VOA慢速英语2009-Education Report - Studying in the US: Where To
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：VOA慢速英语2009年（三）月
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
March Madness is the name for the busy championship season in American college basketball. But March also means another kind of madness -- the nervous wait for admissions 1 letters from colleges and universities.
This week in our Foreign Student Series, we jump ahead to the subject of where to live. Housing 2 policies differ from school to school. Some schools have limited housing or none at all.
Dormitory buildings might house a small number of students or many hundreds. Some dorms have suites 4. A suite 3 has several bedrooms, a common area and a bathroom. Other dorms have rooms along a common hallway. Two, three or four students might share a room.
A dormitory at the University of South Carolina in Columbia
Males and females 5 often live on different floors of the same building. Or they might live on the same floor, or in some cases even share a suite if permitted. But single-sex housing is usually also available.
Different groups and organizations such as fraternities and sororities might have their own houses where their members live. And there is often housing for married students.
Some dorms are nice, others are not so nice. But many students say they like the chance to make friends and be near their classes.
Cost is another consideration. Dorms can cost less than off-campus housing. But school-owned housing can also cost more, though the price may include meals.
Here are some questions to ask before making a decision: How much privacy 6 can a student expect? Will the school provide a single room if a student requests one? Will the school provide a special diet if a student needs one? And are any dorms open all year so international students can have a place to stay during long vacations?
Kirsten Kennedy, housing director at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, says all first-year undergraduates 7 there have to live in a dorm. After that, they are free to seek other housing.
Students can apply to become resident 8 assistants after living in the dorms for a year. International students can also apply to become resident assistants after a year in the dorms.
Working as a resident assistant in student housing is one way to help finance 9 an education. At many schools, RAs earn money as well as get their room and meals for free or at a reduced price.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Our Foreign Student Series is online at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.
- 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
- Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗？
- The housing sales have been turning down since the summer.入夏以来，房屋的销售量日趋减少。
- She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
- That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。
- First he called upon all the Foreign Ministers in their hotel suites. 他首先到所有外交部长住的旅馆套间去拜访。 来自辞典例句
- All four doors to the two reserved suites were open. 预定的两个套房的四扇门都敞开着。 来自辞典例句
- The male birds are more colourful than the females. 这种鸟雄性比雌性更加色彩艳丽。
- The males in the herd protect the females and the young. 兽中的雄性动物保护雌性动物和幼崽。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In such matters,privacy is impossible.在这类事情中，保密是不可能的。
- She wept in the privacy of her own room.她在自己房内暗暗落泪。
- All undergraduates reading English attend a turtorial group each week. 所有攻读英语的本科生每周上一次导师辅导课。
- This is a course for undergraduates. 这是为本科生开的一门课。