英语听力精选进阶版 6056
时间：2019-01-25 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Two Chinese students, who are studying at British Universities, have been awarded prizes for being the best international students in their respective host countries.
Psychology 1 student Yusi Liu was crowned Welsh international student of the year while Yu Huai Zhang, who studies management, was named Northern Ireland’s international student of the year. Both students join 12 regional finalists in next month’s final, where one will become the UK’s top international student.
Yusi and Yu Huai were among more than 2,000 students from 130 countries who participated in the International Students Awards – a competition run every year by the British Council to find international students who have contributed to life in the UK.
Entrants in the competition were asked to write a letter in English describing their academic successes, extra-curricular achievements and community involvement.
Yusi wrote about her volunteer work with autistic children and elderly people while Yu was the first Chinese national to become a student officer in his university.
Both students told us how integrating 2 with their adopted communities had helped them improve their English skills. Yu Huai said : "Through socialising, voluntary job, my internship 3 and student union work, I have learned a lot of vocabulary I didn’t learn in class."
Yusi agreed: "I joined a lot of volunteer work and got a part-time job which is related to my subject and so I helped a lot of people with mental health issues. A lot of what I learn working with people helps me get a better understanding in my lectures".
Studying in parts of the UK with strong regional accents has helped both of them gain a more realistic approach to speaking English.
Yu Huai said: "As long as you can understand others and make yourself understood, vocabulary and good sentence structure is more important than accent."
GLOSSARY 词汇表
host countries 主办国，但这里指学生的居住地
crowned 夺冠
Welsh 威尔士的
regional finalists 地区入围决赛者
participated 参加了
contributed 做出贡献
entrants 参赛者
academic successes 学业上的成就
extra-curricular achievements 课外活动的成就
community involvement 社区参与
volunteer work 志愿工作
autistic children 有自闭症的孩子
student officer 学生干部
adopted communities 寄托社区, 这里指第二故乡
internship 实习机会
student union 学生会
mental health issues 精神健康问题
strong regional accents 很浓的地方口音
lectures 讲课，讲演
realistic approach 现实的处理方式
- She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
- He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
- We should carry out the policy of integrating unified planning with the principle of adaptation to local conditions. 我们应该执行计划同因事制宜的原则相结合的政策。
- Talks will now begin about integrating the activities of both companies. 关于合并两家公司业务的谈判现在将会开始。
- an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
- a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习