賴世雄英語(yǔ)新聞聽(tīng)力通 第64期:學(xué)生飲酒過(guò)量被退學(xué)

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

(路透社都柏林電)愛(ài)爾蘭教育官員表示，在愛(ài)爾蘭大學(xué)一些大學(xué)生飲酒過(guò)量，造成高退學(xué)率。

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

從一些校園所收集到的資料顯示，大學(xué)生們把諸多時(shí)間與金錢都花在飲酒上面。

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

愛(ài)爾蘭每人每年的啤酒消耗量是一百四十二點(diǎn)五公升。

This is almost twice the EU average.

這幾乎是歐盟平均數(shù)的兩倍。