VOA教育报道2022--乌克兰学生在美国大学寻求庇护

Ukrainian Students Find Refuge¹ at US Colleges

Ukrainian students seeking to attend college in the United States are receiving assistance from many American schools.

A recent report covering 559 schools found that at least 120 universities are offering some kind of assistance to Ukrainian students.

The nonprofit Institute of International Education (IIE) prepared the report.

The assistance includes extra time to complete applications and eased requirements to provide some official documents. U.S. colleges have also expanded financial aid and increased the number of positions for Ukrainian students.

The University of Chicago launched a $20 million program that includes tuition² for Ukrainian students. Texas A&M is also providing assistance for tuition and living costs. Hampton University in Virginia invited up to 100 students affected³ by the war to study for free during the summer.

As the war in Ukraine enters its sixth month, some students are now arriving at U.S. colleges to begin the school year. Jason Czyz, co-president at IIE, called U.S. higher education a "safe haven⁴" for international students.

The Ukrainian students had to overcome many barriers to reach America. The U.S. embassy⁵ in Kyiv is not issuing student visas. Students were forced to visit diplomatic⁶ offices elsewhere. Making such a trip is especially difficult for men, who must prove they are students to avoid serving in the military.

Eighteen-year-old Oleksandr Sinhayivskyy is one example. The young man will attend Georgetown University in Washington D.C. this fall. He ended up traveling to Romania to get a visa and Georgetown paid for his hotel stay.

Sinhayivskyy told Reuters news agency he had planned to study business at Georgetown. But after experiencing the destruction in his country, he decided⁷ to study international relations and become a politician in Ukraine.

"I did not change the direction with my own compass," Sinhayivskyy said. Instead, he said the events happening in his country had pointed⁸ him in another direction.

Another student, Hlib Burtsev, imagined himself filming his reaction to the application decisions from U.S. universities. But when those decisions came, the 18-year-old was often sitting in a windowless room or bomb shelter in Kyiv.

About a month after Russia invaded Ukraine, Burtsev was accepted into Rhode Island's Brown University for this fall. The school also invited him to attend school for the summer and paid for his food, flights and housing. "I didn't expect such support from a university somewhere very far away," Burtsev said. "Everything is very exciting, new people, new opportunities."

Once in the United States, many Ukrainian students are conflicted, feeling both gratitude⁹ and guilt¹⁰. They worry about family members at home. Many decide to explore educational paths that will help them rebuild their country.

"Every single Ukrainian student who I've spoken to wants to go back," said Yale University professor Arne Westad, an expert in Russian history. "And they really want to go back as quickly as possible," he added.

Most of the schools are offering similar help to Russian students. They recognize the students cannot influence government policy in Ukraine and are also experiencing the war's harmful effects.

During the 2020-21 school year, there were 4,805 Russians and 1,739 Ukrainians at U.S. universities, an IIE report found.

Words in This Story

application – n. an official and usually written request for something

tuition – n. money that is paid to a school for the right to study there

haven – n. a place that provides safety or refuge

compass – n. an instrument that shows which direction a person is going in

opportunity – n. a situation in which it is possible for a person to do something

gratitude – n. the feeling or quality of being grateful: feeling or showing thanks

1 refuge   

n.避难（处），庇护（所）；v.庇护，避难（所）

参考例句：

• They took refuge in a cave yesterday.他们昨天是在一个洞里避难的。
• We took refuge in the lee of the wall.我们在墙的背风处暂避。

2 tuition   

n.（某一学科的）教学，讲授，指导，学费

参考例句：

• Students can apply for individual tuition.学生可以申请个别指导。
• Is this money enough for the tuition fee?这些钱交学费够吗？

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

5 embassy   

n.大使馆，大使及其随员

参考例句：

• Large crowd demonstrated outside the British Embassy.很多群众在英国大使馆外面示威。
• He's a U.S. diplomat assigned to the embassy in London.他是美国驻伦敦大使馆的一名外交官。

6 diplomatic   

adj.外交的，从事外交的，策略的，有手腕的

参考例句：

• There are certain forms that must be followed in diplomatic circles.在外交界有一些礼节是必须遵守的。
• You must be more diplomatic in handling the situation.你在处理这一情况时，必须圆滑。

7 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。

8 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

9 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

10 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。