VOA慢速英语:What America’s Top Schools Have in Common

短语讲解：

1. It rated the schools based on quality of their education programs and teachers, as well as student and parent comments.

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

2. The fifth best high school is Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Illinois, according to Niche.com.

according to 根据，按照
例句：According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。

3. He says the school works directly with students to help them deal with pressure.

deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾; 与…交易
例句：Imperical edicts could deal with very varied matters.
皇帝的诏节涉及各个方面的事物。

4. The quality education offered at Stevenson makes Hauptman question why some parents choose to spend a lot of money to send children to private schools.

a lot of 诸多; 许多的
例句：He is a man with a lot of experience under his belt.
他是个阅历很深的人。