赖世雄英语新闻听力通 第64期:学生饮酒过量被退学

 (DUBLIN, Reuters)Excessive drinking in Irish universities is contributing to a high dropout¹ rate, education officials said.

（路透社都柏林电）爱尔兰教育官员表示，在爱尔兰大学一些大学生饮酒过量，造成高退学率。

Data collected on some campuses indicated students were spending a lot of their time and money on alcohol.

从一些校园所收集到的资料显示，大学生们把诸多时间与金钱都花在饮酒上面。

Per person consumption of beer in Ireland is 142.5 liters per year.

爱尔兰每人每年的啤酒消耗量是一百四十二点五公升。

This is almost twice the EU average.

这几乎是欧盟平均数的两倍。

1 dropout   

n.退学的学生；退学；退出者

参考例句：

• There is a high dropout rate from some college courses.有些大学课程的退出率很高。
• In the long haul,she'll regret having been a school dropout.她终归会后悔不该中途辍学。