EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series 27: University of

EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series #27: University of Southern California
By Nancy Steinbach

Broadcast: Thursday, March 03, 2005

I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report.

Today, in part twenty-seven of our Foreign Student Series, we discuss the university with the most foreign students in America. It is in Los Angeles. Any guess which school it is?

It is the University of Southern California.

The Institute of International Education reported in November that U.S.C. was the leader for a third year. In the last school year, there were more than six thousand foreign students. The number was over twenty percent of the student population. Columbia University in New York City had the second largest number of students from outside the United States. And the Institute of International Education reported that Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, was third.

Most of the foreign students at the University of Southern California have a bachelor's degree. That means they have already completed four years of college. The foreign students at U.S.C. mostly study engineering¹ and science. The university has students this year from one hundred nations. The largest numbers are from India, China, South Korea, Taiwan and Canada.

The cost for an undergraduate² at the University of Southern California is about forty-two thousand dollars for one year. That includes classes, housing³, food, books and insurance. Graduate students pay about forty-four thousand dollars.

Financial aid for an international graduate student is normally⁴ in the form of a job as an assistant in research or teaching⁵. Undergraduates⁶ generally cannot receive financial aid from the university.

U.S.C. has offices in Hong Kong, Taipei, Jakarta, Tokyo and Mexico City. They hold meetings to help get local students interested in the university. The offices also help parents of U.S.C. students to communicate with the school.

U.S.C. offers English language training and TOEFL test preparation classes at its Language Academy⁷.

Internet users⁸ can learn more about the University of Southern California at usc.edu.

Our Foreign Student Series is online at voaspecialenglish-dot-com. Since September, we have discussed many different subjects of interest for those who would like to attend an American college or university. Students can also get information from the State Department at educationusa.state.gov.

This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Gwen Outen.

1 engineering   

n.工程，工程学，管理，操纵

参考例句：

• The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
• It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。

2 undergraduate   

n.大学生，大学肆业生

参考例句：

• Mr. Stone spent his undergraduate days in Columbia University,majoring in economics.斯通先生在哥伦比亚大学度过了他四年的大学生活，主修经济学。
• During this time,they are called undergraduate students.在此期间，他们被称为大学本科生。

3 housing   

n.房屋，住宅；住房建筑；外壳，外罩

参考例句：

• Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗？
• The housing sales have been turning down since the summer.入夏以来，房屋的销售量日趋减少。

4 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

5 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

6 undergraduates   

（未获学士学位的）大学生，大学肄业生( undergraduate的名词复数 )； 本科生

参考例句：

• All undergraduates reading English attend a turtorial group each week. 所有攻读英语的本科生每周上一次导师辅导课。
• This is a course for undergraduates. 这是为本科生开的一门课。

7 academy   

n.(高等)专科院校；学术社团，协会，研究院

参考例句：

• This is an academy of music.这是一所音乐专科学院。
• I visited Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday.我昨天去访问了中国科学院。

8 users   

用户，使用者( user的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
• Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。