广播电视英语短句 第 21 课：年轻喝酒者-1

Most American colleges and universities take a spring break. 大多数美国院校都放春假。

Students might go home to their families -- or spend a week partying on a warm beach with no parents around. 学生可能回家与家人团聚——或许花一周不在父母陪伴下去温暖的海滨聚会。

That is the popular image, at least. 至少这是很流行的轮廓。

In the United States, the legal age to drink alcohol is twenty-one -- one of the highest in the world. 在美国，喝酒的法定年龄是21岁——世界上（限定年龄）最高之一。

Americans debate whether it should be lowered, or whether young drinkers would only drink more. 美国人争论它是否该被降低，或者年轻喝酒者是否只能多喝。