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By Jeri Watson
Broadcast: July 3, 2003
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report.
Foreign students are valuable to the United States. Many take part in important research. Most have to pay the full costs for their education. That helps universities 1)meet their budgets. International students and their families put twelve-thousand-million dollars into the American economy last year. That number is from the Institute of International Education, based in New York.
Now, many education officials say they are concerned that fewer students will come to the United States for the next school year. Classes begin in August or September. The officials base their concern partly on a decrease in students planning to attend 2)intensive1 English programs during the summer.
Just over half the schools in the American Association2 of Intensive English Programs were questioned for an online study in May. The members said they expected nineteen percent fewer students than last summer. They said they expected more than thirty percent fewer students than in the summer of two-thousand-one.
The members said one reason for the expected decrease is slower and more restrictive United States action on travel documents. Security3 has increased since the 3)terrorist4 attacks of September eleventh, two-thousand-one. The schools also blamed the travel problems caused by the 4)outbreak of 5)SARS, severe acute5 respiratory syndrome6.
In recent years, an increasing number of students have come to the United States to study. The Institute of International Education says these students represent more than four percent of all students in American colleges and universities. It says the number of international students reached a record high of more than five-hundred-eighty-thousand last year. The largest number came from India. Before last year the largest number came from China.
For some years now, it has been possible for students in other countries to get an American education without leaving home. Several schools offer academic degrees online. These include Jones International University in Englewood, Colorado, and the University of Phoenix7 in Arizona.
George Washington University in Washington, D.C, is currently8 establishing an online program for members of the 6)royal family in Saudi Arabia.
This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Jerilyn Watson. This is Steve Ember.

注释:
1) meet [mi:t] vt.应付,对付
2) intensive [in5tensiv] adj.加强的,精深的
3) terrorist [5terErist] n.恐怖分子
4) outbreak [5autbreik] n.(战争的)爆发,(疾病的)发作
5) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)  非典型肺炎
6) royal [5rCiEl] adj.王室的,皇家的


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1 intensive z5oxc     
adj.加强的,密集的;精工细作的,集约的
参考例句:
  • I'll make an intensive study of a subject.我将集中学一门课程。
  • There we received several weeks of intensive training.在那里我们受了几星期的集中训练.
2 association 6O1yp     
n.联盟,协会,社团;交往,联合;联想
参考例句:
  • Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.我方和贵公司的长期合作带来了巨大的利益。
  • I broke away from the association ten years ago.我10年前就脱离了那个团体。
3 security iTdzh     
n.安全,安全感;防护措施;保证(金),抵押(品);债券,证券
参考例句:
  • A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
  • There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时,机场的保安措施很严密。
4 terrorist 9Iaz2     
n.恐怖主义者,恐怖分子
参考例句:
  • Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪,我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
  • The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。
5 acute Ry9zO     
adj.严重的,激烈的,敏锐的,急性的,尖的
参考例句:
  • A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.分娩之后可能会有一段时间的急性抑郁期。
  • The publication comes as the answer to an acute demand.这一出版物是为满足急需而出版的。
6 syndrome uqBwu     
n.综合病症;并存特性
参考例句:
  • The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
  • Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
7 phoenix 7Njxf     
n.凤凰,长生(不死)鸟;引申为重生
参考例句:
  • The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
  • The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
8 currently SvMzI2     
adv.通常地,普遍地,当前
参考例句:
  • Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
  • Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

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