VOA慢速英语:SAT Revisions Could Hamper International Students

短语讲解：

1. The organization that administers a widely-used college entrance test called the SAT will change examination in 2016. The Not-for-Profit College Board announced that it no longer will test students on rarely used words.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：You no longer need them.
你不再需要诸多借口。

2. Ms Umoru says she thinks the new test will be easier, because of the removal of rarely used words.

because of 因为，由于
例句：I'm here because of you.
我来这儿是因为你们。

3. "Personally, I feel like the changes are moving the test in a more positive direction insofar as they link up with skills and abilities that students will need to succeed, not just in getting into a college, university, but in succeeding once there," said West.

link up with （使）与…衔接
例句：Bonus distribution link up with the results of nursing quality examination: practice and experience.
护理质量考评结果与奖金分配挂钩的实践和体会。

4. "We are already faced with knowing that we are taking an American-based exam, and so there are a lot of things that we are not prepared for in terms of what to expect on that exam — [for example], cultural references that we will not be able to identify with," said Campell.

be able to 能，会; 能够
例句：You should be able to converse comfortably.
你应该能够舒服地进行谈话。

5. Students from other countries, particularly those who did not grow up learning English, are at a double disadvantage.

grow up 向上生长; 长大;  成熟
例句：But what happens when they grow up?
可是他们长大了会是什么样呢？