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夏说英语新闻晨读 第581期:学霸收到115个大学通知和380万美元奖学金

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A high school senior at the International High School of New Orleans has been accepted to 115 colleges and universities and was offered nearly $3.8 million total in scholarships. That gives Antoinette Love, an 18-year-old who plans to major in elementary education, the distinction of being among the seniors accepted by the most colleges with the most financial offers, according to school officials. "I started applying in September, and just kept applying and applying until my tiny mailbox at home was suddenly overflowing2 with letter after letter and dozens of scholarship offers," said Love, a native New Orleanian.

senior: n. 高年级学生；毕业班学生
accept: v. 接受；承认
be accepted into: 被录取
accept a job/offer: 接受工作
distinction: n. 特质；荣誉
distinction of: 有……的特质，特性
She has the distinction of being one of the few people to have an honorary degree in the university this year.
今年只有几个人被授予了大学荣誉学位，她有幸成为其中之一。
overflow1: vi. 溢出；泛滥
be overflowing with: 充满，挤满
letter after letter: 一封又一封
名词+after+名词
day after day 日复一日
time after time 一次又一次
year after year 年复一年


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1 overflow fJOxZ     
v.(使)外溢，(使)溢出；溢出，流出，漫出
参考例句：
  • The overflow from the bath ran on to the floor.浴缸里的水溢到了地板上。
  • After a long period of rain,the river may overflow its banks.长时间的下雨天后，河水可能溢出岸来。
2 overflowing df84dc195bce4a8f55eb873daf61b924     
n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的，充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式
参考例句：
  • The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
  • The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。

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