VOA慢速英语:Balancing Work, Play at Tulane University(翻译)

encourage(s) – v. to tell or advise someone to do something

challenge – n. a difficult task or problem

undergraduate degree – n. a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after four years of study

master’s degree – n. a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after one or two years of additional study following an undergraduate degree

applied – v. asked formally for something such as a job, admission to a school or a loan, usually in writing

scholarship – n. an amount of money that is given by a school or an organization, to a student to help pay for the student's education

endowment – n. a large amount of money that has been given to a school or hospital, and that is used to pay for its creation and continuing support

accounting – n. the skill, system, or job of keeping the financial records of a business or person

academic – adj. of or relating to schools and education

jealous – adj. feeling or showing an unhappy or angry desire to have what someone else has

intramural – adj. in which the students of one school compete against each other instead of competing against other schools

transform(ed) – v. to change something completely and usually in a good way