VOA慢速英語: 美國的留學(xué)生（雙語）

US Hosts Record Number of Foreign Students

美國統(tǒng)計在美留學(xué)生

Almost 900,000 international students are studying in American colleges and universities today. Nearly half of this record number of foreign students are from Asia, mainly China.

大約有90萬的留學(xué)生在美國大學(xué)就讀，統(tǒng)計的人數(shù)中大概有一半的留學(xué)生來自亞洲，主要是來自中國。

They are among people from other countries who now make up about 4 percent of all university students in the U.S. America has more of the world’s 4.5 million international students than any other country.

外國留學(xué)生的比例占美國大學(xué)學(xué)生比例的4%。世界各國的留學(xué)生有450萬的人，美國的留學(xué)生人數(shù)比其它任何國家的留學(xué)生人數(shù)都要多。

A new report says more than 886,000 foreign students registered at U.S. universities during the school year2013-2014. That is an increase of eight percent over the year before. The Institute of International Education and the State Department made the report.

一項最新調(diào)查顯示：2013年—2014年在美國大學(xué)注冊的留學(xué)生有886萬多人。比前年增加了8個百分點。美國紐約國際教育研究所和美國國務(wù)院做的這項調(diào)查。

The study also demonstrates trends over the past 15 years. It shows that since 2000, the number of international students in the U.S. has grown by 72percent. Students from China in undergraduate programs are mainly responsible for this trend.

研究還表明過去15年的留學(xué)生趨勢：自從2000年開始，美國的留學(xué)生人數(shù)已經(jīng)增長了72%。來自中國的本科生占很大比例。

Eric Xu, a Chinese student at Columbia University, says studying in the U.S. is a valuable experience.

艾瑞克·許是就讀于哥倫比亞大學(xué)的中國留學(xué)生，他說在美國學(xué)習(xí)確實是寶貴的經(jīng)歷。

"In the U.S. they emphasize class discussions, and emphasize on your opinion, you can actually debate with others and with your professor or teacher, and that is an atmosphere I want to experience."

“在美國，他們強(qiáng)調(diào)課堂討論、強(qiáng)調(diào)你的觀點，你可以跟同學(xué)、教授或者別的老師討論，那是一種我想要體驗的氛圍。”

While attendance by Chinese students rose by almost 17 percent over the past year, other countries also saw a major increase. Kuwait’s college student population rose by 42 percent and that of Brazil, by 22 percent. Other countries with more international students than earlier are Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venezuela.

過去一年中國留學(xué)生人數(shù)增長了大概有17%，別國的留學(xué)生人數(shù)也有所增長。科威特大學(xué)學(xué)生人數(shù)增長了42%，巴西大學(xué)生人數(shù)增加了22%。其它一些國家的留學(xué)生人數(shù)都有所增長，這些國家有沙特阿拉伯、伊朗和委內(nèi)瑞拉。

The report says the Middle East and North African area was the fastest growing in international student population. It showed an increase of 20percent in students registered at colleges and universities. In Latin America and the Caribbean, there was an 8 percent increase.

報道稱中東和北美是留學(xué)生人數(shù)增長最快的地區(qū)。大學(xué)注冊的留學(xué)生人數(shù)增長了20%。在拉丁美洲和加勒比海地區(qū)，留學(xué)生增長比例是8%。

Rajika Bhandari is a writer of the report and deputy vice president of research and evaluation at the Institute of International Education. She says the presence of foreign students in American schools helps the U.S. She also says about 4,000 American colleges and universities can serve more overseas students.

國際教育研究及評量中心主任拉吉卡·班大力，同時她還是這篇報道的作者。她說美國學(xué)校里的留學(xué)生確實能對美國有所幫助，她還表示大約有4000多所美國大學(xué)能為海外學(xué)生提供學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會。

"We know that international students contribute significantly to U.S. classrooms and campuses through their global perspectives and by providing international exposure to those American students who may never have the opportunity to study overseas."

“我們知道留學(xué)生為美國的課堂和校園做出了很多貢獻(xiàn)，因為他們的全球視野，來到美國求學(xué)，也為那些也許沒有機(jī)會出國的學(xué)生帶來全新的視野交流。”

Evan Ryan, Assistance Secretary of State for Education says enrollment of students from abroad also adds to the U.S. economy.

教育部助理部長伊凡·瑞恩說注冊在校的外國的留學(xué)生促進(jìn)了美國的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。

"This year, $27 billion dollars was contributed to our economy at the local state and national levels, through payments for tuition, housing and other costs."

“這一年大概有170億美元的收入促進(jìn)國民經(jīng)濟(jì)和地方各州增經(jīng)濟(jì)的增長，這些收入主要來自學(xué)費、住房費用以及其它的花費。”

The U.S. State Department and the Department of Education also encourage study in other countries by American students.

美國國務(wù)院和教育部鼓勵學(xué)生出國去學(xué)習(xí)。

"We believe that study abroad can increase American competitiveness by enabling U.S. students to acquire language skills as well as the regional and global perspectives necessary to succeed in the 21st century."

“我們相信通過留學(xué)，可以增加美國人的競爭力，美國學(xué)生能獲得語言技能，同時能夠擴(kuò)大視野，成為21世紀(jì)能夠勝任各種挑戰(zhàn)的人才。”

About 290,000 U.S. students went to study abroad in 2012-2013 for educational credit. Europe, especially Britain, remains the number-one nation for study by Americans. But the latest report shows an increase in the number of students who now choose to go to China and other nations.

2012年—2013年間，大約有29萬美國學(xué)生出國留學(xué)。歐洲、特別是英國是美國學(xué)生的首選國家。但是最新的報道顯示越來越多的學(xué)生選擇中國和其它一些國家。

Christine Farrugia is the senior research officer at the Institute of International Education. She says China places in the top five countries for American students seeking international education.

克里斯丁·法魯吉亞是國際教育的資深研究員，她說中國是美國學(xué)生海外留學(xué)目的地首選的前五名國家之一。

"China now is at the number five host country for U.S. students, hosting over14,000 American students."

“在美國學(xué)生留學(xué)選擇的國家中，中國排名排第五，中國大約有14,000名美國留學(xué)生。”

While American schools continue to welcome young people from all over the world, student exchanges among other countries also are on the rise.

美國的學(xué)校仍然繼續(xù)歡迎來自世界各地的年輕人來學(xué)習(xí)，與其它國家的交換生數(shù)量也在增長。

I’m Marsha James.

我是瑪莎·詹姆斯。

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Words in this Story

trend- n. a general direction of change: a way of behaving, proceeding, that is developing and becoming more common

origin – n. the point or place where something begins or is created

enroll – v. to enter (someone) as a member of or participant in something

abroad – adv. in or to a foreign country