新闻周刊:令人望而生畏的美国名牌大学全额学费(1)

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民意调查显示，大多数大学生宁愿选择无名学校的全额学费，也不愿选择名牌大学的全额学费

BY JENNI FINK

作者：珍妮?芬克

Many students dream of going to Harvard, Yale and other notable⁴ higher education institutions, but a recent poll found when it comes to free tuition, most students think a prestigious name isn't worth the price.

许多学生梦想进入哈佛、耶鲁和其他著名的高等教育机构，但最近的一项民意调查发现，当谈到免费学费时，大多数学生认为名牌不值这个价钱。

The choice between a prestigious school with a hefty price tag and a lesser-known name with a smaller financial burden is one many incoming college students faced. More than 40 million people in America have student loans and debt has become such a widespread problem that a game show was created to give people a chance to pay it off.

许多即将入学的大学生面临的一个问题是，是选择一所学费高昂的名校，还是一所名气较小、经济负担较轻的学校。在美国，有4000多万人背负着助学贷款和债务，这已经成为一个非常普遍的问题，以至于一个游戏节目应运而生，让人们有机会还清债务。

A March poll found graduates considered their loans were "worth it" to attend college. However, if given the choice between free tuition and a prestigious degree, a majority of college students say they would choose a no-name institution, according to a recent survey.

3月份的一项调查发现，毕业生认为他们的贷款“物有所值”。 然而，根据最近的一项调查，如果让他们在免费学费和名牌大学之间做出选择，大多数大学生表示他们会选择一所不知名的大学。

Released by College Pulse, a platform designed to gather student opinions, on Wednesday, the poll surveyed more than 8,000 students attending four-year colleges or universities across the country.

周三，旨在收集学生意见的平台College Pulse发布了这一调查，调查了全国8000多名四年制大学的学生。

Sixty-seven percent of students responded that they would choose free tuition at a "university nobody has heard of," compared to 26 percent who said they'd prefer to pay full tuition at a prestigious university. Seven percent responded that they were unsure which they would choose.

67%的学生回答说，他们会选择“没人听说过的大学”的免费学费，而26%的学生表示，他们更愿意在名牌大学全额学费。7%的人回答说他们不确定自己会选择哪一个。

Students with financial aid were more likely to prefer free tuition than students without financial aid, 71 percent to 55 percent.

有助学金的学生比没有助学金的学生更喜欢免学费，比例为71%至55%。

1 tuition   

n.（某一学科的）教学，讲授，指导，学费

参考例句：

• Students can apply for individual tuition.学生可以申请个别指导。
• Is this money enough for the tuition fee?这些钱交学费够吗？

2 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

3 poll   

n.民意测验，民意调查，选举投票

参考例句：

• The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.选举结果要到午夜才能揭晓。
• They expected a heavy poll.他们期望会有很高的投票数。

4 notable   

adj.值得注意的，著名的；n.名人，要人

参考例句：

• His achievement is very notable.他的成就是非常显著的。
• He wrote and published the essay under notable's name.他假托名人写文章发表。