2017英語專業(yè)八級作文話題：中國學(xué)生愛上美國高校的原因

　　There are more than a quarter of a million studentsfrom China in colleges in the United States - a thirdof all international students in the country - andalmost a fivefold increase since 2000. Why do somany now come to study in the US?

　　在美國高校，中國留學(xué) 生的人數(shù)超過了25萬，占到了美國留學(xué) 生人數(shù)的1/3,自2000年以來，這個數(shù)字每年還在以5倍的速率增長。中國留學(xué)生何緣如此青睞美國高校?

　　More choice

　　更多的選擇機會

　　Jayden chose the UIUC without ever having been to the US.He turned down an offer at aChinese university in Shanghai because a Western education offered him the freedom to choosehis focus of study。

　　杰登在選擇美國伊利諾伊大學(xué)香檳分校之前從未來過美國。他沒有選擇中國上海的一所高校，因為西式的教育給他更自由的選擇機會，讓他能夠選擇自己學(xué)習(xí)的重心。

　　That is representative of a number of Chinese students. They want to get out of a schoolingsystem that uses test scores to determine the subjects students will take, which makes itdifficult to change once these have been assigned。

　　杰登的選擇代表了許多中國學(xué)子的想法。他們想要逃脫中國的應(yīng)試教育體制，這種教育體制用考試成績來決定一個學(xué)生應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)的科目，而一旦科目確定了，就很難再更改。

　　'One-child' generation

　　獨生子的一代

　　There are other non-academic factors fuelling the spike in students going to the US, such asthe expansion of China's middle class and policies on families。

　　除了學(xué)術(shù)本身的原因，還有許多其他方面的原因一起推動著這股涌向美國的中國留學(xué)生大潮、比如中國中產(chǎn)階級人數(shù)的增加，還有中國的生育政策。

　　Charles Tucker, vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Innovation at UIUC, points outthat "children who were born under the one-child policy are now of college-educated age… andchanges in the Chinese economy have promoted individual wealth in families"。

　　美國伊利諾伊大學(xué)香檳分校本科教育和創(chuàng)新副教務(wù)長，查爾斯·塔克先生指出，“在中國，計劃生育政策之下出生的一代現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)到了上大學(xué)的年紀了。同是，中國經(jīng)濟政策的變化也使得每個家庭的個體收入有所增加。

　　Family savings

　　家庭儲蓄

　　Xuran (Sherry) Peng, one of the students from China, says her parents had to use a largeportion of their savings to send her to UIUC。

　　彭旭冉是一個中國學(xué)生，她說，為了供她去伊利諾伊大學(xué)香檳分校，家里不得不拿出家庭積蓄的一大部分作為學(xué)費。

　　They believe it is an investment that will benefit her entire family, including her six-year-oldhalf brother。

　　全家人都相信，這筆學(xué)費將是一種投資，將來會造福全家人，包括她只有六歲半的弟弟。

　　"I feel like it's part of my responsibility to earn the tuition for him, because my parents actuallyhave the big wish that both of us can finish our education in the US and probably work in theUS in the future," she says。

　　她說，“我覺得為弟弟掙學(xué)費也是我對家人的一種義務(wù)，因為我的父母對我和弟弟都寄予重望，希望我們倆都能在美國完成學(xué)業(yè)，甚至將來可以在美國就業(yè)。”