常用英语口语：狂喝滥饮

 　　Bart:: There's a new resurgence¹ in binge drinking (聚众饮酒作乐）among American college students.

　　Lisa: Yes, I've head about it. So what?.

　　Bart: Unfortunately, college women are gaining ground on （追上，接近，逼近...) men for the title of campus drunk.(校园酒鬼的称号）

　　Lisa: Really? Drinking among college students has been going on for decades. Why are women drinking more now?

　　Bart: I don't know, but the percentage of college women drinking to get drunk has more than tripled over the past 15 years, says a new report from Columbia University.

　　Lisa: I guess that's really not that surprising. Women are beginning to assert themselves more in every aspect of society.

　　Bart: I know a lot of people are shrugging this off （对某事听之任知，不予重视）as just a teenage rite² of passage, but it's more serious than that. I read in USA TODAY that alcohol is involved in 90% of all rapes³, 80% of all vandalism （蓄意破坏公物或他人私有财产的行经）cases, 40% of all academic problems and 28% of all dropout⁴ （辍学）problems.

　　Lisa: I have to admit, that is shocking! I never realized that booze （酒，痛饮）was so connected with crime.

　　Bart: What's even worse is that as many as 360,000 of today's undergraduates ultimately will die from alcohol-related causes - more than will get advanced degrees.

　　Lisa: That's downright （彻底地，十分地））depressing. I'll bet that fraternities （大学男生联谊会）and sororities （大学女生联谊会）have a lot to do with that.

　　Bart: You're right. Students in frats （fraternities 的缩写）report drinking three times as much as the average student. Also studies show that 25% of freshmen⁵ admit to binge drinking in comparison to 20% of seniors.

　　Lisa: Aren't there any campuses that are trying to do anything about this problem?

　　Bart: Yes, as a matter of fact, the University of Maryland found that 30% of its students actually preferred alcohol-free social events. Officials offered cash awards fro groups sponsoring the best alcohol-free party. hey, would you like something to drink.

　　Lisa: Yeah, just as long as it's doesn't have any alcohol, sugar or caffeine in it!

1 resurgence   

n.再起，复活，再现

参考例句：

• A resurgence of his grief swept over Nim.悲痛又涌上了尼姆的心头。
• Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.警方说毒贩是暴力活动重新抬头的罪魁祸首。

2 rite   

n.典礼，惯例，习俗

参考例句：

• This festival descends from a religious rite.这个节日起源于宗教仪式。
• Most traditional societies have transition rites at puberty.大多数传统社会都为青春期的孩子举行成人礼。

3 rapes   

n.芸苔( rape的名词复数 )；强奸罪；强奸案；肆意损坏v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的第三人称单数 )；强奸

参考例句：

• The man who had committed several rapes was arrested. 那个犯了多起强奸案的男人被抓起来了。 来自辞典例句
• The incidence of reported rapes rose 0.8 percent. 美国联邦调查局还发布了两份特别报告。 来自互联网

4 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。

5 freshmen   

n.（中学或大学的）一年级学生( freshman的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生，他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• University freshmen get lots of razzing, but they like the initiation. 大一新生受各种嘲弄，但是他们对这种入门经验甘之如饴。 来自辞典例句