17-year-old vocational school student breaks stereotypes

• stereotype == n. 成见
• vocational == adj.职业的，职业技术的
• vocational school == 职业学校
• making headline == 成为重要新闻
• seventeen-year-old vocational school student == 17岁职业技术学校学生
• clinch == vt.成功取得，赢得；解决；确定；n.拥抱
• jiang ping is making headlines == jiangping是一个重要新闻
• she clinched 12th spot among the finalists == 她得了13名
• finalist == n.决赛选手
• stand out == (比其他类似的人或物）出色
• stand out as the only participant from a vocational school == 出色在于作为唯一一个从职业学校的参赛选手
• amidst == prep.在···中间
• a seal of == 大量，一大片
• contender == n.竞争者
• prestigious == adj.有声望的
• institution == n.机构
• secondary school == 中学
• final == n.决赛；期末作业；结业考试；adj.最后的，最终的
• impressive == adj.使人印象深刻的
• preliminary == n.初赛 adj.初步的
• secondary option == 次要选择
• practical == adj.实际的 adj.实用的 n.实习
• tailored == adj.定制的
• tailored to == adj.定制的
• workforce == n.全体员工
• These schools focus on providing practical and technical skiils tailored to specific trades and industries == 这些学校专注于提供针对特定行业和职业的实用和技术技能。
• alternative == adj.可代替的，其他的 n.可供选择的
• perceive == vt.看待
• they are usually perceived as a less prestigious alternative == 他们通常被认为学术高中和大学的次要选择
• a less prestigious alternative to == 次要选择
• stereotype n.成见，刻板印象 vt.对···有成见
• demonstrate == vt.表明 vi.示威
• emerge from sth == 出现；困境中摆脱出来
• 打破刻板印象== break stereotypes
• 展示 == demonstrate
• exceptional == adj.杰出的，非凡的；罕见的；异常的
• demonstrate that exceptional talent can emerge from diverse educational backgrounds. == 展示了杰出的人才可以来自多样化的教育背景。
• evident == adj.明显的
• major == n.专业
• 数学天赋 == talent for mathematics
• 展现了 == became evident
• 在中学 == in middle school
• 在中学时就展现出了数学天赋== her talent for mathematics became evident in middle school.
• encounter == vt.遭遇 n.偶遇
• multivariable == adj.多变量的
• calculus == n.微积分
• knack == n.技能，本领；习惯；癖好
• knack for numbers == 对数字的天赋
• assignment == n.作业
• tackling == n.拦截
• combinatory == n.组合学
• suit == vt.合身
• omnipresent == adj.无所不在的，遍及各处的
• 数学在她的生活中无处不在== mathematics is omnipresent in her life
• symmetry == n.相等，对称性
• delivery == n.迭送
• inclusiveness == n.包容性
• edition == n.届
• 今年是第六届== this year marks its sixth edition.
• consecutive == adj.连续的，不间断的
• 连续的8小时 == consecutive 8-hour period
• alumni == n.校友
• become a fellow alumni == 变成校友