Despite the pressure of economic downturn on public finances， our resolve to invest in education is unshaken.
继续资助副学士课程continue subsidising associate degree programmes
继续获得政府资助continue to receive government funding
小学生书包平均重4.2公斤，超过标准达百分之53.4.书包标准重量等同学童重量的百分之十。
On average， a primary school pupil's school bag weighs 4.2 kg， 53.8 per cent heavier than the recommended weight - which is 10 per cent of a pupil's weight.
每日执书包pack their school bags each day
呼吁学校设法减轻学童书包重量urged schools to help cut the weight of pupils' bags
促请减轻学童书包重量urge a lighter load for schoolchildren
背着的书包重达3.8公斤carrying a bag weighing 3.8 kg
缺乏资源设置储物柜did not have the necessary resources to provide lockers
设法减轻学童书包重量help students reduce the weight of bags
过重书包overloaded school bags
过重书包对学童背部的伤害引人关注。
Concerns have been raised over the damage caused to children's backs by heavy bags.
（会考）得零分failed all subjects
今年女生的会考成绩比男生好，两者差距比往年大幅增加。
Girls have significantly widened the performance gap with boys in this year's Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examinations.
及格率pass rate
付675元复核英文科成绩paid $675 for his English paper to be rechecked
他们收到考试成绩后after they obtain their exam results
平时分/校内成绩最多会占总分百分之三十。
School-based assessments will account for as much as 30 per cent of the overall grades.
在会考考获10A scored 10 As in the HKCEE
她同时呼吁成绩欠佳的考生不要绝望。
But she advises those who fared poorly not to lose hope.
考评局主席顾尔言Irving Koo Yee-yin， chairman of the Hong Kong Examinations Assessment Authority
来自名校came from an elite school
英文及格getting a pass in English
重考re-sit the exam
破纪录考获七优scored a record seven As
连续两年没有考生获得6A. For the second year in succession， no candidate scored six straight As.
对学生整体成绩感满意was satisfied with her students' overall results
学生的校内成绩会计算在公开考试的评分之内，尤其是文科科目。
Students' assessment at school， particularly in arts-related subjects， will also have a bearing on their final public examination results.
获得八优或以上佳绩achieved Grade A's in at least eight subjects
获得十优佳绩achieving straight A's in 10 subjects
下期二开始分阶段复课resume classes from next Tuesday in stages
大学规定所有学生都要戴口罩。
Universities have made the wearing of masks mandatory.
四月一日复课would resume classes on April 1
我们可以向学生派发口罩，或要求所有学校停课。
We could issue face masks to all students， we could close down all schools.
所有学校停课shutting all schools
昨天有两所学校停课。
Two schools were shut yesterday.
教协主席张文光在周二敦促政府下令全面停课，防止疾病蔓延。
Professional Teachers' Union chairman Cheung Man-kwong on Tuesday urged the Government to suspend classes at all Hong Kong schools to contain the spread of the atypical pneumonia virus.
这会严重影响学校运作。
This will seriously affect the operation of schools.
无须全港学校停课。
There was no need for a territory-wide suspension of classes.
截至周二下午，已有九校停课。
By Tuesday afternoon， at least nine schools had suspended classes.
暂时仍未有学童在学校感染病毒。
There is so far no report on school children contracting the virus in schools.
质疑应否复课have questioned the wisdom of the back-to-school order
学校分阶段复课。
Schools are reopening in stages
一份研究报告a research report
大学某些学术领域已斐声国际。
The university already ranked among the best in the world in some academic areas.
内地学者mainland academics
他原定（来港）参与学术活动。
He was due to participate in academic activities.
亚太工商研究所Asia-Pacific Institute of Business
知识分子intelligentsia/intellectuals
研究生research postgraduate students/research student
研究员/研究人员researchers
香港大学（港大）
the University of Hong Kong
香港大学校长徐立之University of Hong Kong vice-chancellor Tsui Lap-chee
香港中文大学（中大）
the Chinese University of Hong Kong （CUHK）
香港公开大学the Open University of Hong Kong
香港城市大学（城大）
the City University of Hong Kong
香港科技大学（科大）
the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology （HKUST）
香港浸会大学（浸大）
Hong Kong Baptist University
香港教育学院（教院）
Hong Kong Institute of Education
香港理工大学（理大）
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
访问学人visiting scholar
杰出学者distinguished academics
象牙塔ivory tower
雇主越来越怀疑大学学位的价值。
Employers are becoming suspicious of the value of degrees.
学术水平academic standards
树仁学院Shue Yan College
诺贝尔奖得主a Nobel prizewinner
岭南大学（岭大）
Lingnan University
一项调查发现，本港年青人比其它亚洲国家的年青人对毒品、喝酒和一夜情等方面持较开放态度。
Young people in Hong Kong are more rebellious and liberal in their attitudes to drugs， alcohol and casual sex than their counterparts in other Asian countries， a survey has concluded.
（指年青人）没有刑事纪录with no previous record of delinquency
「一校一社工」计划‘One Social Worker for Each Secondary School' programme
Y世代Generation Y
丁字裤thongs
大部分人都接受染发。
Dyed hair was widely accepted by the general public
女生倾慕谢霆锋的才貌，男生则为张柏芝的长发和身材所颠倒。
Tse's talent and good looks attract the girls， while Cheung's long hair and good figure attract the boys.
女童院girls' homes
不少三十来岁的男性着迷（此玩意）
has a strong following among men in their 30s
不准穿著校服人士内进restrict entry to anyone in school uniform
不会惹人责备would not necessarily raise any eyebrows
不满意自己had a distorted self-image
不满意自己的外表dissatisfied with their appearance
不听话的青年a wayward teenager
中途宿舍half-way houses
反映人们渴望变得与众不同reflects a yearning to stand out from the herd
天亮才回家coming home in the morning hours
手提电话在台湾相当流行。
Cellular phones are all the rage in Taiwan.
日剧Japanese TV soaps
比加超Pocket Monsters
他接受一名学校社工辅导。
He received counselling from a school social worker.
代沟generation gap
出身破碎家庭came from a dysfunctional family
去宴会作乐的人partygoers
可能会荼毒青少年might corrupt our youth
台式冻饮Taiwan-styled iced drink
外展社会工作队outreaching social work team
布丁豆花tofu-style pudding
未成年喝酒under-age drinking
任天堂64主机Nintendo 64 machine
印水纸paste-on tattoos
名牌货brand-name goods
因崇尚节食而导致体重过轻becoming underweight because they were obsessed with dieting
因酗酒而前途尽毁throwing their life away to alcohol？？？
她的学校社工her school social welfare worker
年青人怀孕比率teen pregnancy rate
年轻伴侣公然亲热open displays of affection by teenage couples
早熟的precocious
羊群心理group mentality
自我陶醉的narcissistic
自制的手镯和脚镯do-it-yourself bracelets and anklets
希望引人注目wanted to attract attention
希望保持苗条want to remain slim？？？
快闪党flash mob
快餐文化/即食文化fast food culture
把头发染成黑色以外的颜色dyeing their hair a colour other than black
更为朋辈所接受received greater acceptance from their peers
每年大约有五万至六万名青少年通宵在街上游荡。
There are around 50，000 to 60，000 youth loitering on the streets overnight every year.
男童院boys' homes
或会禁止十八岁以上人士购买may be restricted to people aged over 18
于六月和七月进行的一项调查显示，中学生平均每日花四小时看电视。
The study， conducted in June and July， found teenagers spent an average of four hours a day watching television.
易受影响的impressionable
朋辈压力peer pressure
物质变成社会里的唯一成功指针。
Material goods are considered the only signifiers of success in a society.
社会工作者总工会会长张国柱Cheung Kwok-che， chairman of the Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union
青少年聚集的原宿youth-centric Harajuku
青年事务委员会The Commission on Youth
保护青少年protect young people
前线社工frontline social workers
咸蛋超人Ultraman
建立自信心和自我形象build up their confidence and self-image
很多女生模仿歌星阵慧琳和郑秀文，晒黑皮肤，把头发梳成辫子。
Many are following the style of pop stars Kelly Chen Wai-lam and Sammi Cheng Sau-man by getting a suntan and a braid.
某物对年青人甚吸引something had a wide appeal for young people