VOA标准英语2012--Prestigious US Research University Opens Rwanda Campus

Prestigious¹ US Research University Opens Rwanda Campus

 

著名美国研究大学在卢旺达建设新校区

This fall, students in Rwanda will begin classes at Carnegie Mellon University’s Kigali campus when the U.S. research university opens its new graduate program in the East African country.

这个秋天, 当美国研究大学在这个非洲东部国家开设新的毕业课程后，在卢旺达的学生将开始在卡内基梅隆大学的基加利校区上课。

Bruce Krogh, Director of Carnegie Mellon in Rwanda, said the Master of Science in Information Technology graduate program is a perfect fit for the Rwandan government’s 2020 vision to become an information economy – and he added Africa as a whole is ripe with opportunity in the mobile communications arena² for cloud computing³, broadband and more.

布鲁斯•克拉夫是卢旺达卡内基•梅隆大学的校长,他表示信息技术毕业课程的理学硕士对于卢旺达政府预计到2020年发展成为信息经济来说是完美组合——他还补充道这是在移动通信领域的云计算、宽带及更多方面对于非洲来说是绝佳的机会。

“We see this as an opportunity to participate in probably the fastest growing component⁴ of the market for information and communication technology in the world right now.”

“我们认为现在这是一个加入到可能增长最快的世界上信息和通讯技术市场的机会。”

Krogh added the program will include a research incubator, executive training and a mobile research center that will focus on developing technologies that serve the Rwandan market.

克拉夫补充说该计划将包括一个研究平台、执行培训及一个移动研究中心，将重点放在开发为卢旺达市场服务的技术上。

“This is one of the things that excites me the most about the program.….by opening a campus in Rwanda we are going to have a whole cadre of students that are focused entirely⁵ on that environment and on the needs in that part of the country.”

“这是有关这个项目最令我兴奋的事之一，在卢旺达开设校园将会为我们带来有很多沉浸在这种氛围中及国家需要的学生。”

The Kigali skyline shown here in September, 2011. The US university Carnegie Mellon will open its first African campus in Kigali in August, 2012.

Carnegie Mellon has been working with the Rwandan government for three years to develop the program. Despite international criticism of the Rwandan government’s clampdown on free speech, Krogh said the university will be able to work as it does in the United States.

卡内基梅隆同卢旺达政府开展这一项目已有3年。尽管国际社会批判卢旺达政府打击言论自由,但克拉夫表示学校会像在美国一样履行它应有的职能。

“And a critical component of the contract and the agreement that we have with the government is that our operation is going to enjoy all of the freedoms of intellectual pursuit and also control of admission and everything else that we have at all of our campuses.”

“我们与政府的合同及协议的的一个关键组成部分就是我们的操作是去享受追求所有的自由知识，控制入学及已经在我们的校园里有的一切。”

The university will offer a master of science in information technology beginning this August and plans to offer a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering within two years. Krogh said they have planned for 40 students in the first semester.

大学今年8月将提供信息技术理学硕士，还计划在未来的2年内提供电子与计算机工程理学硕士。克拉夫表示预计在第1学期将有40名学生。

1 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

2 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

3 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

4 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

5 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。