VOA慢速英语 2007 0503a
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA慢速英语2007年（五）月
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We continue our Foreign Student Series 1 this week with two questions that we received. Anatolii Artamonov, a university student in Ukraine, would like to know about student exchange programs in the United 2 States. Anatolii would especially like to know about the one called Work and Travel USA. And fifteen-year-old Betty Xu in China wants to know about a program called ASSE.
ASSE is the American Scandinavian Student Exchange. This program was established in Sweden in nineteen seventy-six to organize exchanges with the United States. It expanded to include students in Norway, Denmark and Finland.
Today ASSE organizes international exchanges for high school students in thirty-one countries. The students live with a family and attend school for a year.
Other programs also offer high school students a chance to come to the United States. These include AFS, Youth for Understanding and the Program of Academic Exchange, or PAX.
For college students, there are programs like the International Student Exchange Program, or ISEP. This is a group of almost three hundred colleges in thirty-nine countries. ISEP is an independent organization that was supported by the United States government until nineteen ninety-six.
ISEP is a true exchange program. That means 3 two students from different countries trade places for a semester 4 or a year.
Work and Travel USA is also for college students. But this program is not for those who want to study in the United States. It provides international students with the chance to work for up to four months while exploring American life.
The State Department says they generally work in hotels, restaurants and amusement parks but may also work for other employers 5. An organization called CIEE administers 6 this program. It says students must understand that the money they earn from their work may not be enough to pay all of their costs.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States is available online, with helpful links to Web 7 sites, at voaspecialenglish.com. Our series offers all kinds of information and advice for international students who want to attend an American college or university.
To send us e-mail, write to special@voanews.com, and please be sure to include your full name and where you are from. I'm Faith Lapidus.
- The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
- He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
- The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
- The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。
- That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
- We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
- A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
- I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。
- Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
- The onus is on employers to follow health and safety laws. 雇主有义务遵行健康安全法。
- Physical exercise administers to the circulation of the blood. 体育锻炼有助于血液循环。
- Health administers to peace of mind. 健康有助于身心的安宁。