VOA标准英语2009年-Recession Bargain-Hunting Spreads to C
时间：2019-02-02 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)
Ted 1 Landphair 09 December 2009
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There's not exactly a rush of good news across economically stressed America - unless you work at one of our 1,200 community colleges. For most of them, everything's rosy 3.
Once dismissed as lowly junior colleges and commuter 4 schools in urban areas where students could walk or take public transit 5 to class, these two-year colleges are attracting tens of thousands of students who would normally enroll 6 in four-year private or state universities.
This community college shares a campus with a University of Washington branch. By attending two years at Cascadia and finishing with two years at UW, a student would save $21,000
By living at home, they will spend $4,500 a year in tuition, on average. That's half the typical cost at a four-year state school, and a fraction of a private university's $26,000-average annual tuition. Adding room and food charges and fees at renowned 7 universities can boost the bill as high as $50,000 a year!
The Washington Post reports that even exceptional students are enrolling 8 in community schools in record numbers. Community colleges' honors programs, usually half-empty, have, in the Post's words, exploded. There's often a waiting list.
Recently, too, President Obama directed more than $12 billion in federal stimulus 9 money to community colleges for programs in which older workers train students in practical job skills. And just last week, the foundation backed by Microsoft founder 10 Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, pledged another $13 million to upgrade technology at selected community schools.
What college library can match Yale University's? Of course, Yale's tuition, food, and room fees top $46,000 a year. Staying home in New Haven 11, Connecticut, and attending Gateway 12 Community College, you'd pay 94 percent less: $2,600
The New York Times reports that the clamor to get into community colleges has grown so strong that many have had to plow 13 new, auxiliary 14 parking lots; rent extra classroom space; and offer night classes running as late as 2:30 in the morning, just to fit everyone in.
They aren't Harvard, but again, $4,500 tuition is less than one-tenth of the total cost of an Ivy 15 League school.
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- Two hawks were hover ing overhead. 两只鹰在头顶盘旋。
- Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war. 鹰派和鸽派都充分阐明了各自的停战条件。
- She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
- She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
- They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。
- He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
- She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
- They lashed out at the university enrolling system. 他们猛烈抨击大学的招生制度。 来自辞典例句
- You're enrolling in a country club, Billy. 你是注册加入乡村俱乐部了，比利。 来自辞典例句
- Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
- Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
- It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
- The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
- Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
- A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。
- At this time of the year farmers plow their fields.每年这个时候农民们都在耕地。
- We will plow the field soon after the last frost.最后一场霜过后，我们将马上耕田。
- I work in an auxiliary unit.我在一家附属单位工作。
- The hospital has an auxiliary power system in case of blackout.这家医院装有备用发电系统以防灯火管制。