I quickly passed over state schools and southern schools, believing their curriculum to be automatically inferior to northeastern or western counterparts.
2
不过都比不过取得高分或者获得表扬。
But not as much as they say they like getting good grades or a compliment.
3
结婚使人们精神振奋,但是比不过由于失业造成的郁闷。
Being married gives people a considerable uplift, but not as big as the gloom that springs from being unemployed.