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托业中级考试阅读备考材料 Nothingbrave,nothinghave.以下是小编为大家搜索整理的托业中级考试阅读备考材料希望能给大家带来帮助更多精彩内容请及时关注我们应届毕业生考试网 ThenumberofUSstudentsgoingtograduateschoolforscienceandengineeringhitanalltimehighinXX,offeringaglimmerofhopetopolicymakersandbusinesschiefswhohavelamentedthatAmericansarenotinterestedinscience. 美国国家科学基金会(NationalScienceFoundation)的最新调查显示入读科学与工程研究生课程的美国公民和永久性居民人数增长了2%达到创纪录的33.955万人 AnewsurveyconductedbytheNationalScienceFoundationshowsthatenrolmentofUScitizensandpermanentresidentsinscienceandengineeringgraduateprogrammesincreased2percent,toarecord339,550. 调查还显示继前3年下降之后今年外国学生的入学率首次增长4%不过就读这些学科的外国学生总数下降3%为连续第二年下降 Thesurveyalsoshoweda4percentriseinfirsttimeenrolmentsbyforeignstudents,followingthreeyearsofdecline.However,totalenrolmentofforeignstudentsinthosesubjectsdropped3percentthesecondyearinarowwithadecline. 美国科学促进会(AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience)研发预算及政策项目主管KeiKoizumi表示此次调查的结果喜忧参半 KeiKoizumi,thedirectoroftheRDbudgetandpolicyprogrammeattheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,calledthesurveysfindingsmixed. 多数决策者表示好消息是攻读科学与工程专业的美国人似乎越来越多他表示但外国学生数量下降不管是因为实际存在或人们感觉中的签证问题还是因为学生发现在其它国家读书更具吸引力这都(令人沮丧) Thegoodnews,accordingtomostpolicymakers,isthatitappearsAmericansaregoingintoscienceandengineeringingreaternumbers,hesaid.Butthedropinforeignstudentswhetheritsbecauseofrealorperceivedvisaproblems,orbecausestudentsfinditmoreattractivetostudyinothernationsisnotasencouraging. 911恐怖袭击后美国国务院对外国学生实施限制此后来自国际学生的申请数量有所下降 ApplicationsfrominternationalstudentsfellaftertheStateDepartmentimposedrestrictionsonforeignstudentsinthewakeoftheSeptember11terroristattacks. 软件公司甲骨文(Oracle)主管政府及公共事务的副总裁罗伯特o霍夫曼(RobertHoffman)表示：(美国的)大学院校能否招到全世界顶尖的人才唯一最大的挑战在于我们的移民体系 Thesinglebiggestchallengeforcollegesanduniversitiesbeingabletorecruittoptalentfromaroundtheworldisourimmigrationsystem,saidRobertHoffman,thevicepresidentofgovernmentandpublicaffairsatOracle,thesoftwarepany. 该体系对招生工作来说是个障碍它所表达的意思是：你或许能在美国大学里获得一流教育但你毕业后可能无法在美国公司里找到一份好工作 Thesystemisworkingasabarriertorecruitment.Itssaying:youmightbeabletogetatopflighteducationataUSuniversitybutyoumightnotbeabletogetatopflightjobataUSpanyafteryougraduate. 调查发现工程专业的入读学生总数下降2.5%在很大程度上是因为外国学生数量的减少但入读数学和物理学专业的学生总数小幅上升入读上述三门学科的美国公民人数有所上升但每门学科的学生增幅不足1% Totalengineeringenrolmentsfellby2.5percent,largelybecauseofadeclineinforeignstudents,buttotalenrolmentsinmathematicsandthephysicalsciencesroseslightly,accordingtothesurvey.EnrolmentofUScitizensincreasedinallthreecategoriesbutbylessthan1percentineach. 商业圆桌会议(BusinessRoundtable)的教育及就业政策主管苏珊o崔曼(SusanTraiman)表示她感到担忧的是随着英国和澳大利亚等其它国家纷纷提高自己在研究生教育方面的投资并发起招募国内外优秀学生的攻势美国研究生院正失去其在吸引外国最优秀人才方面的优势 SusanTraiman,thedirectorofeducationandworkforcepolicyattheBusinessRoundtable,saidshewasconcernedthatUSgraduateschoolswerelosingtheiredgeinattractingthemosttalentedforeignstudents,asothercountries,suchastheUKandAustralia,boostedtheirinvestmentingraduateeducationandembarkedoncampaignstorecruittopdomesticandinternationalstudents. 她表示：这些数字似乎表明目前顶尖人才有更多的选择 Whatthesenumbersseemtobesayingisthattoptalenthasmanymoreoptionsnow,shesaid. 如果没有数量足够的美国学生进入这些领域同时如果没有外国人才来填补这些空白这将有损美国的创新能力而这正是美国竞争力的根本所在 Ifwe