Party is big in Americans' campus life. Fraternities and sororities hold parties with various themes every week.

派对在美国的大学生活中占有举足轻重的地位。兄弟会和姐妹会每个星期都会召开各种各样的主题派对。

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Fraternities and sororities provide small, tight communities within the university, and often host large parties, but they also foster a culture of exclusivity and excess.

兄弟会和姐妹会在学校内部营造紧密的小社群，并且经常举办大型派对，但它们同时也滋生着一种排外和无节制的文化。

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And when I got to the campus, I found that fraternities and sororities were a more noticeable and obnoxious presence than the 30 percent student membership had suggested to me.

进校后，我发现，大学生联谊会比比皆是，其讨嫌程度远胜过劝我参加他们组织的30%的各类学生会员。

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Different groups and organizations such as fraternities and sororities might have their own houses where their members live.

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Usually, in other universities, it would be like the fraternities and sororities would have a house, and they would all live together.

通常，在其他大学，像兄弟会和姐妹会的人会有一套房子，他们会住在一起。

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and I don't know if you guys know what fraternities and sororities are.

我不清楚你们知不知道兄弟会和姐妹群是什么。

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In 1990, after almost 30 years of inaction, representatives of 32 fraternities and sororities commenced contacting Abraham.

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Since founding his business in 1961, Abraham continuously advertised and sold products bearing the names of fraternities and sororities.

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Lastly, the petition calls for Hofstra to create a "Greek Row" on or near campus where fraternities and sororities can have houses.

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