7 January, 2014

A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.

These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier.

On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas (海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.

The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from

China. That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert(专家) of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinese students.

"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.

"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."

Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy two thousand students.

Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.

7 January, 2014
A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.
These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier.
On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas (海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.
The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from
China. That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert(专家) of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinese students.
"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.
"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."
Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy two thousand students.
Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.
"The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students."
Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening.
【小题1】Bob Doughty seems to be ________.

At 7:40 when Mrs. Fang is at breakfast, there comes a call. Twenty minutes later, she is with Ann, because she cannot stop her baby from crying. There, Mrs. Fang helps wash Ann’s three-day-old baby and it soon becomes quiet. It is her first child and she is learning what to do. After that, Mrs. Fang goes on to see Mr. Johnson, a rich old man, he lives alone. His arm was broken and cannot wash or put on his clothes himself. He needs Mrs. Fang’s help.

Then Mrs. Fang gets her second call that day. She goes to the home for the old（敬老院）. There she works with the old people till 2:00 p.m. One by one, she answers their questions and helps them take their medicine（服药）while the doctor takes care of other more serious patients（重病人）. Mrs. Fang keeps hurrying around all day and sometimes she has calls from the sick even late at night. She is busy, but she likes her job and enjoys helping others.

(　 ) 6. Mrs. Fang gets her first call from _________.

　　　 A. Mr. Fang　　　　　　　　 B. Mr. Johnson　　　　　　 C. Ann　　　　　　　　 D. the sick

(　 ) 7. Ann is _________.

　　　 A. a young nurse B. a new doctor　　　　　

C. Mrs. Fang’s Neighbour 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a new mother

(　 ) 8. Mrs. Fang goes to help Mr. Johnson because he is ____________.

　　　 A. rich and tall B. busy and tired 　C. old and sick D. alone but happy

(　 ) 9. Mrs. Fang often stops her work in the home for the old at about _________.

　　　 A. 2:00 p.m. 　　　　　　　 B. 3:00 p.m.　　　　　　　　 C. 4:00 p.m. 　　　　 D. 5:00 p.m.

(　 ) 10. From the passage we can know that Mrs. Fang ____________.

　　　 A. is a doctor B. must be a nurse in the community(社区).

　　　 C. is a teacher in a school D. must be a student