VOA常速英语2020--国际学生进退两难（在线收听）

International students who stayed in the US as their classes moved online amid the covid-19 pandemic may be forced to leave, following guidelines the US immigration and customs enforcement says it issued due to the pandemic. You know I don't want to put my family at risk, I don't want to put myself at risk to travel during a pandemic and going back to Pakistan, and even if I could defer the program for a year there's no guarantee that I will get the visa again. Many students say they need to be in the US for more than attending class. As a Phd student, the library is an extremely important resource for us, and as it is because of covid those services have been disrupted.

由于新冠肺炎爆发，留在美国的留学生们改为上网课，他们可能要被迫离开，根据美国移民和海关执法部门制定的指导方针，这都是由于疫情造成的。我不想把我的家人置于危险之中，我不想让自己在疫情期间冒险回到巴基斯坦， 即使我能把这个计划推迟一年 但我无法保证能再次拿到签证。许多学生说，他们需要待在美国不仅仅是为了上课。作为一个博士生，图书馆对我们来说是一个极其重要的资源，正因为疫情，这些服务已经中断。

The decision comes after universities moved to remote learning in March to protect students from the pandemic. International students had to decide to stay or return to their families. You know more than 90 percent of the international students who were studying in the US, when covid-19 hit and college campuses were closed have chosen to remain in the United States, and this creates such disruption in their lives and such uncertainty that it is unconscionable. Students outside the United States say the new ruling has disrupted their plans to return. I know for a fact that international students when it comes to rules guidelines laws and stuff like that they are sort of like treated as low-level citizens, if I can't even use the word citizen to begin with because that's what they make clear we are not. The Trump Administration said this week that the policy speaks for itself and that online coursework does not merit a visa. But critics say the decision will hurt US higher education economy and diplomacy. There doesn't seem to be any rationale behind this. It's not going to protect the health and safety of individuals, it's not going to serve the American economy in any way, especially given the fact that 40 billion dollars in revenue comes from international students. 5.5 percent of enrollment in colleges and universities is made up of international students. Harvard and MIT have filed a lawsuit challenging the guidelines and other institutions and organizations are expected to follow. As students await these decisions and universities scramble to change their fall programming, their future remains in limbo.Isha Sarai VOA news washington

在3月份，大学为了保护学生不受疫情的影响，在开始远程教学之后做出这项决定。国际学生不得不决定留下或返回他们的家庭。超过90%的在美国学习的国际学生，当新冠肺炎疫情爆发和大学关闭时，他们选择留在美国，这给他们的生活带来了极大的干扰和不确定性，这是不合情理的。美国境外的学生表示，新的裁决打乱了他们返回的计划。我知道一个事实，当涉及到规则、准则、法律和诸如此类的事情时，国际学生们被当作低级公民对待，如果我连“公民”这个词都不能用，因为这就是他们明确指出的，我们不是公民。特朗普政府本周表示，这一政策不言而喻，网课不值得获得签证。但批评人士表示，这一决定将损害美国高等教育、经济和外交。这背后似乎没有任何理由。它不能保护个人的健康和安全，它不会以任何方式为美国经济服务，特别是考虑到有400亿美元的收入来自国际学生。高校招生中，国际学生占5.5%。哈佛大学和麻省理工学院已经提起诉讼，对指导方针提出质疑。其他机构和组织也将紧随其后。当学生们等待这些决定，以及大学也在争先恐后地改变秋季课程时，他们的未来仍未明朗。美国之音记者Isha Sarai，华盛顿报道