VOA慢速英语:Student Binge Drinking Linked to Brain Damage, Injuries

短语讲解：

1. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says forty-two percent of young adults in America have taken part in what is known as binge drinking.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。

2. The researchers say binge drinking is linked to a loss of thickness in the pre-frontal cortex.

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。

3. It’s a transient acute memory loss that can last from a couple of hours to longer, depending on how much you drank.

depend on随…而定; 取决于
例句：Whether the game will be played depends on the weather.
比赛是否举行要看天气而定。

4. So we wanted to know whether that put students -- in particular, college students -- at higher risk for injury.

in particular尤其, 特别
例句：She likes fruit and tomatoes in particular.
她喜欢水果, 尤其是西红柿。

5. We start off by asking them to complete a national three-hour long educational program.

start off出发;开始
例句：When shall we start off?
我们什么时候动身?

6. This week, instead of answering a question, we are going to read some of your comments posted at VOAspecialenglish.com.

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。

7. On the other hand: Americans are getting more and more thrifty these days thanks to the economic recession.

on the other hand在另一方面
例句：On the other hand, many women choose to go out to work.
另一方面, 许多妇女又选择外出工作。
thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于
例句：Thanks to your help, we were successful.
由于你的帮助, 我们得以成功。

8. We also told you about young Navajo Indians leaving their reservation in search of jobs.

in search of寻找
例句：The scientists are in search of a new element
科学家们正在寻找一种新元素。

9. We have to move into larger cities and leave behind our roots for new goals, get your degree and seek a better life. In addition, we try to go farther than our ancestors and parents did.

leave behind忘带, 留下; 丢弃
例句：He left his wife and children behind.
他抛下了妻子儿女。
in addition另外
例句：I committed an error in addition .
此外，我还犯了一个错误。

10. Merce from Catalonia, Spain, also commented on the story of the young Navajos.

comment on就…发表看法〔评论〕
例句：The teacher often comments on how different the two boys are.
老师经常谈论那两个孩子的不同之处。

11. For instance, it tells immigrants that interviewers are used to bowing, not shaking hands the way Americans do
.
for instance例如, 比如
例句：You cannot rely on her; for instance, she arrived an hour late for an important meeting yesterday.
她这人靠不住, 例如昨天一个重要会议, 她迟到了一个小时。
be used to习惯于
例句：He is used to hard work.
他习惯艰苦工作。