1.The researchers say that up to 20 percent of the achievement gap, or difference in test performance, could be tied to poverty.
be tied to 束縛于,捆綁于
I wouldn't like to be tied to catching the last train home.
我不想非得趕最后一趟列車回家 。
They had children and were consequently tied to the school holidays.
他們有孩子,當(dāng)然就受學(xué)校假期的束縛 。
2.Reaching out to children when they are very young could help raise their test scores and academic performance when they are older.
reach out伸出(手等);伸手拿;提供援助
The black middle class must now reach out with more empathy and concern to the lower class.
黑人中產(chǎn)階級眼下必須對底層社會傾注更多的同情和關(guān)心 。
On this International Human Solidarity Day, let us pledge —as nations and as individuals —to reach out to our neighbours.
值此國際人類團結(jié)日之際,讓我們以國家和個人名義承諾向我們的鄰居伸出援手 。