EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series - First Steps
EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series - First Steps
By Nancy Steinbach
Broadcast: Thursday, September 09, 2004
This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report.
We begin a series of reports for students who want to study in the United States.
Step one is to visit an American educational advising center. There are more than four hundred of these offices around the world. You can find them through the State Department Web site for international students. We will give that address later. Or you can ask the Public Affairs Office at a United States Embassy 1 to tell you where to find the nearest one.
These centers advise students about higher education and study opportunities in the United States.
Some schools, for example, offer one-year certificate 2 programs. These are in subjects like computer programming, public relations, administrative 3 work and other jobs.
Schools known as junior colleges or community colleges offer a two-year associate degree. These can prepare students for skilled 4 jobs. Students also spend a lot less money than at a four-year school. Many universities accept this work as the first two years toward 5 a bachelor's degree.
To get a bachelor's degree, students traditionally take general subjects during the first two years. These include areas like history, literature, mathematics and science. After that they take classes in their major area of study.
At the graduate school level, a master's degree can take two or three years of full-time 6 study in a subject. A doctorate 7 can take longer. There are also professional schools in areas like medicine and law. Such programs require three to six years of study beyond college. Some specialties 8 may require even more study.
Whatever you choose, educational advisers 9 say you should begin to plan at least two years before you want to start classes in the United States.
Our reports will appear on our Web site, voaspecialenglish dot com. We will also include a link to the State Department site for international students. That address is educationusa.state.gov. Again, educationusa.state.gov.
If you would like to ask us a question about education in the United States, send it to special@voanews.com. Please know that we cannot help with individual cases. But we might be able to answer some general questions on the air as our Foreign Student Series continues.
This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. This is Gwen Outen.
- 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。
- She proudly displayed her degree certificate to her parents.她自豪地向父母展示了学位证书。
- No one had seen her marriage certificate.没人看到过她的结婚证书。
- The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
- He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
- Unskilled workers usually earn less money than skilled workers.无技能的工人通常比有技能的工人挣钱少。
- She was skilled enough in French to translate a novel.她法语娴熟，足以翻译小说。
- Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
- Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。
- A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
- I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。
- He hasn't enough credits to get his doctorate.他的学分不够取得博士学位。
- Where did she do her doctorate?她在哪里攻读博士？
- Great Books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. 名著绝不引经据典，艰深难懂，而是通俗易读。它们不是专家为专业人员撰写的专业书籍。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
- Brain drains may represent a substantial reduction in some labor force skills and specialties. 智力外流可能表示某种劳动力技能和特长大量减少。 来自辞典例句