Annunziata Murgia, a 90-year old Italian woman who missed out on formal education because of the Second World War, has returned to the classroom to study for her school diploma. She has become the oldest person ever in her class for the middle school diploma.
“I like studying,” she said, “but when the war broke out, everything changed for me. I had to go and work, as my family struggled and I had to play my part.”
Murgia’s teacher described her as a very passionate and engaged pupil. She also said that the average age of students in Murgia’s class is 40-plus, mostly women who supplement their education after having children.
Annunziata Murgia 是一位 90 歲的義大利婦女，她因二戰爆發而錯過了正規教育，近期，她回到校園，重新回到學生身分，獲取高中文憑，她也成為班上有史以來最年長的學生。
Murgia說：「我喜歡學習，但是當戰爭爆發時，我的一切都變了。我不得不去工作，因為我的家人都在受苦掙扎，我必須盡我自己的一份力。」
她的老師說Murgia是一位非常熱情和投入的學生。她還表示，Murgia 班上的學生平均年齡在 40 歲以上，她們往往是在生完孩子後，才有機會回歸校園的女性。
Miss有「錯過」的意思，miss out則是指「錯失享樂（或獲利）的機會」，後面再加上on接受詞。
例句：
Don’t miss out on the fantastic bargains in our summer sale.
別錯過我們夏季特賣中極好的便宜貨。
We didn’t have a TV at home when I was young, and I felt as though I missed out.
年輕時家中沒有電視，我覺得好像錯過了甚麼似的。
另外，英文有一個新的網路用語FOMO，就是Fear of missing out的縮寫，就是害怕錯過、也是一種社群恐慌症，害怕錯過一些非常有意義的活動或事件。