大兄dei，兄弟会了解一下？（讲解版）| E1213

▍原文

As America's colleges send out acceptance letters this season, a new crop of students will ask themselves a big question: Should I go Greek?

They're eager to forge new friendships and create lifelong memories. Greek life attracts many of those students.

More US undergraduates than ever, about 800,000, currently are members of fraternities and sororities.

Many of them give back to their communities through volunteer work and rely on their network of brothers and sisters for lifelong friendships and professional connections.

Despite recent controversies including hazing, binge drinking and deaths, fraternities are more popular than ever.

▍语言点

acceptance letter: 录取通知书；录取信

· admission letter: 录取通知书

crop /krɒp/: n. 庄稼；农作物

· a crop of sth: 许多……；一堆……

eager /'iːgə/: adj. 热切的；渴望的

· be eager to do sth.: 渴望做……

forge /fɔ:dʒ/:

n. 熔炉；铁工厂

vi. 锻造；形成；缔造〔尤指与他人、团体或国家形成牢固的关系〕

· forge new friendships: 建立新的友谊

fraternity /frə'tɜːnɪtɪ/: n. 兄弟会

sorority /sə'rɒrɪtɪ/: n. 姐妹会

controversy /'kɒntrəvɜ:sɪ/: n. 争论；辩论

hazing /'heɪzɪŋ/: n. 欺侮；戏弄

binge /bɪndʒ/: vt. 放纵；狂欢

· binge drinking: 酗酒；豪饮

· binge eating: 暴食；狂吃

· binge watching: 追剧

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