VOA慢速英语:For Some Teens, a Busy Life Takes Fun Out of High School

短语讲解：

1. Some of the questions in the Freshman Survey relate to emotional health and stress.

relate to涉及, 关系到…
例句：His remarks didn't relate to the topic under discussion.
他说的话与讨论的问题无关。

2. Almost forty percent of women reported feeling that level of stress, compared to just eighteen percent of men.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

3. She says a lot of students are under too much pressure from parents and schools.

under pressure在压力下
例句：He changed his mind under the pressure from others.
他在别人的逼迫之下改变了主意。

4. But instead of an adventure, it’s really about the test, it’s about the college application.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：We went to the Biology class instead of attending the English lesson.
我们去上生物课而不去上英语课。

5. I think that revealed the real basic problem, which is the AP courses that she was taking in French were not about learning French, not about being able to communicate with a different culture, or to travel, or to have a skill that could be useful in life.

communicate with与…联系, 与…交往
例句：I communicate with him regularly by letter.
我与他定期通信。

6. It was about getting a score on an AP test that would help her get into the college of her choice.

get into进入
例句：They will get into London this afternoon.
他们今天下午会到伦敦。

7. Professor Stipek says high schools should listen to their students.

listen to听从; 听…(讲话)
例句：Don't listen to him; he wants to get you into trouble.
不要听他的话, 他想使你陷入困境。

8. One of the things that schools are doing that we’re working with is doing yearly surveys of students to find out what their sources of stress and anxiety [are], and get their ideas on what the school can do, what kinds of policies can be supportive of them.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：The manager had found him out and was going to sack him.
经理发觉了他的不轨行为, 打算炒他鱿鱼。

9. And then they do a survey of the students, and they are just blown away by what they get back from the students when the students are actually asked.

blow away震惊,惊愕;打败
例句：The concert blew me away.
那场演唱(奏)会太令我震惊了。

10. In two thousand nine, a documentary film looked at the pressure on many students to succeed in school and in lives busy with activities and homework. The film is called "Race to Nowhere."

succeed in在…(如某行业)中获得成功
例句：At last the climbers succeeded in conquering the difficult mountain.
登山队员们终于成功地征服了这座难以攀登的山峰。

11. She says the hardest lesson for society may be that young people will grow up lacking interest in learning.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句：Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。