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EDUCATION REPORT - Fulbright Exchange Program Turns 60By Nancy Steinbach

Broadcast: Thursday, August 03, 2006

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

This week is the sixtieth anniversary1 of the Fulbright Program of international educational exchanges. On August first, nineteen forty-six, President Harry2 Truman signed legislation3 to create the program.

Fulbright grants4 are given to graduate students, to scholars and professionals, and to teachers and administrators5. Today about six thousand people each year receive grants. People come to the United States to study or teach, while Americans go to other countries.

The Fulbright program operates in about one hundred fifty countries. Around two hundred seventy-five thousand people have taken part over the years. Some have gone on to become Nobel Prize winners and leaders in areas like business, technology and politics.

Those who take part in the program are called Fulbright scholars or Fulbrighters. They receive money for travel, education and living costs. The program is paid for by the United States government and by foreign governments and private groups.

Thomas Farrell is a deputy6 assistant secretary in the State Department which supervises7 the program. He says that right now the number of American students who want to spend a year as a Fulbright scholar is at the highest point ever. And, he says, so is the number of Fulbright scholarships they are being awarded. The number is close to one thousand two hundred a year.


William Fulbright

In nineteen forty-six of Arkansas proposed8 the legislation to create the program. At that time, just after World War Two, he saw the idea as a way to improve world understanding.

Senator9 Fulbright thought exchanges would help people better understand other ways of life as well as their own. He believed the program could educate future world leaders.

You can learn more about the program online from the Bureau10 of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the State Department. We have a link to the Web site at www.unsv.com, where you can also download archives of our reports and listen online.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. A program note -- in September we will begin our Foreign Student Series. This is information about how to attend school in the United States. So please send us your questions. Write to [email protected]. We cannot answer mail personally, but we might answer your question during our series. I'm Steve Ember.


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1 anniversary Cw0zD     
n.周年(纪念日)
参考例句:
  • They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
  • Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。
2 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
3 legislation q9uzG     
n.立法,法律的制定;法规,法律
参考例句:
  • They began to draft legislation.他们开始起草法规。
  • The liberals band together against the new legislation.自由党员联合一致反对新的立法。
4 grants 74dc2f36b83c605847a3519729a18d11     
n.(来自私人或公共授予机构的)基金( grant的名词复数 );补助金;授给物(如财产、授地、专有权、补助、拨款等)v.(退一步)承认( grant的第三人称单数 );(尤指正式地或法律上)同意;准许;让渡
参考例句:
  • Higher education grants are a carrot with which to entice students. 高等教育的助学金是吸引学生的诱惑物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Grants for the arts are not too thick on the ground these years. 这几年提供给艺术的补助金并不很多。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 administrators d04952b3df94d47c04fc2dc28396a62d     
n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 );有管理(或行政)才能的人;(由遗嘱检验法庭指定的)遗产管理人;奉派暂管主教教区的牧师
参考例句:
  • He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员,但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
  • Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
6 deputy fw0xE     
n.代理人,代表,副职;adj.代理的,副的
参考例句:
  • John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.我离开期间,约翰将代理我的职务。
  • She is the deputy headmistress of the school.她是那所学校的代理校长。
7 supervises 0c6b8b4be15dd8fdcf08e4a8c5c6c843     
v.监督,管理( supervise的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The group leader supervises a dozen workers. 组长管十二个工人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He makes the wines and supervises the vineyards. 他酿酒并管理葡萄园。 来自辞典例句
8 proposed dkDzql     
被提议的
参考例句:
  • There is widespread discontent among the staff at the proposed changes to pay and conditions. 员工对改变工资和工作环境的建议普遍不满。
  • an outcry over the proposed change 对拟议的改革所发出的强烈抗议
9 senator UzJwm     
n.参议员,评议员
参考例句:
  • The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.那参议员极力反对采取这项措施。
  • The senator's speech hit at government spending.参议员的讲话批评了政府的开支。
10 bureau Fsez3     
n.提供或收集消息的机构;局,司,处;署
参考例句:
  • The weather bureau makes daily reports on weather conditions.气象局每天报告天气状况。
  • The Tourist Bureau arranged everything for our journey to Rome.旅游局已为我们去罗马旅行准备了一切。

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