【疑似生詞漢語加注也許不能完全解決您的生詞問題，但你可以自己借助詞典進行補充查閱（相信這樣的生詞應該不會很多）。】
1 A survey suggests that people who have dropped out from high school just earn an average of $9,000 less per year than graduates. Now a new study removes a common belief why they quit. It’s much more basic than flunking out(不及格).
有調查顯示，高中中途輟學的人比高中畢業后工作的人，每年平均少賺9000美元。一般人都知道高中生為什么要中途退學（考試不及格），但新的研究推翻了一般人的觀點。輟學者不一定因為考試不及格而中途退學（退學原因沒有不及格那么復雜）。
survey調查n， drop out 輟學v，graduate畢業v，remove消除/去掉/移走v，common belief普遍的看法n，quit退出/中止v，basic基本的a
2 Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just can’t cut it. They are lazy, and perhaps not too bright. So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left.
社會普遍認為高中輟學者是學習搞不定的孩子。（認為）這些孩子懶惰，很可能還很蠢笨。但當科學家們詢問了450多個輟學者為什么會退學的原因時，（輟學者的回答很是）讓科學家驚訝。
tend to傾向于v，dropout輟學者n
3 “The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school.” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher said. About one million teens leave school each year.
“實際上，絕大多數學生的成績都及格了，而且他們有信心能高中畢業。執行研究員約翰·布里奇蘭說。每年大約有100萬青少年輟學離開學校。
vast majority 大部分pn， grade成績n，confident自信的a，executive行政長官n
Only about half of African-American and Hispanic(美籍西班牙的)students will receive a diploma, and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision. So, if failing grades don’t explain why these kids quit, what does?
只有大約一半的非洲裔和西班牙裔學生能拿到文憑，實際上所有輟學的人都會后悔自己的決定。所以，如果不及格不能解釋為什么這些孩子退學，那什么能解釋呢?
regret后悔v，decision決定n
Again, John Bridgeland:“The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting; they weren’t inspired or motivated. ”
約翰·布里奇蘭說:“最靠譜的發現是：他們很無聊。”“他們覺得課堂無趣；他們沒有靈感和動力。”
dependable信賴的/可靠的a，bored厭倦的a，inspire激發靈感/給人啟迪v，motivate激勵v
“They didn’t see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations.”
“他們不認為在課堂上學到的知識與自己的生活或職業抱負有任何直接聯系。”
direct直接的a，connection n.聯系，career事業/職業n，aspiration渴望/抱負/志向n
4 The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the U.S., only one state, New Mexico, has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate.
研究發現，大多數輟學的青少年的年齡是16歲（16歲正好是大多數州允許學生退學的年齡）。在美國只有一個州，新墨西哥，法律要求青少年在高中階段的學習必須堅持到畢業為止。
require要求v
Only four states: California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school attendance until age 18, no exceptions. Jeffrey Grin, another researcher, says raising the compulsory attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school.
只有四個州:加利福尼亞、田納西、德克薩斯和猶他州，加上哥倫比亞特區，要求學生上學需上到18歲，沒有例外。另一位研究人員杰弗里?格林表示，把強制在校學習的年限延長一點可能能讓學校留住更多的孩子。
plus加上pp，attendance出席/上學n，exception例外n，raise提高v，compulsory義務的/必修的/強制的a
5 “As these dropouts look back, they realize they’ve made a mistake. And anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and see it through to the end, is probably helpful measure.”
“當這些輟學生回頭看時，他們意識到自己犯了一個錯誤。任何能留住這些學生堅持到底的措施都可能是有用的措施。”
sort of稍微v，push推動v，stick out堅持v，see through看透v
6 New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18. But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the point—the need for reform.
新罕布什爾州可能會成為下一個將在校學習年齡延長到18歲的州。但是批評者說，強迫不愿意繼續學習的學生留在學校沒有抓住重點 — 這一點需要改革。
critic評論家n，force強迫v，continue繼續v，miss the point錯過重點v， reform改革v
It’s been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant, and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something.
有人呼吁徹底改造高中教育，使其更具挑戰性和相關性，并確保那些堅持不懈的孩子能夠獲得真正有意義的文憑。
call for sb to do 要求某人做某事v，reinvent徹底改造v，education教育n，challenging挑戰的a， relevant有關的/相關的a
【效果說明】 從教30多年的老九教師悄悄地告訴您（全世界只告訴你一個人！）：高中/大學英語無障礙閱讀是迅速擴大英語詞匯量提升英語閱讀水平之最最最有效的手段（我個人近幾年年年教畢業班，屢試屢驗）！高中/大學英語無障礙閱讀（現有500篇，目標1000篇，將陸續上傳）。
【材料來源】全國各地高考原文、名校模考佳文、《英語周報》、大學各類等級考試中（低、中難度）原文。
【適用對象】高一、高二、高三學生，大學生。高一同學可以有選擇地閱讀（選擇能看懂的無障礙閱讀）！
【使用方法】以教師為例（學生/家長可參照執行）：一、先要求學生做好閱讀筆記（叫學生借助“全文漢語翻譯”及“疑似生詞加注”摘錄整理在學習過程中遇到的難句和生詞）。換言之，學生除了記在筆記上的難句和生詞，閱讀材料中的其它句子和單詞都應該能完全理解。二、后檢查學生對記在筆記上的難句的理解和生詞的記憶（沒有條件的只抽查生詞–注意只要求學生根據英語寫漢語）。
