VOA慢速英语听力 EDUCATION REPORT（WORD文本英汉互译）：NUMBER-OF-FOREIGN-STUDENTS-IN-US-CONTINUES-TO-RISE.doc

1、This is the VOA Special English Education Report.这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。The number of international students at colleges and universities in the United States has increased for the fifth year.美国各大院校的国际学生数量连续第五年保持增长。The Institute of International Education in New York released its annual Open Doors report t

2、his week. It says a record high of more than seven hundred twenty thousand students from other countries studied in America during the last academic year. The number was five percent higher than the year before and almost one-third higher than ten years ago.纽约国际教育研究所本周发表名为“门户开放报告”的年度报告，称上一学年在美国的留学生达

3、到75万，创历史记录。比前一年高了5%，比十年前高了近1/3.There were big increases from China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Iran and Venezuela. Almost twenty-two percent of international students were Chinese, with increases especially at the undergraduate level. Together, almost half of all international students came from China,

4、India and South Korea.来自中国、沙特阿拉伯、越南、伊朗和委内瑞拉的留学生增长很快。近22%的国际学生是中国人，尤其是本科学生。中国、印度和韩国的留学生约占全部国际学生的一半。Peggy Blumenthal at the institute says Chinese students are now studying throughout the United States.该协会的佩吉布鲁门萨尔（Peggy Blumenthal）表示，中国学生就读的学校现在遍布美国。PEGGY BLUMENTHAL: Ten, twenty years ago, students fr

5、om China only knew of a handful of U.S. institutions, but now they are enrolling in our community colleges, in our small liberal arts institutions, in the research universities - really spread across the country.布鲁门萨尔：“十到二十年前，中国学生只知道少数美国院校。但现在他们进入到美国社区大学、小型文科院校和研究型大学就读-真正扩散到了全美国。”Ms. Blumenthal sugg

6、ests one reason for the increase is a lack of space in Chinese colleges for everyone who wants an education. She says students and their parents are also looking for a different educational experience.布鲁门萨尔女士认为，增长的原因之一是，中国缺少为所有想接受教育的人提供教育的空间。她说，学生及父母都希望有其他的教育经历。More international students study in C

7、alifornia than any other state, followed by New York, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois. For the tenth year in a row, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles led the country, with more than eighty-six hundred foreign students.在加州就读的国际学生数量超过任何其它州，紧随其次的依次为纽约、德州、马萨诸塞州和伊利诺伊州。洛杉矶南加州大学以超过8600

8、名国际学生，连续十年居全美首位。The most popular area of study for international students is business and management, followed by engineering.国际学生最喜欢的专业是商业管理，其次是工程学。Some schools are making special efforts to welcome students from other cultures. Workers greet students in different languages at a dining hall that th

9、e University of California, Los Angeles, spent five million dollars to modernize.一些学校为了欢迎来自其它文化的学生做出了特别的努力。加州大学洛杉矶分校员工在花了500万美元使其现代化的食堂门口迎接来自不同语种的学生。Peter Angelis is an assistant vice chancellor at UCLA. (He says forty percent of the students are Asian, and opinion surveys showed that students wante

10、d more Asian foods.)彼得安吉利斯（Peter Angelis）是加州大学的副校长助理，(他说40%的学生是亚洲人，意见调查显示，学生们想吃亚洲食物。)PETER ANGELIS: We conduct a survey annually to find out what our students like and dont like about residing on campus. And consistently, through these surveys, weve heard over and over again that cuisines from the v

11、arious regions of Asia are our students preferred choice for food. In fact, Japanese food is their top choice overall.安吉利斯：“我们每年进行调查找出学生们对居住在校园里的喜恶。通过这些调查，我们始终不断听到，来自亚洲不同地区的美食是学生们的首选食物。实际上，日本美食是他们总体上的首选。”On top of this we recognize here at UCLA that we have a large student population here on campus.

12、 Roughly forty percent of our undergrad students are from families with roots to countries throughout Asia. The best way to celebrate this cultural diversity is through cuisine and through food.“在这个基础上，我们在加州大学洛杉矶分校认识到，我们校园里有大量学生，大约40%的本科学生都来自与亚洲各国有渊源的家庭。庆祝这一文化多样性的最好办法就是通过美食。”The Open Doors report sa

13、ys about forty-five percent of international students in the United States are women. Almost two-thirds of all foreign students receive the majority of their funding from personal and family sources.“门户开放报告”称，45%的美国国际学生为女性。近2/3的国际学生的资金主要来源为个人或家庭。The report is published in partnership with the State Department.这份报告是由国际教育协会与美国国务院联合发布的。