VOA慢速英语:Growing Number of American Girls Question School Dress Codes

短语讲解：

1. That is one reason why the girls carried out their protest.

carry out 进行; 执行; 完成
例句：The Social Democrats could still carry out their threat to leave the government
社会民主党人仍有可能将其退出政府的威胁付诸实施。

2. Her campaign questioned why many of Linganore’s dress code policies required girls to cover up too much of their bodies.

cover up 掩盖; 掩饰; 盖起来
例句：He tried to cover up his guilt by lying.
他企图用说谎来掩盖罪行。

3. The girls also say the codes excuse “rape culture,” and support unhealthy ways of thinking about women that can lead to sexual assaults.

think about 考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：I would think about it very carefully, if I were you.
我要是你的话, 我就十分慎重地考虑这件事。
lead to 导致; 把…带到
例句：Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。

4. Last year, security officers at Vista Murietta High School in California removed at least 25 girls from class for dress code violations, according to Seventeen magazine.

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。

5. The incident took place on a day in June when the temperature was about 32 degrees Celsius.

take place 发生，举行
例句：His graduation will never take place if he doesn't get to work.
如果他不下功夫，就永远不会毕业。

6. There is another group whose gender Weis believes is unfairly targeted: students whose gender expression is different from their legally recorded sex.

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。