VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Number of Foreign Stude
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA慢速英语2009年（十一）月
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
A new report says the number of foreign students in the United 1 States reached a record high in two thousand eight.
More than six hundred seventy thousand international students attended an American college or university last year. That was eight percent higher than the year before, the largest percentage increase since nineteen eighty.
The "Open Doors" report is published by the Institute of International Education, with support from the State Department.
It says the number of international students last year was almost fifteen percent higher than the last record setting 2 year, two thousand two. In all, seven of the ten top countries sent more students last year, just as the economic downturn was worsening.
Foreign students at Dickinson State University in North Dakota
For the eighth year, India remained the leader in sending students to the United States. More than one hundred thousand students from India attended American schools last year. That was nine percent more than the year before.
China again sent the second largest number, more than ninety-eight thousand, an increase of twenty-one percent. The biggest increases were in Chinese undergraduate 3 students.
South Korea 4 was third. The number of South Korean students increased nine percent to seventy-five thousand.
Canada was the only non-Asian country in the top five. It rose two percent to fourth place. Almost thirty thousand Canadian students enrolled 5 for the school year that began last autumn.
Japan fell to fifth place. The number of Japanese students in the United States decreased for the fourth year, to just over twenty-nine thousand.
Taiwan also sent fewer students, and the number from Mexico was nearly unchanged.
The University of Southern California 6 in Los Angeles once again had the highest number of foreign students. The "Open Doors" report says nearly seven thousand five hundred attended U.S.C. last year.
New York University and Columbia University, both in New York City, were second and third. The other schools in the top five were the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Business and management was again the most popular area of study for international students. The next most popular subjects are engineering 7, math and computer science.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by June Simms. You can find our Foreign Student Series 8 with advice on studying in the United States at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.
- 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。
- The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
- Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。
- Mr. Stone spent his undergraduate days in Columbia University,majoring in economics.斯通先生在哥伦比亚大学度过了他四年的大学生活，主修经济学。
- During this time,they are called undergraduate students.在此期间，他们被称为大学本科生。
- Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
- Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。
- They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
- We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。
- The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
- It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。