VOA慢速英语:You've Been Accepted ... Not!

短语讲解：

1. She apologized for the mistake and said the school is working to make sure “this mistake does not happen in the future.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：I make sure I make time for fishing because it's how I de-stress.
我一定会腾出时间去钓鱼，因为这是我减压放松的方法。

2. This is far from the first time a college has sent out “acceptance” notices by mistake.

send out 发出; 发送; 长出
例句：She had sent out well over four hundred invitations that afternoon.
那天下午她发出了远远不止400份请柬。

3. Stanford University in California reported that it turned down 95 of every 100 people who applied for admission to its current freshman class.

turn down 拒绝; 减少，关小
例句：Don' t forget to turn down the gas after an hour or so.
别忘了过一小时左右把煤气关小点儿。