VOA慢速英语:How Should Schools Deal with Misbehaving Students?

短语讲解：

1. About 2.8 million American children were told at least once during the 2013-2014 school year to leave public school for bad behavior.

at least 至少
例句：Preparations would occupy at least an hour.
准备工作至少需要一个小时。

2. But a number of recent studies suggest the punishment does not work.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：Two significant constants have been found in a number of research studies.
若干研究已经发现了两个重要常量。

3. And suspensions may unfairly target African-Americans, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

according to 根据，按照
例句：According to the normal,I should accept her invitation.
按照常情，我应该接受她的邀请。

4. Better ways than suspension are available to deal with misbehaving students.

deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾; 与…交易
例句：I have no way yet as to deal with such a complicated situation.
这样复杂的局面该怎么应付我还没谱儿呢。

5. But he said the proposed ban would hurt thousands of children “who will lose” education time because of disruptive students.

because of 因为，由于
例句：John's jacket got out of shape because of the heavy rain.
约翰的夹克因为大雨而变形。

6. Some Dallas school board members worry about doing anything to make it harder for teachers to teach and students to learn, reported the Dallas Morning News.

worry about 担忧， 烦恼; 惦念
例句：Don't worry about being late. It's fine.
别为迟到担心了 没有关系。