賴世雄英語新聞聽力通 第64期:學生飲酒過量被退學

(DUBLIN, Reuters)Excessive drinking in Irish universities is contributing to a high dropout rate, education officials said.

(路透社都柏林電)愛爾蘭教育官員表示，在愛爾蘭大學一些大學生飲酒過量，造成高退學率。

Data collected on some campuses indicated students were spending a lot of their time and money on alcohol.

從一些校園所收集到的資料顯示，大學生們把諸多時間與金錢都花在飲酒上面。

Per person consumption of beer in Ireland is 142.5 liters per year.

愛爾蘭每人每年的啤酒消耗量是一百四十二點五公升。

This is almost twice the EU average.

這幾乎是歐盟平均數(shù)的兩倍。