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1、 2023年商务英语BEC中级阅读考前辅导材料 美国理工专业回暖 2023年攻读科学与工程专业讨论生的美国学生数量到达历史新高，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盼望。 The number of US students going to graduate school for science and engineering hit an all-time high in 2023, offering a glimmer of hope to policymakers and business chiefs who have lamented that Americans

2、 are not interested in science. 美国国家科学基金会(National Science Foundation)的最新调查显示，入读科学与工程讨论生课程的美国公民和永久性居民人数增长了2%，到达创纪录的33.955万人。 A new survey conducted by the National Science Foundation shows that enrolment of US citizens and permanent residents in science and engineering graduate programmes increased

3、2 per cent, 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%，为连续其次年下降。 The survey also showed a 4 per cent 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 cent -

4、 the second year in a row with a decline. 美国科学促进会(American Association for the Advancement of Science)研发预算及政策工程主管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 Advancement of Science, 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好像越来越多，他表示。但外国学生数量下降，不管是由于实际存在或人们感觉中的签证问题，还是由于学生发觉在其它国家读书更具吸引力，这都(令人懊丧)。 The good news, according to most policymakers, is that it appears Americans are going into science and engineering in greater numbers, he said. But the drop in foreign students - whether its because o

6、f real or perceived visa problems, or because students find it more attractive to study in other nations - is not as encouraging. 911恐惧攻击后，美国国务院对外国学生实施限制，此后，来自国际学生的申请数量有所下降。 Applications from international students fell after the State Department imposed restrictions on foreign students in the wake

7、of the September 11 terrorist attacks. 软件公司甲骨文(Oracle)主管政府及公共事务的副总裁罗伯特o霍夫曼(Robert Hoffman)表示： (美国的)大学院校能否招到全世界顶尖的人才，唯一最大的.挑战在于我们的移民体系。 The single biggest challenge for colleges and universities being able to recruit top talent from around the world is our immigration system, said Robert Hoffman, the

8、 vice-president of government and public affairs at Oracle, the software company. 该体系对招生工作来说是个障碍。它所表达的意思是：你或许能在美国大学里获得一流教育，但你毕业后可能无法在美国公司里找到一份好工作。 The system is working as a barrier to recruitment. Its saying: you might be able to get a top-flight education at a US university but you might not be ab

9、le to get a top-flight job at a US company after you graduate. 调查发觉，工程专业的入读学生总数下降2.5%，在很大程度上是由于外国学生数量的削减，但入读数学和物理学专业的学生总数小幅上升。入读上述三门学科的美国公民人数有所上升，但每门学科的学生增幅缺乏1%。 Total engineering enrolments fell by 2.5 per cent, largely because of a decline in foreign students, but total enrolments in mathematics a

10、nd the physical sciences rose slightly, according to the survey. Enrolment of US citizens increased in all three categories but by less than 1 per cent in each. 商业圆桌会议(Business Roundtable)的教育及就业政策主管苏珊o崔曼(Susan Traiman)表示，她感到担忧的是，随着英国和澳大利亚等其它国家纷纷提高自己在讨论生教育方面的投资，并发起招募国内外优秀学生的攻势，美国讨论生院正失去其在吸引外国最优秀人才方面的

11、优势。 Susan Traiman, the director of education and workforce policy at the Business Roundtable, said she was concerned that US graduate schools were losing their edge in attracting the most talented foreign students, as other countries, such as the UK and Australia, boosted their investment in graduat

12、e education and embarked on campaigns to recruit top domestic and international students. 她表示： 这些数字好像说明，目前顶尖人才有更多的选择。 What these numbers seem to be saying is that top talent has many more options now, she said. 假如没有数量足够的美国学生进入这些领域，同时假如没有外国人才来填补这些空白，这将有损美国的创新力量-而这正是美国竞争力的根本所在。 If we dont have enough Americans going into these fields, and if we dont have the foreign talent to fill the gaps, it jeopardises US innovation - and that is the underpinning of American competitiveness.