和同龄人相比，他的生活实在是灰不溜丢。

Compared with his peers, his life was really gloomy.

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和同龄人相比，来自这个群体的人大多不容易被理解，他们花大量的时间在电视上面，有更多兄弟姐妹，饮食缺乏规律，不守规则及他们的母亲常常喝到烂醉。

Those in this group were less likely than their peers to be read to, spent more time in front of the television, had more siblings, fewer regular meals, fewer rules and more mothers who drank.

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但高中学生的表现却大大拖了后腿。这意味着“和世界范围内的同龄人相比，美国孩子在学校的年级越高，表现越糟糕，”麦肯锡的报告如是说。

But our high school kids really lag, which means that "the longer American children are in school, the worse they perform compared to their international peers," said McKinsey.

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