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原文

A flight carrying hundreds of students to Belfast from Beijing has become the first of several expected to be chartered by British universities to bring a record number of Chinese people into the country to study.

The increase in numbers has been welcomed by universities, which had expected a shortfall in overseas students this year, and affirms the results of a recent survey that showed the UK to have overtaken the US as the most desirable destination for Chinese students.

语言点

charter vt. 包租（If a person or organization charters a plane, boat, or other vehicle, they hire it for their own use.） n. 宪章

· royal charter: 皇家宪章

· The president chartered a plane to go on holiday.

总统包机去度假。

record adj. 创纪录的

v. 记录

shortfall n. 不足（shortage）

affirm vt. 公开肯定，证实（主语是人）；证实（主语是物）

overtake vt. 超过

· The coffee chain has overtaken its US rival.

这家咖啡连锁店已经超过了它的美国竞争对手。

desirable adj. 渴望获得的，令人向往的

(something that is worth having or doing)

· The ability to speak a foreign language is highly desirable.

学一门外语是让人非常向往的。

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