EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series 1 >Introduction

EDUCATION REPORT-September 19, 2002: Foreign Student Series¹ # 1 >Introduction

By Nancy Steinbach

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This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT.

This week, we are starting a series of EDUCATION REPORTS about how people from foreign countries can
attend college in the United² States.

We have done this before on the Special English program AMERICAN MOSAIC³. The last
series was broadcast two years ago. Since then, we have received many letters about
American higher education and how foreign students can take part. So we decided⁴ to offer
new reports that contain the latest information. The series will begin next week.

Each week, the EDUCATION REPORT will discuss a part of the process of becoming an
international student in the United States. Each report also will be on the Special English
Web⁵ site at w-w-w dot voaspecialenglish dot com.

Foreign students who want to study in the United States have many questions. Some of
these include: How do I find out about American colleges? How do I choose the right one
for me? What tests must I take? What kinds of official documents will I need? How much
will it cost? We will answer these kinds of questions in our reports.

We will discuss the American system of higher education. We will tell about financial aid. We will describe rules
concerning⁶ foreign students who want to work while studying. We will explain the English language
requirement⁷. We will discuss required tests. We will tell how to prepare for them. And we will tell you where to
find help in your own country.

Some of the programs will tell about a few of the three-thousand colleges and universities in the United States.
These reports will discuss study programs that may interest you. We will tell about living at an American college.
We also will explain about ways to use a computer to study at an American university without leaving home.
And we will discuss how the terrorist⁸ attacks last year have changed some of the rules for foreign students in the
United States.

To prepare these reports, we talked to government officials, foreign students and university officials in different
parts of the country. Most students say planning ahead helped make their American educational experience
successful. That is the purpose of this series
—
to help you plan. Our reports about attending college in the
United States begin next week.

This VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT was written by Nancy Steinbach.

 

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1 series   

n.连续；系列

参考例句：

• The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

3 mosaic   

n./adj.镶嵌细工的，镶嵌工艺品的，嵌花式的

参考例句：

• The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.今天早上的天空是幅蓝白相间的画面。
• The image mosaic is a troublesome work.图象镶嵌是个麻烦的工作。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 web   

n.网，蛛丝，蹼，织物，圈套，卷筒纸；vi.生蹼，形成网；vt.织蜘蛛网于，使落入圈套

参考例句：

• The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
• You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网？

6 concerning   

prep.关于，论及

参考例句：

• What do you know concerning this?关于这事你知道些什么？
• Some senior students wrote in asking for information concerning postgraduate studies.一些四年级学生写信询问有关研究生课程的信息。

7 requirement   

n.需要，要求，请求，规定，必要条件

参考例句：

• Patience is a requirement in teaching.耐心是教学必备的条件。
• Your requirement that she wait till next week is reasonable.你要求她等到下周是有道理的。

8 terrorist   

n.恐怖主义者，恐怖分子

参考例句：

• Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪，我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
• The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。