2021年商务英语中级阅读材料(3)

1、商务英语中级阅读材料(3) xx年商务英语中级阅读材料(3) 美国理工专业回暖 xx年攻读科学与工程专业研究生的美国学生数量达到历史新高，让哀叹美国人对科学不感兴趣的决策者和企业总裁们看到了一线希望。 The number of US students going to graduate school for scien _ and engineering hit an all-time high in xx, offering a glimmer of hope to policy _kers and business chiefs who have lamented that Americ

2、ans are not interested in scien _. 美国国家科学基金会(National Scien _ Foundation)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。 A new survey conducted by the National Scien _ Foundation shows that enrolment of US citizens and per _nent residents in scien _ and engineering graduate programmes increas

3、ed 2 per _nt, to a record 339,550. 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。 The survey also showed a 4 per _nt rise in first-time enrolments by foreign students, following three years of decline. However, total enrolment of foreign students in those subjects dropped 3 per _nt -

4、 the second year in a row with a decline. 美国科学促进会(American Association for the Advan _ment of Scien _)研发预算及政策项目主管Kei Koizumi表示，此次调查的结果 喜忧参半。 Kei Koizumi, the director of the R &D budget and policy programme at the American Association for the Advan _ment of Scien _, called the surveys findings mixed

5、. 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)。 The good news, aording to most policy _kers, is that it appears Americans are going into scien _ and engineering in greater numbers, he said. But the drop in foreign students - whether its because of real or per _ived visa problems, or because students find it more attractive to study in other nations - is not as encouraging. 911 _后，美国 _对外国学生实施限制，此后，国际学生的申请数量有所下降。 Applications from international students fell after the State Department imposed r