Passage 7
出國留學(xué)也許是很多學(xué)生夢寐以求的事情。很多家長也愿意讓孩子出國去“鍍金”，或豐富人生經(jīng)歷。但或許他們沒有想到過留學(xué)在外也會面臨著一些潛在的危險。
Studying Overseas
Study overseas can be the adventure of a lifetime, and the majority of these experiences are healthy and safe. But, unless some simple precautions are taken, a young person living without a parent in a foreign country can encounter cultural disorientation and real, physical dangers. While auto and motorcycle accidents are a primary cause for concern, there are a host of other factors that need to be considered①, preferably, well in advance of a students departure②.
There are the familiar risks of unsafe sex and illegal drugs. No different from home, you say? Traveling students and their parents often dont realize how cultural and legal differences can enhance these “risk factors.” Simply put, what is “safe” or tolerated behavior in the United States can be interpreted quite differently in a foreign country.
In a strange place with new rules, even responsible teenagers may occasionally “l(fā)ose their heads” and take chances that they wouldnt normally take, like traveling unaccompanied to a strange country, not telling anyone where they are, or buying or selling on the black market. As a result, young travelers can easily find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Still, college students often reason that “horror stories” about incarcerated Americans overseas “will never happen to me!” In his MP article Legal Rights of Travelers, international law expert Jeffrey R. Miller describes some of the penalties facing the errant traveler. These can be extreme by American standards.
However, safety is indeed everyones responsibility. The school program, the parents and the student all need to take part. Avoid potentially troublesome situations because as a foreigner you are more vulnerable. Be more cautious than at home. Heres an obvious but critically important safety rule: Always let someone know where you are and never travel alone.
［298 words］
文章第一段便指出，出國留學(xué)除了考慮健康和人身安全之外，還要考慮到更多其他的因素。第二段指出常見的安全隱患。第三段指出陌生環(huán)境下孩子們可能的反常行為。第四段指出孩子們對安全問題掉以輕心的態(tài)度。第五段總結(jié)全文，并提出了一些安全建議。
本文語句十分地道，句式多樣。段落之間存在的一些具有連接功能的詞語，如still, however等，讓文章連貫性更強。
留學(xué)在外
我們將出國留學(xué)看作是生命中的冒險。在留學(xué)過程中，需要考慮的是你的健康和人身安全。除非你預(yù)先做一些安排，否則的話，一個年少的孩子生活在遠離父母的異地他鄉(xiāng)，可能會面臨一些文化困擾，或者某種真正的、傷及人身的危險。尤其是由汽車或者摩托車而造成的事故。另外我們好在孩子臨行之前，預(yù)先考慮到更多其他的因素。
其中常見的就是被視為洪水猛獸的性和毒品問題了。你認為這和你在國內(nèi)沒有什么不同嗎？留學(xué)生和他們的父母并沒有認識到這種文化和法律的差異會加劇這類冒險因素。簡單地說，美國人眼中所謂的安全或者可容忍的行為，在別的國家里卻可能不是。
在一個規(guī)矩完全不同的陌生地方，即便是一個很有責(zé)任感的孩子也會偶爾迷失自己，會做出一些違反常理的事情。比如說孤身去一個陌生的城市旅行，不告訴其他人自己在哪兒，或者出入于黑市做些買賣。結(jié)果，這些年輕的游子們經(jīng)常會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己不合時宜地出現(xiàn)在不該出現(xiàn)的地方。
然而，大學(xué)生們卻常常認為那些監(jiān)禁海外美國人的恐怖故事永遠都不會發(fā)生在自己身上。國際法專家Jeffrey R. Miller在他呈交給議會的論文《旅游者的合法權(quán)益》中指出，應(yīng)對那些行蹤不定的旅行者加以某種懲罰。在美國人眼里，這樣做是有點過分了。
然而，保障自身安全是每個人的責(zé)任。學(xué)校里有些課程是要求學(xué)生及其家長一起參加的。因為作為一個外國人，你會更加容易受傷害。所以一定要比在國內(nèi)更小心，盡量不要找麻煩。還有一條簡單卻極為重要的規(guī)律：無論你去哪兒，一定要讓別人知道；千萬不要單獨外出旅行。
precaution n.預(yù)防，防備，警惕
encounter vt.遇見，遭遇
disorientation n.迷失
interpret vt.解釋，詮釋
incarcerate v.將某人監(jiān)禁
penalty n.觸發(fā)，懲罰
errant a.為冒險而周游的
vulnerable a.易受傷害的
①【注釋】a host of sb/sth 大群，眾多，許多（人或事物）
【臨摹】I cant come, for a whole host of reasons.由于種種原因，我來不了。
②【注釋】in advance of sth 預(yù)先；事前
【臨摹】Galileos ideas were well in advance of the age in which he lived.伽利略的思想遠遠超越了他所在的那個時代。佳句臨摹
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
When at Rome, do as the Romans do. 入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。
Passage 8
“十年樹木，百年樹人”，教育從來都是一個十分有意義的話題。讓我們看看，世界經(jīng)濟發(fā)達的美國，高等教育是如何開展的。
Higher Education in America
There is evidence that even incomplete university study gives a person better career prospects than none at all. So, it is accepted that the benefits of a university career are useful.
All this effort in Americas higher education is very expensive. Some of the costs come from fees and benefactions, particularly towards research, but most have to be paid from public funds. Parents favor big expenditures on higher education; a wider public opinion favors them for idealistic and cultural reasons, and because of the supposed value of education as an investment by society.
The first universities were developed by private charitable organizations. The private universities are still very important, and most of the bestknown institutions, like Harvard, Yale and Princeton, are private.
Most of the principal state universities have between 10, 000 and 30, 000 students, and some have increased rapidly in the past few years. Private universities and colleges are generally smaller, and although they are more numerous than public institutions they have a smaller total number of students than those in public institutions. The private colleges vary very much in standards and reputation, from the worldfamous and select to the cranky and the obscure①. The best known of all is Harvard.
There are also many junior colleges to which students may be admitted at the end of their high school career, providing only the first two years of university work.
For the most part Americans think that theres some advantage in attending one of the betterknown private institutions, in spite of the higher cost, rather than a state university. However, state universities are becoming increasingly important, and some of them, particularly in the Midwest have a reputation practically equal to that of the private ones. Almost every state by now has several university institutions directly under the authority of the state government.
［308 words］
文章開篇就指出接受教育總是頗有好處的，為后文作了一個很好的鋪墊。緊接著第二段就講到美國社會各界在教育上花費巨大，引出了文章的話題——美國的教育。第三，四，五段就具體的闡述了美國的教育體系是由私立學(xué)校，州立大學(xué)和大專學(xué)校構(gòu)成的。后一段講述了州立大學(xué)的發(fā)展前景。
美國的高等教育
有跡象表明，一個人大學(xué)肄業(yè)也比從未上過大學(xué)有更好的就業(yè)前景。因此，人們相信，接受大學(xué)教育總是頗有益處的。
美國在高等教育上的投入是十分巨大的。某些費用，尤其是科研費用，來自學(xué)費和捐款，但是多數(shù)費用還得由公共基金支付。家長樂意將大筆經(jīng)費投入高等教育；基于理想上和文化上的緣由，加上教育具有一種被認定為社會投資的價值，社會輿論也比以前更加普遍地支持在高等教育上花費巨資。
美國早的大學(xué)是由私立慈善機構(gòu)興辦發(fā)展的?，F(xiàn)在私立大學(xué)仍然十分重要，且多數(shù)的高等院校，如哈佛大學(xué)、耶魯大學(xué)和普林斯頓大學(xué)，都是私立大學(xué)。
美國大多數(shù)主要的州立大學(xué)在校學(xué)生人數(shù)在1萬至3萬名之間，其中有些大學(xué)近年來學(xué)生人數(shù)激增。私立高等院校一般規(guī)模較小，盡管其數(shù)量超過公立院校，其學(xué)生總?cè)藬?shù)卻比公立院校的要少。私立院校的水平與名望彼此相差甚遠，從舉世聞名、出類拔萃到動蕩不定或默默無聞的都有。所有大學(xué)中，哈佛大學(xué)負盛名。
美國還有許多只開設(shè)大學(xué)頭兩年課程的大專學(xué)校，高中生畢業(yè)后就可上此類學(xué)校。
盡管私立院校費用較高，大多數(shù)美國人認為，就讀于名氣大一些的私立院校有某種優(yōu)越性，故不愿上州立大學(xué)。然而，州立大學(xué)日趨重要，其中部分院校，尤其是中西部地區(qū)的州立大學(xué)，現(xiàn)在已與私立大學(xué)齊名。如今，幾乎各州都有幾所隸屬于州政府直接管轄的高等院校。
benefaction n.恩惠, 善行, 施予
expenditure n.經(jīng)費，費用，支出額
charitable organizations 慈善機構(gòu)
cranky a.任性的, 暴躁的
obscure a.不的，不重要的
prominent a.突出的，杰出的
①【注釋】vary from sth to sth 改變，變動，變化
【臨摹】Her mood varied from optimism to extreme depression.她的情緒由樂觀變?yōu)闃O度消極。佳句臨摹
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. 教育之艱苦在于從意念中獲得經(jīng)驗。
The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions. 教育惟一的真正目的，就是讓一個人進入這種狀態(tài)：不斷提出問題。
出國留學(xué)也許是很多學(xué)生夢寐以求的事情。很多家長也愿意讓孩子出國去“鍍金”，或豐富人生經(jīng)歷。但或許他們沒有想到過留學(xué)在外也會面臨著一些潛在的危險。
Studying Overseas
Study overseas can be the adventure of a lifetime, and the majority of these experiences are healthy and safe. But, unless some simple precautions are taken, a young person living without a parent in a foreign country can encounter cultural disorientation and real, physical dangers. While auto and motorcycle accidents are a primary cause for concern, there are a host of other factors that need to be considered①, preferably, well in advance of a students departure②.
There are the familiar risks of unsafe sex and illegal drugs. No different from home, you say? Traveling students and their parents often dont realize how cultural and legal differences can enhance these “risk factors.” Simply put, what is “safe” or tolerated behavior in the United States can be interpreted quite differently in a foreign country.
In a strange place with new rules, even responsible teenagers may occasionally “l(fā)ose their heads” and take chances that they wouldnt normally take, like traveling unaccompanied to a strange country, not telling anyone where they are, or buying or selling on the black market. As a result, young travelers can easily find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Still, college students often reason that “horror stories” about incarcerated Americans overseas “will never happen to me!” In his MP article Legal Rights of Travelers, international law expert Jeffrey R. Miller describes some of the penalties facing the errant traveler. These can be extreme by American standards.
However, safety is indeed everyones responsibility. The school program, the parents and the student all need to take part. Avoid potentially troublesome situations because as a foreigner you are more vulnerable. Be more cautious than at home. Heres an obvious but critically important safety rule: Always let someone know where you are and never travel alone.
［298 words］
文章第一段便指出，出國留學(xué)除了考慮健康和人身安全之外，還要考慮到更多其他的因素。第二段指出常見的安全隱患。第三段指出陌生環(huán)境下孩子們可能的反常行為。第四段指出孩子們對安全問題掉以輕心的態(tài)度。第五段總結(jié)全文，并提出了一些安全建議。
本文語句十分地道，句式多樣。段落之間存在的一些具有連接功能的詞語，如still, however等，讓文章連貫性更強。
留學(xué)在外
我們將出國留學(xué)看作是生命中的冒險。在留學(xué)過程中，需要考慮的是你的健康和人身安全。除非你預(yù)先做一些安排，否則的話，一個年少的孩子生活在遠離父母的異地他鄉(xiāng)，可能會面臨一些文化困擾，或者某種真正的、傷及人身的危險。尤其是由汽車或者摩托車而造成的事故。另外我們好在孩子臨行之前，預(yù)先考慮到更多其他的因素。
其中常見的就是被視為洪水猛獸的性和毒品問題了。你認為這和你在國內(nèi)沒有什么不同嗎？留學(xué)生和他們的父母并沒有認識到這種文化和法律的差異會加劇這類冒險因素。簡單地說，美國人眼中所謂的安全或者可容忍的行為，在別的國家里卻可能不是。
在一個規(guī)矩完全不同的陌生地方，即便是一個很有責(zé)任感的孩子也會偶爾迷失自己，會做出一些違反常理的事情。比如說孤身去一個陌生的城市旅行，不告訴其他人自己在哪兒，或者出入于黑市做些買賣。結(jié)果，這些年輕的游子們經(jīng)常會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己不合時宜地出現(xiàn)在不該出現(xiàn)的地方。
然而，大學(xué)生們卻常常認為那些監(jiān)禁海外美國人的恐怖故事永遠都不會發(fā)生在自己身上。國際法專家Jeffrey R. Miller在他呈交給議會的論文《旅游者的合法權(quán)益》中指出，應(yīng)對那些行蹤不定的旅行者加以某種懲罰。在美國人眼里，這樣做是有點過分了。
然而，保障自身安全是每個人的責(zé)任。學(xué)校里有些課程是要求學(xué)生及其家長一起參加的。因為作為一個外國人，你會更加容易受傷害。所以一定要比在國內(nèi)更小心，盡量不要找麻煩。還有一條簡單卻極為重要的規(guī)律：無論你去哪兒，一定要讓別人知道；千萬不要單獨外出旅行。
precaution n.預(yù)防，防備，警惕
encounter vt.遇見，遭遇
disorientation n.迷失
interpret vt.解釋，詮釋
incarcerate v.將某人監(jiān)禁
penalty n.觸發(fā)，懲罰
errant a.為冒險而周游的
vulnerable a.易受傷害的
①【注釋】a host of sb/sth 大群，眾多，許多（人或事物）
【臨摹】I cant come, for a whole host of reasons.由于種種原因，我來不了。
②【注釋】in advance of sth 預(yù)先；事前
【臨摹】Galileos ideas were well in advance of the age in which he lived.伽利略的思想遠遠超越了他所在的那個時代。佳句臨摹
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
When at Rome, do as the Romans do. 入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。
Passage 8
“十年樹木，百年樹人”，教育從來都是一個十分有意義的話題。讓我們看看，世界經(jīng)濟發(fā)達的美國，高等教育是如何開展的。
Higher Education in America
There is evidence that even incomplete university study gives a person better career prospects than none at all. So, it is accepted that the benefits of a university career are useful.
All this effort in Americas higher education is very expensive. Some of the costs come from fees and benefactions, particularly towards research, but most have to be paid from public funds. Parents favor big expenditures on higher education; a wider public opinion favors them for idealistic and cultural reasons, and because of the supposed value of education as an investment by society.
The first universities were developed by private charitable organizations. The private universities are still very important, and most of the bestknown institutions, like Harvard, Yale and Princeton, are private.
Most of the principal state universities have between 10, 000 and 30, 000 students, and some have increased rapidly in the past few years. Private universities and colleges are generally smaller, and although they are more numerous than public institutions they have a smaller total number of students than those in public institutions. The private colleges vary very much in standards and reputation, from the worldfamous and select to the cranky and the obscure①. The best known of all is Harvard.
There are also many junior colleges to which students may be admitted at the end of their high school career, providing only the first two years of university work.
For the most part Americans think that theres some advantage in attending one of the betterknown private institutions, in spite of the higher cost, rather than a state university. However, state universities are becoming increasingly important, and some of them, particularly in the Midwest have a reputation practically equal to that of the private ones. Almost every state by now has several university institutions directly under the authority of the state government.
［308 words］
文章開篇就指出接受教育總是頗有好處的，為后文作了一個很好的鋪墊。緊接著第二段就講到美國社會各界在教育上花費巨大，引出了文章的話題——美國的教育。第三，四，五段就具體的闡述了美國的教育體系是由私立學(xué)校，州立大學(xué)和大專學(xué)校構(gòu)成的。后一段講述了州立大學(xué)的發(fā)展前景。
美國的高等教育
有跡象表明，一個人大學(xué)肄業(yè)也比從未上過大學(xué)有更好的就業(yè)前景。因此，人們相信，接受大學(xué)教育總是頗有益處的。
美國在高等教育上的投入是十分巨大的。某些費用，尤其是科研費用，來自學(xué)費和捐款，但是多數(shù)費用還得由公共基金支付。家長樂意將大筆經(jīng)費投入高等教育；基于理想上和文化上的緣由，加上教育具有一種被認定為社會投資的價值，社會輿論也比以前更加普遍地支持在高等教育上花費巨資。
美國早的大學(xué)是由私立慈善機構(gòu)興辦發(fā)展的?，F(xiàn)在私立大學(xué)仍然十分重要，且多數(shù)的高等院校，如哈佛大學(xué)、耶魯大學(xué)和普林斯頓大學(xué)，都是私立大學(xué)。
美國大多數(shù)主要的州立大學(xué)在校學(xué)生人數(shù)在1萬至3萬名之間，其中有些大學(xué)近年來學(xué)生人數(shù)激增。私立高等院校一般規(guī)模較小，盡管其數(shù)量超過公立院校，其學(xué)生總?cè)藬?shù)卻比公立院校的要少。私立院校的水平與名望彼此相差甚遠，從舉世聞名、出類拔萃到動蕩不定或默默無聞的都有。所有大學(xué)中，哈佛大學(xué)負盛名。
美國還有許多只開設(shè)大學(xué)頭兩年課程的大專學(xué)校，高中生畢業(yè)后就可上此類學(xué)校。
盡管私立院校費用較高，大多數(shù)美國人認為，就讀于名氣大一些的私立院校有某種優(yōu)越性，故不愿上州立大學(xué)。然而，州立大學(xué)日趨重要，其中部分院校，尤其是中西部地區(qū)的州立大學(xué)，現(xiàn)在已與私立大學(xué)齊名。如今，幾乎各州都有幾所隸屬于州政府直接管轄的高等院校。
benefaction n.恩惠, 善行, 施予
expenditure n.經(jīng)費，費用，支出額
charitable organizations 慈善機構(gòu)
cranky a.任性的, 暴躁的
obscure a.不的，不重要的
prominent a.突出的，杰出的
①【注釋】vary from sth to sth 改變，變動，變化
【臨摹】Her mood varied from optimism to extreme depression.她的情緒由樂觀變?yōu)闃O度消極。佳句臨摹
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. 教育之艱苦在于從意念中獲得經(jīng)驗。
The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions. 教育惟一的真正目的，就是讓一個人進入這種狀態(tài)：不斷提出問題。