Johnson and Wales University

 

Broadcast: February 20, 2003
By Nancy Steinbach

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

We continue our series¹ about how foreign students can study at an American college or university. You can find the series at voaspecialenglish dot com. Today, we tell about one of the most unusual universities in the United² States.

Johnson and Wales³ University is in Providence⁴, Rhode Island. It also has branches in Norfolk, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; Miami, Florida; and Denver Colorado. Students can also study at Johnson and Wales in Goteborg, Sweden. A new campus⁵ in Charlotte, North Carolina, will begin to accept students in two-thousand-four.

Gertrude Johnson and May Wales began the university as a business school in nineteen-fourteen. Now, students also study food service management, travel services, hotel management, marketing⁶ and other subjects.

Many study business subjects from the time they enter the university. They also get work experience as part of their education. Professors supervise1 second-year students as they work in businesses that are owned by the university. These include farms, stores and hotels.

More than fifteen-thousand students attend Johnson and Wales University. More than one-thousand of them are from outside the United States. They come from ninety-two countries. University officials say most are studying international travel and recreation⁷ services.

Johnson and Wales University has an office in Istanbul2, Turkey. Workers from that office travel to schools all over the world and talk about the university. They help students with their applications and other paper work. And they provide information about how to get financial aid3.

International students pay more than twenty-five-thousand dollars a year to attend Johnson and Wales University in Providence. An International Center helps new students find places to live and provides many other services. The university also offers classes that teach English as a second language.

Johnson and Wales University is on the Internet at www.jwu.edu. Or you can write to International Admissions⁸, Johnson and Wales University, Eight Abbott Park Place, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, USA. This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach.
1. supervise [5sju:p[vaIz] v. 监督，管理，指导
2. Istanbul [7IstAn5bu:l] n. 伊斯坦布尔（土耳其西北部城市）
3. financial aid n. 财政援助

1 series   

n.连续；系列

参考例句：

• The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

3 Wales   

n.威尔士(在大不列颠岛西南部)

参考例句：

• The company are opening up a new factory in Wales.公司将在威尔士开一家新工厂。
• She teaches English at the University of Wales.她在威尔士大学教英语。

4 providence   

n.深谋远虑，天道，天意；远见；节约；上帝

参考例句：

• It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat.乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
• To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.照你的所作所为那样去行事，是违背上帝的意志的。

5 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。

6 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。

7 recreation   

n.娱乐，消遣，休养

参考例句：

• What kind of recreation do you go in for?你在文娱方面有什么爱好？
• Saturday afternoon is for recreation and outings.周六午后是休闲和外出游玩的时间。

8 admissions   

n.准许进入( admission的名词复数 )；入场费；入场券；承认

参考例句：

• a need-blind admissions policy 不考虑经济能力的录取政策
• He's the Dean of Admissions for the University of Michigan. 他是Michigan大学的新生注册主任。 来自辞典例句