【英语时差8，16】十五岁天才少女入学宾夕法尼亚大学
时间：2019-03-06 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
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Brittney Exline is too young to vote, drive a car or go to an R-rated movie, but at the age of just 15 she began her Ivy 1 League career when classes started at the University of Pennsylvania earlier this month.
Exline said she does not really notice the age gap between herself and her 17- and 18-year-old peers－and neither do they.
"I didn't tell people right off the bat that I was 15," she said. "A lot of people were pretty surprised."At 8 years old, she was already in sixth grade. By 13, she had finished high school math. She turned 15 in February and graduated a few months later.
Exline excels at math and science and is interested in politics, so she enrolled 2 in a program that will award her degrees from both the engineering and liberal arts schools when she graduates.
"Her motivation, discipline and maturity 3 provided clear evidence that, despite her age, she was ready to ... thrive in Penn's rigorous academic environment," Eric Kaplan, interim 4 dean of admissions, said.
There have been much younger college students: Jessica Meeker 5 enrolled at Penn State two months before her 13th birthday, graduating in 2004 at age 16.
Exline's mother, Chyrese, said her concerns about her daughter's freshman 6 year are probably no different from any other parent's. "We did our best to prepare her," she said.
n.常青藤，常春藤
- Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
- The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。
adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起
- They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.成熟；完成；(支票、债券等)到期
- These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
- This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
adj.温顺的，驯服的( meek的比较级 )
- I know about Greg Meeker and his pathetic little scam. 我了解格雷格·米克和他的可怜的小骗局。 来自电影对白