Most fraternities and sororities have names that use Greek letters.

大多数兄弟会和姐妹会的名字都使用希腊字母。

Whereas the Greek system, fraternities and sororities, are exclusive but not secretive.

而希腊制度、兄弟会和姐妹会是排外的，但不是秘密的。

During rush, students are invited to visit different fraternities and sororities.

在匆忙期间，学生们被邀请参观不同的兄弟会和姐妹会。

It was started by African American college students, who were members of fraternities and sororities.

它是由非洲裔美国大学生发起的，他们是兄弟会和姐妹会的成员。

There are other criticisms of fraternities and sororities.

还有其他对兄弟会和姐妹会的批评。

Fraternities and sororities are organizations that some college students join when they begin to study at a university.

兄弟会和姐妹会是一些大学生在开始上大学时加入的组织。

Fraternities and sororities are university-registered groups;the university recognizes them as student groups.

兄弟会和姐妹会是大学注册的团体；大学承认他们是学生团体。

However, as I said, there also has been some negative things that have been said about fraternities and sororities.

然而， 正如我所说，也有一些关于兄弟会和姐妹会的负面言论。

Many fraternities and sororities are organizations that have an academic or a professional focus.

许多兄弟会和姐妹会都是以学术或专业为重点的组织。

We're talking here about a minority of students;that is, most students do not join fraternities and sororities.

我们在这里谈论的是少数学生； 也就是说，大多数学生不加入兄弟会和姐妹会。

On some campuses, there are some fraternities and sororities that are mostly African American students.

在一些校园里，有一些主要是非裔美国学生的兄弟会和姐妹会。

Fraternities and sororities, then, have a mixed reputation in the United States.

那么，兄弟会和姐妹会在美国的名声好坏参半。

Again, it's a minority of people who actually become members of fraternities and sororities.

同样，只有少数人真正成为兄弟会和姐妹会的成员。

The fraternities and sororities also get a chance to meet these people and decide if they want them to be part of their club.

兄弟会和姐妹会也有机会见到这些人，并决定他们是否希望他们成为他们俱乐部的一员。

The most obvious way that fraternities and sororities could be exclusionary is by the cost of joining the organization.

兄弟会和姐妹会具有排他性的最明显方式是加入该组织的成本。

Now, most fraternities and sororities ban hazing, meaning they don't allow it, but I still happens at many – well, I don't know many – at some fraternities and sororities.

现在，大多数兄弟会和姐妹会都禁止欺凌， 这意味着他们不允许这样做，但我仍然会在一些兄弟会和姐妹会发生很多——嗯， 我不知道很多。

Fraternities and sororities are, however, almost always undergraduate organizations, meaning students who are studying in their first four years for their bachelor's degrees.

然而， 兄弟会和姐妹会几乎都是本科生组织，意思是在头四年攻读学士学位的学生。

These are combinations of letters in the Greek alphabet, and the fraternities and sororities – these clubs at the university typically use the letters from the Greek alphabet to name their club.

这些是希腊字母表中字母的组合，以及兄弟会和姐妹会——这些大学俱乐部通常使用希腊字母表中的字母来命名他们的俱乐部。

As I said, this stomping, which is sometimes called step dancing, was popular in these Greek college organizations - the Greek system - of fraternities and sororities, and is still very popular now.

正如我所说， 这种跺脚，有时也被称为踢踏舞，在这些希腊大学组织——希腊体系——的兄弟会和姐妹会中很流行， 现在仍然很流行。

Fraternities and sororities do sometimes, however, specifically focus on a particular group, as I mentioned before;it might be for social reasons, it might be for academic reasons.

然而，兄弟会和姐妹会有时确实会特别关注某个特定群体，正如我之前提到的； 这可能是出于社会原因， 也可能是出于学术原因。