(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
Students from China have a long history of coming to the United States for education. And this month, American educators expect high schools across the U.S. to enroll more Chinese students than ever.
17-year-old, Grace Liu is one of about 30,000 Chinese citizens at American high schools. She grew up in Tianjin, a city of 14 million people on China's east coast. This fall, she is starting her third year of high school in the Southeastern United States.
Grace attends Rabun Gap Nacoochee school in Rabun Gap, a small community in the State of Georgia. She sounds very happy with her surroundings.
"The people here are really nice, and we say ‘hi' to each other, even though we don't know each other. The people here help me a lot, and the environment here is really good," said Liu.
Anthony Sgro heads the Rabun Gap School. He says Chinese applications or requests to attend the school have risen sharply.
"First couple of students came to the United States in 1980s. And they have come in significantly, significantly great numbers in the last 15 years," said Sgro.
Many of the students are from China's growing middle class, they want a good education and an advantage -- a better chance to complete for places in America's most respected universities.
Attending schools outside China also means an escape from the intense competition at schools inside China. Memorization by rote is common there. This method of learning through memory exercises uses up a lot of time. It can keep students from taking part in sports or interest groups.
In addition, Chinese students in the U.S. do not face the Chinese examination Gaokao. It is designed to measure a student's ability to do college work. Many students in their home country worry about this difficult test.
Anthony Sgro says some of Rabun citizens have expressed displeasure about the young Chinese arrivals.
"That was the argument when the Chinese started coming in large numbers. ‘Why are we educating our enemies?' And my response to people around this is the world in which we grew up in is very different from the world these students are growing up in today," said Sgro.
Mr. Sgro says his students see stories about China when they open a newspaper or watch television news. He says they also will know five students from that country. 17-year-old, Yvette Yang, says she and her Chinese classmates are part of a new future.
The number of international students attending university in the United States is also reaching record numbers. 800,000 foreign students were studying at American colleges in 2012.
And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report. I'm Jeri Watson.
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词汇解释
1.memorization n. 记住；暗记
Rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries.
几个世纪以来，死记硬背一直是教育工作者奉行的标准教学方法。
2.enroll vt. 登记；使加入；把...记入名册；使入伍 vi. 参加；登记；注册；记入名册
I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.
我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
内容解析
1.Memorization by rote is common there. This method of learning through memory exercises uses up a lot of time.
by rote 死记硬背
His poor method of learning by rote made him unable to deal with the problems in his work flexibly.
他死记硬背的学习方法使他在工作中不能灵活处理问题。
You are merely reciting facts that you have learned by rote.
你只是在背诵自己死记硬背下来的东西。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
中国学生去美国留学已有很久历史，本月，美国教育家预测美国各高中将招收比以往更多的中国学生。
17岁的格蕾丝·刘是美国高中3万多名中国学生中的一员，她出生在中国东部沿海有着1400万人口的城市天津。今天秋季，她开始在美国东南部一所高中开始第三年的学习。
格蕾丝就读于罗本盖普市的罗本盖普-娜库奇中学，这是乔治亚州的一个小社区，看来她对周围环境很满意。
“这里的人们都很好，我们相互打招呼，即使是相互不认识也会如此。他们给我很多帮助，这里的环境真的很棒。”
安东尼·斯高是罗本盖普中学的负责人，他说申请本校的中国学生数量骤增。
“第一批中国学生是20世纪80年代来美国的，过去15年数量增长得非常快。”
很多留学生都是来自中国正崛起的中产阶级家庭，他们希望获得良好的教育和竞争美国最知名高校入学名额的优势。
出国留学意味着逃避中国国内学校里的激烈竞争，死记硬背很常见，这种依靠记忆练习的学习方法非常耗时，学生就无法参加运动或兴趣小组。
同时，在美国的中国学生不必参加高考，高校是为了衡量学生是否有能力上大学而设置的，本国的很多学生都很担心这种很难的考试。
安东尼·斯高说，一些罗本市民对中国学生的到来表示不满。
“中国学生大批用来引发争议，‘为什么要教育我们的敌人呢？’我对此的回答是，我们成长的那个世界和这些学生们成长的世界是不同的。”
斯高说，他的学生们打开报纸或看电视新闻就会看到有关中国的报道，他说他们还将认识5个中国学生。17岁的伊薇特·杨说，她和她的中国同学们都是新未来的一部分。
来美国上大学的国际学生数量也创下新高，2012年有80万外国留学生在美国高校学习。
这就是美国之音慢速英语教育报道，我是杰瑞·沃森。
