VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Studying in the US: Rev
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA慢速英语2009年（七）月
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
For ten months, we have talking about coming to study in the United States. This week, we complete that series and repeat some of the advice.
The goal of all that work: Caps are thrown into the air at the end of Brown University's graduation ceremony in Providence 1, Rhode Island.
You should begin planning at least two years early.
Decide what kind of school interests you: Big or small, city or rural 2, public or private, two-year or four-year?
Two-year colleges, also known as community colleges, have not always gotten a lot of respect. Yet they are the largest part of the American higher education system. They often serve older and part-time students and those needing special help. But other students begin at a community college to save money, then finish at a four-year college or university.
On Tuesday, President Obama announced a plan to invest 3 twelve billion dollars in community colleges over the next ten years. The goal is to help an additional 4 five million students earn degrees or certificates 5. The president said jobs requiring at least an associate degree are expected to grow twice as fast in the coming years as jobs requiring no college experience.
To help with your college search, try to attend education fairs and visit an Education USA Advising Center. You can find the nearest one at educationusa.state.gov. Also visit school Web sites and sites where students share their experiences, like CollegeClickTV and zinch.com.
Apply to at least three schools. Make sure they are accredited 6. To do that, go to chea.org -- c-h-e-a dot o-r-g.
As soon as you are accepted, make an appointment for a visa interview at an American embassy 7 or consulate 8. The State Department says it is working to reduce visa delays that have affected 9 foreign science students and researchers over the past year.
Financial aid can be limited for international students. To reduce costs, you might look into online classes or a foreign campus 10 of an American school.
During our Foreign Student Series we also talked about student life in the United States and programs to help international students. For example, writing centers can help teach the rules of American academic writing.
All the reports in our series -- including programs on admissions 11 tests -- can be found at voaspecialenglish.com. Thanks to everyone who sent us questions. If you have a question, we might answer it in a future program. Write to special@voanews.com. Be sure to include your name and country.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Steve Ember.
- It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat.乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
- To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.照你的所作所为那样去行事，是违背上帝的意志的。
- He lived a rural life.他过着田园生活。
- We left the city for a rural home.我们离开城市，去农村安家。
- I have decided to invest in a new car.我已经决定买一辆新汽车。
- The best time to invest is now.现在是投资的最佳时机。
- It is necessary to set down these additional rules.有必要制定这些补充规则。
- I think we can fit in an additional room.我想我们可以再加建一间房子。
- They accepted their certificates with words of thanks. 他们一边道谢，一边接过证书。 来自辞典例句
- The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates. 据说那个银行经理曾出具伪造的凭证。 来自辞典例句
- The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century. 通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
- Only accredited journalists were allowed entry. 只有正式认可的记者才获准入内。
- 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。
- The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
- The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
- 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。
- They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
- The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。
- 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