今日练习：慢速英语听力|美国“大四学生”错过了他们最后的大学回忆（短语和词组）
Act 1
第一幕；
☞ In Baltimore, Maryland, the news came during Act 1 of Puccini's "La Rondine."
dress rehearsal
着装彩排；带妆彩排；
☞ Johns Hopkins University students were performing their final dress rehearsal of the production at the Peabody Conservatory.
across the United States
在美国各地；全美国；
☞ So have many other colleges and universities across the United States.
have been following
一直关注；
☞ I've been following the news, and it doesn't look like graduation is going to happen any time soon.
by the end of
到···时为止；到···结束时；在···之前；（用于完成时）
☞ Johns Hopkins reports that by the end of March, over 140,000 Americans were known to have COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
as of
截至···；自···起；到···止；（用于过去式或完成时）
☞ As of last Monday, the were at least 2,500 COVID-19-related deaths.
in place
适当的；在适当的地方；
☞ As millions of people worldwide have sheltered in place to slow the pandemic, most U.S. colleges have taken action to protect their students and employees.
was not exactly
不完全是；不完全算；
☞ For seniors preparing to graduate, it was a sudden end to what was not exactly four years of late-night friendships and all-night studying.
followed by
接着是；之后；依次；
☞ In New York State, Colgate University senior Caroline Barrett joined other students in an all-night vigil followed by a swim in nearby Taylor Lake.
at that point
在这一点上；在那时；在那个阶段；
☞ At that point it was we either do it this night or never.
give out
分发；发出；用完；
their time there
他们在那里的那段时间；
☞ Other Colgate seniors hurried to give out their Torch Medals, which honor a member of the school or local community who influenced their time there.
stayed up
熬夜；不睡觉；挺住；
watch the sunrise over the
看···上的日出；
☞ Before the cancellations, more than 500 Boston College seniors stayed up all night to watch the sunrise over the Chestnut Hill reservoir.
developed signs of
已有···的迹象；
☞ Since speaking with The AP, MacEwan has developed signs of COVID-19 and remained in her off-campus apartment home.
be different ... versus ...
...与...是不同的；
☞ It's going to be different receiving a diploma in the mail versus walking across the stage, and sharing those experiences with my friends.
however long
不管多久
☞ I wasn't super upset about it, but it's kind of sad that we're the only class that's not going to be able to do it, in however long that's been going on.
senior week
大四学生周；
☞ All those things I was planning to do over senior week, it's hard not getting that closure.
took part
参与；
☞ About one-fourth of Rice's 1,000-member senior class took part.
moved by
被...感动；感动；打动；
☞ "I was just so moved by the whole thing," he said.
a little bit
有点儿；一点儿；
☞ There was that sense of sadness, but taking that difficult situation and finding something to do that made everybody who is there feel a little bit better.
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