Boys at single-sex schools were said to bemore likety to get involved in cultural andartistic activities that helped develop theiremotional expressiveness, rather than feelingthey had to conform to the" boy code" ofhiding their emotions to be a" real man"。

英語四級譯文:

據(jù)說，在單一性別學校里的男孩更有可能參與到有助于培養(yǎng)他們情感表達能力的文化和藝術活動中，而不會讓他們覺得必須遵從“男孩法則”，掩飾自己的真性情從而成為“真正的男人”。

四級詞匯講解:

本句的主干是Boys were said to be likely to... that helped develop their emotionalexpressiveness為定語從句修飾cultural and artistic activities; rather than 作介詞，后接動名詞結構feeling...，同時該結構中的they had to conform to the" boy code" of hiding theiremotions to be a" real man”是feeling的賓語從句。

be said to意為“據(jù)說，被認為”。如:

Women are often said to be more emotional than men.女人常常被認為比男人更易動感情。