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Students who live away from their families are generally housed in dormitories at least for their first year.
離家遠的學(xué)生通常至少在他們大學(xué)的第一年里都會住在學(xué)校宿舍。
Men and women often live in the same building,though they may live on separate floors.
男生和女生經(jīng)常住同一棟宿舍樓，雖然他們住在不同的樓層。
Some dorms have a theme, like an international house,where students can learn about other cultures.
一些宿舍會有個主題，就像國際學(xué)舍一樣，學(xué)生在里面可以學(xué)習(xí)到其他文化。
In language houses,students try to avoid speaking their native language.
比如，在語言舍里，學(xué)生們盡力避免講他們的本國語言，
The idea is to learn a different language.
這樣就可以學(xué)習(xí)一門不同的語言。
Many colleges and universities have a Greek system that students can join.
很多學(xué)院和大學(xué)里都有學(xué)生可以參加的聯(lián)誼會:
This is a social system with fraternity houses for males and sorority houses for females.
男生可以參加兄弟會，女生可以參加女生聯(lián)誼會。
Members take part in campus activities and volunteer work,and may also live and go to parties at Greek houses.
這些聯(lián)誼會的成員可以參與校園活動，志愿者工作，也可以住在聯(lián)誼會里參加聚會。
Colleges and universities often have many clubs that students can join.
學(xué)院和大學(xué)經(jīng)常有學(xué)生可以參加的俱樂部，
These include political, religious and service clubs,as well as groups for activities like singing, dancing, cooking, even learning how to juggle.
有政治，宗教和服務(wù)俱樂部，也有像唱歌，跳舞，烹飪甚至是學(xué)習(xí)怎么玩雜耍的活動社團。
Schools may also have intramural sports clubs.
學(xué)校也設(shè)有校內(nèi)體育俱樂部。
These are for students who do not play for a school team but want organized sports with other students.
專為那些不屬于校隊但想和其他學(xué)生進行體育聯(lián)誼的學(xué)生而設(shè)。
And schools will often recognize a new club or activity if enough students are interested.
如果有學(xué)生對某一活動感興趣，而且人數(shù)足夠，學(xué)校經(jīng)常也會許可成立一個新的俱樂部或組織一項新活動。
But one activity that legally is only supposed to be for people age 21 and over is drinking alcohol.
然而，有一項活動法律上只允許21歲及以上的人參加，那就是喝酒。
Some college presidents and others have suggested that a lower drinking age could have the effect of reducing alcohol abuse.
一些大學(xué)校長和其他人建議放寬年齡限制，這樣可有效減少學(xué)生酗酒。
Others disagree and point to a study just published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
其他人則不同意，并以一篇剛發(fā)表在《美國兒童與青少年精神病學(xué)會志》的研究為證。
Researchers found large reductions in heavy, or binge, drinking in young people between 1979 and 2006.
研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，1979年至2006年間，年輕人中大量或過度飲酒者已大為減少。
They said this was likely a result of the legal drinking age being raised to 21 and other policy changes aimed at reducing underage drinking.
他們認為，導(dǎo)致這種情況的原因有可能是喝酒的法定年齡調(diào)高至21歲，以及其他旨在減少未成年人喝酒的政策調(diào)整的到實施。
But they found little improvement for college students.
但研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)大學(xué)生的酗酒情況并沒有什么改善。
There was no reduction in binge drinking for college men.
大學(xué)男生過度飲酒的人數(shù)并沒有減少。
And college women 21 to 23 had bigger increases than non-students in that age group.
21-23歲之間的女性酗酒人數(shù)也有所增加，其中大學(xué)生酗酒人數(shù)的增幅多于非大學(xué)生的增幅。
