VOA慢速英语:How Colleges Keep Students from Dropping Out

短语讲解：

1. About 59 percent of college students graduate within six years, according to the U.S.

according to 根据，按照
例句：According to etiquette, you should stand up to meet a guest.
按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。

2. “I would start my commute at 7:30 a.m., return around 4:30 p.m., then work at the YMCA from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., and then do it all over again the next day,” he said.

all over again （从头） 再一次
例句：Can't we start all over again?
我们不能再从头开始吗？

3. Renick, the Georgia State administrator, said the college was losing about 1,000 students a semester because they ran out of money after paying tuition for three years.

run out of 用完; 耗尽; 从…跑出
例句：I was scared (that) we'd run out of gas.
我怕瓦斯告罄而提心吊胆。

4. Albion College in Michigan is very different from Georgia State University.

be different from 不同于; 与…不同
例句：May your destiny be different from her.
希望你的命运和她不同。

5. Individual help, he said, allows the school to deal with the “different reasons” students fail.

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