EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series 17: Support Servic

EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series #17: Support Services
By Nancy Steinbach

Broadcast: Thursday, December 23, 2004

This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report.

This week in our Foreign Student Series, we examine support services for students who come to the United States to study. We will use a major university in the Midwest for our example.

More than three thousand foreign students attend the University of Wisconsin at its campus¹ in Madison. Most are in graduate programs; twenty-eight percent are undergraduates².

Marilee Sushoreba is the programs coordinator³ for International Student Services. She says her office organizes a special meeting for new students from other countries at the beginning of each semester⁴.

This meeting provides information about classes, social clubs and health services. It is also a chance to help students get to know the city of Madison and the University of Wisconsin.

Students can meet with an adviser⁵ anytime during the school year. The advisers⁶ try to help the students feel at ease⁷ at the university. They also explain the rules and laws that govern student life.

Workers in the International Student Services office organize a number of programs throughout the school year. These are meant to help foreign students feel more at home in the United States. For example, one program links foreign students with American students. The hope is that they can help each other and also learn about their different cultures.

Another program sends foreign students to speak in local schools and at meetings of community organizations. The students talk about their homeland and discuss other subjects.

Most American colleges and universities have a similar office to serve students from other nations. These offices can help guide students through the legal steps to come to the United States. Later, they can provide support to help the students become involved in school life and make American friends.

Yet that job is not always easy. Students from one country or group may want to spend most of their free time with each other. But Marilee Sushoreba at the University of Wisconsin says she tries to let students know they have someplace to go if they need help.

Internet users⁸ can learn more about American colleges and universities at educationusa.state.gov. Listen for part eighteen of our Foreign Student Series next week. Our reports are online at www.tingroom.com.

This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Gwen Outen.

1 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

2 undergraduates   

（未获学士学位的）大学生，大学肄业生( undergraduate的名词复数 )； 本科生

参考例句：

• All undergraduates reading English attend a turtorial group each week. 所有攻读英语的本科生每周上一次导师辅导课。
• This is a course for undergraduates. 这是为本科生开的一门课。

3 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

4 semester   

n.一学期，半学年，六个月的时间

参考例句：

• A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
• I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。

5 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

6 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

7 ease   

n. 安乐,安逸,悠闲; v. 使...安乐,使...安心,减轻,放松

参考例句：

• His mind was at ease and he felt confident in the future. 他心情舒畅,对前途很有信心。
• You should ease up on the child and stop scolding her. 你应该对那个孩子宽松些,不要再骂她了。

8 users   

用户，使用者( user的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
• Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。