1. I relaxed, took out my notebook, and opened the school newspaper, pretending to be an old hand.
    我放松下来，拿出了笔记本，接着打开了校报, 装作是个老生。

2. In the United States, three-quarters of the adults surveyed by the Harris poll and two-thirds of all high-school seniors surveyed by Scholastic magazine say they believe that the United States will be a worse place 10 years from now than it is today.
    在美国，哈里斯民意测验所调查的成人中的四分之三及《中学生》杂志所调查的高中生中的三分之二的人，都说他们认为10年以后美国将变成一个比现在更糟糕的地方。

3. I don't feel I am missing out on anything by not being at school because I am a member of various clubs and have friends who attend normal school."
    我不觉得自己会因为不上学而失去什么，因为我是多个俱乐部的成员，还有许多在上正规学校的朋友。”

4. I want her to do well in school and to continue her music.
    我希望她学业好，继续学音乐。

5. In the traditional high school setting, it's teacher to the material and then to the student."
    而在传统的中学里，是先考虑教师和教材的关系，然后再考虑师生关系。"

6. If these students get good grades in a prestigious school, they can advance all the way to a university without having to take examinations.
    如果这些学生能在一所名校中取得好成绩，他们就可以一路免试升入大学。

7. I began watching Sam as a favor to Ann when I was in graduate school.
    还在研究生院读书时，我就开始帮安照看山姆。

8. It's a job I like, and it helped pay for school.
    这工作我喜欢，而且它能帮我支付学费。

9. In the state of Kentucky (肯塔基州), students who drop out of school, have nine or more absences without being excused, or whose grades are below a given standard, lose their driving privileges "unless they can prove family hardship".
    在肯塔基州，退学的学生，无故旷课达9次以上的学生，或分数达不到某一标准的学生，都会失去驾驶执照，"除非他们能证明其家庭有困难"。

10. For Mrs. Cox, like most of the students in her school, is Black.
    这是因为科克斯夫人和学校大多数学生一样是黑人。