VOA慢速英语:Getting a Better Picture of Student Success

短语讲解：

1. About ten percent of spending on primary and secondaryeducation in the United States comes from the federal government.

spend on 在...方面花费
例句：How much do you spend on advertising each year? 
你们每年广告费要花多少？ 

2. We’re very proud of it.

be proud of 自豪
例句：You will be proud of me. 
您会以我为荣的。

3. The graph shows a school’s average score on standardized testsas well as its academic growth.

as well as　也，以及
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school thesedays. 
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。 

4. Charter schools are publicly funded but not operated the sameas traditional public schools.

the same as 跟...一样
例句：The beautiful is not always the same as the good. 
美的东西不一定都是好的东西。

5. On average, students enter sixth grade at West Denver Prep performing below grade level.

On average 平均，一般而言
例句：Our reps make on average six calls a day . 
我们的销售代表平均每天打六次电话。 

6. Josh Smith says perhaps the most important thing they should learn is to believe in themselves.

believe in 信仰, 信任
例句：He does not believe in fate. 
他不相信命运。