The study followed 86 male and 98 female middle school students for a 10 - year period. It has some surprising findings. In particular the study notes that the so - called "cool"behavior is a predictor of future problems with drugs and alchol . In fact it is a better predictor than drag and alcohol use in middle school . However one conclusion of the study is welcome .Researcher said that parents shouldn't worry too much if their kids don't seem that popular. if a kid prefers to spends saturday nights at home watching a movie or reading instead of going out with friends that is not a cause for concern. many "uncool" kids they said do much better later on than than the popular kids do.
翻译：
这项研究对86名男生和98名女生进行了为期10年的跟踪调查。它有一些令人惊讶的发现。该研究特别指出，所谓的“酷”行为是未来药物和酒精问题的预测因素。事实上，在中学阶段，这比吸烟和饮酒是一个更好的预测因素。然而，这项研究的一个结论是值得欢迎的。研究人员表示，如果孩子看起来不那么受欢迎，父母不应该太担心。如果一个孩子更喜欢周六晚上在家看电影或读书，而不是和朋友出去玩，这没什么好担心的。他们说，许多“不酷”的孩子后来的表现比受欢迎的孩子要好得多。
词汇
in particular 特别，尤其
instead of 而不是
going out 外出
much better 好很多
later on 后来
