时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:VOA慢速英语2008年(九)月


英语课

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.


A listener in Poland recently sent us an e-mail. Slawek Loboda writes: "There are many American universities and colleges that provide long distance education to the world. The trouble is that each university says that it is the best. After an hour of searching and reading what they have in their offer, one gets a headache. You simply don't know whom to trust and what to choose."


Slawek goes on to say, "I have been listening to VOA for years and I would trust you if you made an interesting program about American universities for foreigners. Is there a university that you could recommend?"


Well, choosing a school is an individual decision. But we may be able to help inform that decision.


Slawek's letter happened to come at just the right time. It gives us the perfect opening for not just one program, but a series -- our Foreign Student Series. We update the series every two years to provide fresh information for anyone interested in higher education in America.


The United States has more than four thousand colleges and universities to choose from. They come in all sizes -- from a few hundred students to enough to populate a city. And students may not even have to be in the United States to take classes. Some universities have campuses 1 in other countries. And, as Slawek pointed 2 out, many programs are offered over the Internet.


Over the coming weeks, we will talk all about the American system of higher education. Our reports will take you inside some of the nation's colleges and universities. We will explore programs of study and report on student life. We will talk about financial aid and employment 3, and about admissions 4 tests and English language requirements.


We will also explain the process for becoming an international student in the United States. And we will talk about how the terrorist 5 attacks of September eleventh, two thousand one, changed some of the rules.


Many of the subjects in our Foreign Student Series are based on your questions and suggestions. So keep them coming! Send e-mail to special@voanews.com, or click on the Contact Us link at voaspecialenglish.com. Or write to VOA Special English, Washington, D.C., two zero two three seven U.S.A.


In case you miss any of the programs, our Foreign Student Series will be archived at voaspecialenglish.com.


And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Steve Ember.



n.(大学)校园(campus的复数形式)
  • University campuses are often the bellwether of change. 大学校园往往引领变革的新潮。
  • Sport looms much larger on US campuses than in China. 体育在美国大学比中国大学突出得多。 来自互联网
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • 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。
n.雇用;使用;工作,职业
  • A large office requires the employment of many people.一个大办事处需要雇用好多人员。
  • The state of employment in this city is improving.这个城市就业状况正在改善。
n.准许进入( admission的名词复数 );入场费;入场券;承认
  • a need-blind admissions policy 不考虑经济能力的录取政策
  • He's the Dean of Admissions for the University of Michigan. 他是Michigan大学的新生注册主任。 来自辞典例句
n.恐怖主义者,恐怖分子
  • 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。
学英语单词
ad-lib,adlib
anti-pilling finishing
average filter
back anchor
Baldegg
barguelonne (la barguelonne riviere)
base hardware
Brunnerville
Campanula crenulata
cant-dog
class larvaceas
code-crackers
cognition
collective self-defense
copha
cracking of crude oil
dead-load lever
derrer
diffuse-field response of microphone
diffusion index
diseases of extrapyramidal system and movement disorder
double patenting
eustatic rejuvenation
female population
flea-lice
formulated products
Forrest County
forward looking infrared system
full-heartedly
geometric stiffness matrix
glucose content
gonatopsis octopedatus
guide pile
Haemaphysalis leporis-paiustris
hammer throws
harks back to
heating process
high-beta torus
hot-air ageing
hydraulic refractory
hypothalamic regulating factor
impulsive impedance
kumagai
lazyloads
lead-alloy-sheathed cable
left - luggage office
level country
licence and quota system
linear selection switch
lipoatrophy
maize gluten feed
make up for possible shortages with surpluses
malpesh
marvel at
mastogloia inaequalis
mawworm
Mbingo
minimum angle of shade
Mohr's stress circle
mujina
multispecification source map
negative cognition
nepheline(eleolite)porphyry
nervus ciliaris brevis
Newhaven
Nomuka
non-self-maintained gas conduction
over classification
overplucks
pay band
Polypogon monspeliensis
prerequiring
progressings
progressive stall
radio shunting signal
ray-surface
redown
reengineered
Royal Highness
sexual glands
Shingle style
ship's power plant
shred residue
sialyloligosaccharide
signal cabin
siliconix
slow down
spark plug cooler
St Abb's
subbase
substandard rim
supersweet
tare correction
thigh boots
tigerflower
toune
tunneluminescence
uniform debenture
wanks
warm-front thunderstorm