VOA慢速英语:Affirmative Action Case Returns to the Supreme Court

1. He says race should not prevent someone from getting into a university.

prevent from 阻止， 防止
例句：That will prevent the wings of the aircraft from icing up.
这样可防止机翼结冰。

2. But they make up about 40 percent of the undergraduate students at the University of California at Berkeley.

make up 组成; 补足; 化妆
例句：Her beauty can't make up for her stupidity.
她的美丽不能弥补她的愚蠢。

3. The Court’s decision could have a major effect on the diversity of U.S. college classrooms in the future.

effect on 对…有影响
例句：It had corrective effect on my vanity.
它对我的虚荣心起了缓解效果。