留学生在中国 第38期:出国留学热 Why Study Abroad

 　　Chapter 41 Why Study Abroad第41章 出国留学热You：These days more and more students choose to study abroad. What do you think of this trend?

　　现在越来越多的学生选择出国留学。你对这种趋势怎么看？

　　David：Many students want to learn more about western culture and business. This has been increasingly¹ important after China entered the WTO. However, some students want to study abroad in order to move there.

　　许多学生想要了解西方的文化和商业经济。中国加入WTO以后，这变得尤为重要了。然而，也有一些学生想要移民出去。

　　You：What is the percentage of students return to China?

　　留学生回中国的比例是多少？

　　David：I personally don't know. It depends. If they get accustomed to the country, they stay.

　　我不太清楚，视情况而定。如果他们适应了新的生活，就会留下来。

　　You：I have seen movies about Chinese people who live abroad. They might be happy at times but as time goes by they might find living in a different culture very difficult. They might also find that they aren't treated as equals.

　　我看过一些描写在国外生活的中国人的电影。开始时他们可能觉得挺开心，但随着时间的推移，他们会觉得在一个不同文化的国家生活非常困难，或感觉受到不平等待遇。

　　David：They don't have confidence?

　　是他们对自己没有信心吗？

　　You：Is the problem their confidence or their nationality? In order to get a green card some people will work hard and pour their heart and soul into this endeavor². When they get the green card, however, they might discover that there are some problems with other people. Some people discriminate³ against them because they are Asian.

　　问题出在他们的信心还是他们的国籍呢？为了拿到绿卡，一些人不惜一切代价地拼命工作。然而当他们拿到了绿卡，他们可能发现真正的问题在于一些人因为他们是亚洲人而歧视他们。

　　David：Two things make it difficult to live abroad. One thing is that it may be illegal to work there and the other thing is that some people may prefer hiring people from their own country rather than foreigners. It's different here in China. Foreigners are more welcomed here.

　　完全不合法的艰苦工作和工作机会的不平等，一些人喜欢雇佣自己国家的人工作，这使得中国人在国外生活非常艰难，而在中国就不一样了，外宾是很受欢迎的。

1 increasingly   

adv.逐渐地，日益地，逐渐增加地

参考例句：

• Rivers are being increasingly made use of by man. 河流正在日益为人类所利用。
• I find it increasingly difficult to live within my income.我发现靠收入过日子越来越难了。

2 endeavor   

vt.／n.努力，尽力，尝试

参考例句：

• Thereupon,we knew,our endeavor was valuable.于是，我们知道，我们的努力是有价值的。
• We endeavor to make our customers satisfied.我们力图使顾客都满意。

3 discriminate   

v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待

参考例句：

• You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
• They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。