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美英报刊文章阅读（精选本）（第五版）UNITONELESSONTWOPARTONEWARMINGUPPARTONEWARMINGUPDirections:Inthispart,youaregoingtosee4logosofworldfamousnewsagencies.CanyouguessWHICHCOUNTRYtheyarefrom?DeutschePresseAgentur（GERMANY）德新社Reuters(BRITAIN)路透社AgenziaNazionaleStampaAssociata(ITALY)安莎社RIANovosti(RUSSIA)俄新社PARTTWOBUILDINGUPVOCABULARYPARTTWOBUILDINGUPVOCABULARYappealingassumptionavailablecapacityconnectioncontributeemphaticallyenhance假定，假设联系；关系有吸引力的；有趣的可获得的；可用的；可见的强调地；强烈地；坚决地容量，容积提高，增加，增强捐献；捐助大量的；大规模的；广阔的；广泛的；广博的extensivePARTTWOBUILDINGUPVOCABULARYfederalgrosslyinstitutionpredominancerefreshingSenatesteadyunequaled严重地；令人不快地令人欣喜的，使人耳目一新的美国联邦政府的社会机构有规则的，平稳的占优势，显著，支配地位（正式）无与伦比的，无双的参议院越南VietnamPARTTHREEREADINGCOMPREHENSIONAnAmericaninBeijingPARTTHREEREADINGCOMPREHENSIONByLaurenKonopaczPARTTHREEAnAmericaninBeijingEachyear,thousandsofU.S.studentschoosetospendasemesterabroadinallsortsofplaces,fromEnglandtoSpaintoAustraliatoIndia.AfterspendingasemesteratauniversityinBeijing,theLaurenKonopaczexploresthemyriadbenefitsofstudyingabroad—particularlyinChina.Thatmeansthatjust20,788U.S.studentswentabroadtotheAsianregion.Globalist’sInthe2005-2006academicyear,themostrecentperiodforwhichdataareavailable,223,534U.S.studentsstudiedabroad.Thatnumberequalsonly1%ofenrolledU.S.students.Ofthat1%,only9.3%chosetostudyabroadinAsia.根据可获取的最新资料，2005-2006学年，有223，534名美国学生在海外学习。这个数字只相当于全美大学生入学人数的1%。在这1%的学生中，只有9.3%的学生选择来亚洲学习。PARTTHREEInotherwords,thenumberofU.S.studentswhospenttimeinAsiaduringthatacademicyearcouldn’tevenaRedSoxgame.1FenwayPark—oneofthesmallestballparksintheUnitedStates—hasacapacityof36,108.Takingthatpointfurther,onlyabout6,000studentschosetostudyinChina.TheycouldnotevenselloutaPortlandSeaDogs2game—theRedSox’minorleagueteam.Ofallmyfriends,onlytheoneswhoIknowthroughChineseclasseswenttoChina,andtheeightofuscouldn’tevenfilladugout.■Sowhydidtheygo?Thereareanumberofreasonstostudyabroad.Infact,accordingtothe,79%oftheU.S.populationagreesthatstudentsoughttostudyabroad,incontrasttothefactthatonly1%go.selloutsellallof(whatwasforsale)(货物)（全部）卖完；卖光AmericanCouncilonEducation美国教育委员会PARTTHREEManystudentswhogoabroadhavethegoaloflearningalanguage.Thereisnobetterwaytoimprovelanguageskillsthanbybeingimmersedinalanguageotherthanyourown.Studyingabroadalsooffersstudentsanopportunitytotravel,toexpandone’sworldview,toenhancethevalueofacollegedegree—andtomakeinternationalconnections.Studyingabroadcanhaveexcellentbenefitsforfutureemploymentopportunitiesbyprovidingstudentswithinternationalskillsandexperiences.Connectionsmadewhileabroadcouldeasilyleadtofutureopportunities.■wantsYOUtogoabroad4Even8recognizestheimportanceofastudyabroadexperiencetofutureemployment.,passedonNovember11,2005,listsseveralreasonswhysuchanexperienceisimportantforboththestudentandfortheUnitedStatesasawhole.UncleSamtheU.S.Senate美国参议院SenateResolution308（美国）参议院308号决议PARTTHREESeveralofthesepointsaddressthefactthat“federalagencies,educationalinstitutionsandcorporationsintheUnitedStatesaresufferingfromashortageofprofessionalswithinternationalknowledgeandforeignskills.”■UnderstandingselfPerhapsmostimportantly,studyabroadoffersachancetounderstandanotherculture,andtobetterunderstandyourownculture.Resolution308agreesthatstudyabroadprograms“empowerstudentstobetterunderstandthemselvesandothersthroughacomparisonofculturalvaluesandwaysoflife.”Muchofwhatpeopleconsidertobe“self”issimplyasetofbeliefsandassumptionsaboutlifethataretheproductsoffactorssuchassocialgroup,economicclass,familybackgroundandnationalculture.Foreignexperienceallowsstudentstorecognizetheseassumptionsinboththeirhostcultureandtheirown.Severalofthesepointsaddressthefactthat“federalagencies,educationalinstitutionsandcorporationsintheUnitedStatesaresufferingfromashortageofprofessionalswithinternationalknowledgeandforeignskills.”其中几条谈到，美国联邦政府的各事务处，教育机构以及各大公司都很缺乏具有国际相关知识与技能的专业人才。a.address—dealwithordiscussb.ashortageof—aconditionofhavinglessthanisneeded;anamountlacking(缺乏；短缺，不足)Muchofwhatpeopleconsidertobe“self”issimplyasetofbeliefsandassumptionsaboutlifethataretheproductsoffactorssuchassocialgroup,economicclass,familybackgroundandnationalculture许多人们认为是“自我”的东西仅仅是一系列关于生活的信念和设想，并很大程度受到社会环境、经济状况、家庭背景和民族文化等因素的影响。PARTTHREEAsidefromaforeigncultural12experience,studentsareabletore-examinetheassumptionsoftheirownlivesandtheassumptionsofthesocietiestheybelongto.■SowhyAsia?AsiahasplayedahugeroleinshapingU.S.historyandforeignpolicy.Korea,Vietnam,theWorldWars—eventheSpanishAmericanwarwasconcernedwithU.S.presenceinAsia.5TheU.S.OpenDoorpolicywasofficiallyintroducedasfarbackas1899,andunofficiallyintroducedwithCommodorePerry’svisitstoJapanin1853.DespiteextensiveU.S.Asianinvolvement,theeducationalsystemintheUnitedStatesisheavilyU.S.Europeanfocused.Throughoutmyeducationpriortocollege,ItookseveralcoursesonU.S.andEuropeanhistory,butonlyonecourseonAsia—andthatwasahighschoolelective.PARTTHREEAsiacontinuestoaffecttheUnitedStates.ThreeofthesixworldregionslistedastradepartnersontheUnitedStatesTradeRepresentative’swebsiteareinAsia(North,SouthandSouthEastAsia).Twoofthetopfiveimporta