps采取措施
例句：They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.
他们采取措施阻止流感的传播。
participate in参加
How many people participated in the opening ceremony?
多少人参加了开业典礼?

2. The Department of Education says this is all an effort to help improve education programs all across the country, but as you can imagine, not everyone is so thrilled about that including my next guest. Lisa Snell is director of Education in Child Welfare at the Reason Foundation and Lisa, what is concern number one for you when you hear about this?

hear about得悉, 听说
例句：Have you ever heard about the movie?
你听说过这部电影吗?

3. It gives new meaning to the idea that you would have a permanent record as a student and that anything that happened to you in fifth grade or in high school that someone might get access to that personal information.

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。
get access to走进，接近，能够利用某物
Students must get access to good books.
学生必须有机会读到书。

4. What is your biggest worry that what could they do with that information?

do with处理;对待
例句：What did you do with yourself during the summer holidays?
暑假你是怎样度过的?

5. And so it just -- it gets at right now we are anonymous and we don't link specific information to specific kids, and the more the sharing goes on without the consent of the parent, the more likely that some of that information might fall into the wrong hands.

go on发生，(活动)进行
例句：There is a wedding going on at the church.
教堂正在举行一场婚礼。
fall into掉进, 陷入
例句：Don't let it fall into the hands of the enemy.
不要让它落入敌人手中。

6. Changes are meant to help, quote, "evaluate education programs to ensure limited resources are invested effectively, to build upon what works and discard what does not, to increase accountability and transparency and to contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in education.

build upon指望,依赖,建立于; 以…为基础
例句：He drew the conclusion by building upon his own investigation.
他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
contribute to促成
Your suggestion has greatly contributed to the accomplishment of our work.
你的建议大大地促进了我们工作的完成。

7. BALDWIN: -- is lagging so far behind other countries.

lag behind落后
例句：Britain's economic development must lag behind that of almost every other industrial nation.
英国的经济发展肯定落后于几乎所有的其他的工业国。

8. You know what's wrong with the idea of maybe the government helping my kid out?

help out帮助, 帮助…出来
例句：Don't count on other people to help you out of trouble.
别指望他人能帮你摆脱困境。

9. I mean the bottom line is there's tons of data out there.

bottom line基本意思(或情况),概要
例句：The corporation's bottom line is a good profit margin.
公司的基本要求是好的利润。

10. So this expansion just causes concern about how they might link to become a federal database in the future if they don't have to get parents' consent to share this kind of information.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。