About 700,000 children in Mexico dropped out of school last year as recession-stricken families pushed kids to work, and a weak economic recovery will allow only a slight improvement in the drop-out rate in 2010, a top education official said.

高级教育官说，墨西哥去年大约有700，000个孩子因为受经济不景气的影响而被家人逼去工作，微弱的经济复苏将对2010年的辍学率只带来轻微的好转。

He's dropping out of school. - What?

他想要辍学。 - 什么？

What would this do about all the wasted time and money we already see from those who drop out or squeak through?

对于那些虚度光阴、浪费金钱的学生，最后辍学或毕业，降低学费又有什么用呢？

Do you think that you'll leave school?

你会选择辍学，从而专心演戏么？

In high school her parents pulled her out of school to help support the family.

高中时，她的父母让她辍学家，幸好被一位老师及时劝服才能继续上学。

Did you ever come close to dropping out, Dad?

爸爸，你有没有想过辍学？

They were more likely to drop out.

但他们更有可能辍学。

Three out of four of the dropouts said if they could turn back the clock they would choose to stay, and eight out of ten said they now recognized that a high school diploma was important to succeed in life.

四分之三的辍学者表示，如果时光可以倒流的话，他们会选择留在校园，继续完成自己的学业。高达80%的辍学者明确表示，如果一个人想在生活中取得成功的话，拥有一张高中毕业文凭还非常重要的。

But when I dropped out, I discovered a world of possibilities.

但当我辍学的时候，我发现了一个充满机会的世界。

Now some other fish are swimming down solo because they dropped out of school.

现在一些其他的鱼独自游了下来，因为它们辍学了。

That's great! But how about school? Are you going to drop out?

那太好了。 可上课怎么办？ 你打算辍学吗？

For boys, the rate is much higher than for girls.

对于男孩来说，辍学率比女孩高得多。

Like Day and the other Lackses, she dropped out to work in the tobacco fields.

像戴和其他莱克斯一样，她辍学去烟草地里工作。

Many of the betel nut girls are only young. Some have left school early.

许多“槟榔西施”的年纪都非常小。一些人很早就辍学了。

Two years later, he decided to leave school and become a professional musician.

两年后，查理·帕克决定辍学，成为一名职业音乐家。

At one point, almost one out of every five students in the L.A. public school system was dropping out before graduation.

曾经，洛杉矶公立学校系统中几乎有五分之一的学生在毕业前辍学。

After several semesters, he dropped out and went to work.

几个学期后，他辍学了，出去工作。

How? said Connery, I left school at 13. Henderson nodded.

怎么当？康纳利问道，我13岁就辍学了。 亨德森点点头。

He left Cornell in nineteen forty-three and joined the army during World War Two.

1943年，他辍学并在二战期间参军。

Quote—quoting the head of the sperm bank, " If our customers wanted high school dropouts, we would give them high school dropouts."

引用精子银行主管的一句话，“如果顾客需要高中辍学者的精子，我们就给他高中辍学者的精子。”