VOA慢速英语2016--Pre-Teens Enter Universities in Canada, US

Pre-Teens Enter Universities in Canada, US

Jeremy Shuler and Cendikiawan Suryaatmadja, also known as Diki, are starting a new year in school.

Both boys are 12 years old.

But unlike other children, Diki is studying physics at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He also is taking classes in mathematics, chemistry and economics.

Jeremy is now taking classes at Cornell University in the American state of New York. He is the youngest student to ever enroll¹ at Cornell. He is already skilled at calculus² – high-level math that often deals with rates of change.

The two boys are among a growing number of children enrolling³ in universities.

Diki is from West Java, Indonesia. He moved to the Canadian province of Ontario for his schooling⁴. He will live with his father near the university while he completes his studies.

The boy taught himself English in about six months by living in Singapore. While there, he read English language reports and watched English motion pictures with subtitles⁶.

Jeremy Shuler is the son of two aerospace⁷ engineers from Texas.

"The classes are kind of easy, so far. I know they'll be harder pretty soon," he told the the Associated Press.

American Michael Kearney, born in 1984, remains⁸ the youngest ever person to have completed a study program at a college or university. He was eight years old when he graduated from college. He went on to teach college students while still a teenager.

Words in This Story

enroll – v. to enter someone as a member of something

motion picture – n. movie; film

subtitle⁵ – n. words that appear on a video screen during a movie, video or television show and that show what the actors are saying

aerospace – adj. of or related to travel in and above the Earth’s atmosphere and the vehicles used in such travel

1 enroll   

v.招收；登记；入学；参军；成为会员（英)enrol

参考例句：

• I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
• They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。

2 calculus   

n.微积分；结石

参考例句：

• This is a problem where calculus won't help at all.对于这一题，微积分一点也用不上。
• After studying differential calculus you will be able to solve these mathematical problems.学了微积分之后，你们就能够解这些数学题了。

3 enrolling   

v.招收( enrol的现在分词 )；吸收；入学；加入；[亦作enrol]( enroll的现在分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They lashed out at the university enrolling system. 他们猛烈抨击大学的招生制度。 来自辞典例句
• You're enrolling in a country club, Billy. 你是注册加入乡村俱乐部了，比利。 来自辞典例句

4 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

5 subtitle   

n.副题（书本中的），说明对白的字幕

参考例句：

• His new book has a subtitle.他的新书有一个副标题。
• Ah!I don't know why they don't subtitle these movies.唉！我不知道这些电影为什么不打字幕。

6 subtitles   

n.说明字幕，印在外国影片上的对白翻译字幕，译文对白字幕；小标题，副标题( subtitle的名词复数 )；（电影的）字幕

参考例句：

• subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing 为耳聋和听力不佳者打出的字幕
• a Polish film with English subtitles 附有英语字幕的波兰影片

7 aerospace   

adj.航空的，宇宙航行的

参考例句：

• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。