VOA标准英语2008年-MBA Program at Bradley University Interests Stu

Helena Racicka is off to a good start at Bradley University. “I come from the Czech Republic which is located in Central Europe and I came to the states to study masters in Business Administration¹, MBA at Bradley University in Peoria Illinois and I choose to come to Bradley University because I got an opportunity to have a graduate assistantship here which means having the opportunity to study for a degree and work at the university and receive money for living,” she says. "So that was a good deal."

Having already studied at an American university before helped Helena with the transition² process of attending Bradley University. "The university is not too big, not to small. I would say it is a mid-size school. So before I spent a semester³ at the University of Texas in Austin which is a huge school of 58-thousand students,” she says.

“So coming to Bradley was quite different. The school is small so the adjusting is actually easier because it is a small community here so it is easier to know a lot of people and everyone knows everyone at least that is what it seems to me,” she says. And I just think the classes itself are okay because I studied at an American university before so I pretty much knew what to expect and I didn’t have problems with the language too much so it was okay.

Outside of studying, Helena enjoys working part-time in an international Business institution.
“I work about twenty hours a week and I work at an institution actually which belongs to Bradley University. It is called International Trade Center and it is an institution that helps American companies with their export activities. So I work there as a graduate assistant and I usually do market research or help with any other in-house task, plus marketing⁴ research is what I do the most. Researching foreign countries where the respective⁵ companies could export."

Helena says she has grown personally since working on her degree. Some of the things she likes and has learned⁶ while here is.... "Well, what I like is that things work. The state is one of the most economically developed countries in the world so you can tell that systems and processes here are well established, that you can rely on services. You don’t have to worry that other people will want to screw⁷ you up,” she says. “I like that people are honest here, that people don’t cheat and the old atmosphere of trust,” she says.
That is what I like about the states.”

With more than a year left to finish her degree, Helena has already decided⁸ what she wants to do once she is finished. “I will graduate in May 2009 and I am not completely sure what I s going to happen after that. It pretty much depends on my private life if I want to go back to Europe or if I want to stay in the United States because I have a boyfriend over there in Europe.So if we are still together I might return to Europe, if we are not I will want to stay in the states and find a job in Chicago.”

Helena says the value of a degree from the United States will go a long way back home.

“I think it would make me more attractive to the perspective⁹ employers¹⁰ because people are aware of the that an American education is very well developed and the fact that I spent two years in the states would probably make me pretty well educated and that I probably gained a lot of good skills studying at an American university, so they would probably be interested in me more than in someone who does not have such an experience, but of course there are other factors too.”

1 administration   

n.经营，管理；行政，行政机关，管理部门

参考例句：

• Who is in charge of the administration of your company?你们公司的行政工作由谁负责？
• The teachers are responsible to the school administration.教师向学校行政负责。

2 transition   

n.转变，变迁，过渡

参考例句：

• Adolescence is the period of transition between childhood and adulthood.青春期是童年与成年之间的过渡时期。
• They all support a peaceful transition.他们全部都支持和平过渡。

3 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。

4 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

5 respective   

adj.各自的，各个的

参考例句：

• He and I are each going to visit our respective teachers.我和他分别要去拜访各自的老师。
• All men have their respective duties.各人有各人的职责。

6 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

7 screw   

n.螺丝(钉)；vt.用螺钉固定；拧，拧紧

参考例句：

• Let's screw the two pipes together end to end.咱们把这两根管子接起来拧紧。
• Can you screw up this handle for me?你能帮我把这个把手拧紧吗？

8 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

9 perspective   

n.视角，观点，想法

参考例句：

• You can get a perspective of the whole city from here.从这里你可以看到城市的全景。
• We may get a clear perspective of the people's happy lives.我们知道人民对幸福生活的展望。

10 employers   

雇主( employer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
• The onus is on employers to follow health and safety laws. 雇主有义务遵行健康安全法。