VOA常速英语:Yoga Added to US Elementary School Lesson Plan

stay out避开, 不插手
例句：Please stay out of my business and I'll stay out of yours.
请别管我的事, 我也不管你的事。

2. "When you breathe, it just brings all your senses together," she says, "and it calms you down really a lot."

calm down（使）平静，镇静，安静
例句：She tried to calm him down.
她设法使他平静下来。

3. Atman Smith is one of the founders of the Holistic Life Foundation, which sponsors the after-school program. He says yoga can help young people deal with life's difficulties.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

4. Tyrone Boykins has participated in the program for two years at Robert W. Coleman Elementary School.

participate in参加
例句：How many people participated in the opening ceremony?
多少人参加了开业典礼?

5. "When I wake up and I get ready, I do the sunrise [yoga position] because I was told that, when you do the sunrise, it helps you when you are confused," he says, "and it helps you wake up and when you go to school you have a good day."

wake up醒来; 唤醒, 弄醒
例句：Please wake me up at six.
请在六点钟叫醒我。

6. She places some of her most troublesome students in the class instead of suspending them - and says for one group of fifth-grade boys, it has made a difference.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.
他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。

7. She wants to expand the program at her school and hopes other schools will join in.

join in参加, 加入
例句：They came out for their morning exercise. I also joined in.
他们出去做早操, 我也参加了。