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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
American colleges and universities have a new program to give foreign engineering students a chance to study and work in the United States. It is called the Charles M. Vest Grand Challenges for Engineering International Scholarship Program. The Grand Challenges are 14 big problems that could be solved by engineers in the 21st century. They include making energy from the sun more economical, providing more clean water, preventing nuclear terror and making better medicines.
Eight American universities each offered one Vest Scholarship in 2014. Richard Miller is the president of Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts. He talks about the type of Vest Scholars Olin College is seeking.
"Because that is to try to find very highly gifted individuals who are likely to make a difference in their generation. They are up-and-comers. People who are in graduate school now, who have visions to make a difference on a large scale. We believe that the next generation in order to achieve that vision are going to have to work across the globe," said Miller.
The first class of Vest Scholars has already been selected. Applicants must propose a one-year research and study plan connected to one of the Grand Challenges. Applications for the next class are being accepted now atwww.vestscholars.org.
Another program for young foreign engineers is Frontiers of Engineering, organized by the National Academy of Engineering. Young engineers from 30 to 45 years old come together to listen to presentations about the newest developments in all types of engineering.
Two engineers who study earthquakes in the United States and India met at a Frontiers of Engineering meeting in the United States in 2012. Nicolas Luco with the United States Geological Survey talked about designing nuclear power plants that can withstand earthquakes.
"Make sure that you design for some ground motion that has the small chance of happening. We want to be pretty conservative. But this newer method goes beyond that, says we want to really be able to qualify what is the chance of damage to the power plant," said Luco.
C.S. Manohar is an engineer from Bangalore, India, who listened to Mr.Lugo and invited him to come to India. Both of these engineers want stronger building rules to deal with the risk of earthquakes in all buildings, not just nuclear power plants. These engineers are now looking for money to pay for further cooperation.
Building awareness and connections is what the Frontiers of Engineering Program is all about. The Frontiers of Engineering meetings are planned for and by younger engineers. There is a meeting in India in May, one in Japan in June and one in California in September.
This has been the Learning English Education Report. I'm Karen Leggett.
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词汇解释
1.economical adj. 经济的；节约的；合算的
We must find economical methods for extracting oil from shale.
我们必须找到从页岩中采油的经济方法。
2.ground motion 地表运动；[地震] 地面运动
In pure seismology, the ground motion is generally expressed by its amplitude.
在纯粹地震学中，地面运动一般以振幅表示。
3.vision n. 视力；美景；眼力；幻象；想象力 vt. 想象；显现；梦见
That's my vision of how the world could be.
那就是我对这个世界未来的憧憬。
内容解析
1.Because that is to try to find very highly gifted individuals who are likely to make a difference in their generation.
make a difference 区别对待；有(重要)作用；有影响；有关系
What you have told me may make a difference to my own position.
你告诉我的一切，可能影响我自己的看法。
Dose his absence make a difference to your work?
假如没有他，对你的工作会有影响吗？
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
美国高校有个为外国工程学生提供在美国学习和工作机会的新项目，名叫查尔斯·M·威斯特工程重大挑战国际奖学金项目。这里的重大挑战是指21世纪工程师可以解决的14个重大问题，包括更经济地获得太阳能，提供更清洁用水，预防核恐慌和提供更好的药物。
2014年8所美国学校分别提供一项威斯特奖学金，理查德·米勒是美国马萨诸塞州富兰克林·W·奥林工程学院院长，他谈到奥林工程学院维斯特奖学金是怎样的一个类型。
“我们希望找到能在一代人中做出超凡成绩的有天赋学生，他们有进取心。现在研究生院的学生们希望能大展宏图，我们认为下一代要实现这个愿景，就必须在全球各地工作。”
威斯特奖学金的第一个班级已经选好，申请者必须向威斯特挑战项目之一提交为期一年的研究和学习计划，目前www.vestscholars.org正接受下一个班级的申请者。
还有一个由国家工程学院为外国学生提供的工程前沿项目，30到45岁的青年工程师赶来聆听有关工程发展各种最新动态。
美国和印度两名研究地震的工程师2012年在美国工程前沿会议上会面，美国地质调查局的尼古拉斯·卢科谈到设计出可经受地震破坏的核电站。
“设计的时候要考虑到地面可能会发生小的震动，我们想更保守些。但这种新方法不仅超出这一点，我们还希望能掌握发电站遭受破坏的可能性。”
C.S.马诺哈尔是来自印度班加罗尔的工程师，他聆听了卢科的报告，并邀请他前往印度。两位工程师都希望制定更严格的建筑规定，来对付所有建筑物遭遇地震的风险，而不仅仅是核电站。两位工程师目前正为进一步的合作寻找资金支持。
达成共识和关联是工程前沿项目的全部目的，工程前沿会议是由青年工程师设计的，其目的也是帮助青年工程师。6月份和9月份分别在印度河日本都有一次会议。
这就是最新的美国之音慢速英语教育报道，我是凯伦·莱格。
