新英语教程第一册 unit 7

4.Do you have any idea about how American students pay for their college education?
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The debt has affected Mr. White in several ways. During summer vacations, he found a short-time job to earn some money. After graduation, he went to work full time as a writer, postponing graduate studies until he could pay back some of his loans. “I am also considering giving up my original goal of becoming a newspaper reporter,” he said. “With my debts, maybe I should look for a better-paying field.”
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In the late 1980’s most colleges raised tuition and fees at twice the rate of inflation in order to finance increased faculty salaries, computers, libraries and rising utility bills. A survey of 324 colleges showed that in the mid-1980’s, 59 percent of students at private colleges and 31 percent of those at public institutions received some form of financial aid. The survey found that students at independent colleges who were financially dependent on their parents borrowed an average of $1,965 and those at public schools borrowed $ 976. Government sources provided most of the loans. Not long after this survey, college costs leveled off.
负债 借贷 变平，稳定 遇到，陷入 抽出（时间） 供…上学 留出，拨出 缺少，急需 准时
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Michael B. White, a 20-year-old from Brooklyn, passed two milestones in June. He received his bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College, and his debts to finance his education passed the $ 10,000 mark. “Paying for college was difficult,” Mr. White said. “My mother’s salary as a teacher, our savings and other sources were not enough to cover my educational expenses, so I took out loans from the Federal Government and a bank.
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into the red to take out loans to level off to run into to take off to put … through school to set aside hard up for on time
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But to do this brings them another question --How to pay all the debts off in the set time? In order to pay back the money, some students have to drop off their studies for a while or to delay their postgraduate studies. In the past, the pay-back deadline is fixed within 10 years by the government. But as time goes on, the number of the debts is growing larger and larger, therefore, it is recommended that the schedule should be reset and the practical difficulty for the college students should also be taken into consideration.
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From the year 1980 till present, a big problem for most of the college students in America is how to pay their tuitions and other fees in the course of studying. Not all the students could get money from the family, because the money has some other uses or they actually have not enough money. Therefore, students have to borrow a large sum of money from bank, besides taking some part-time jobs in the vacations.
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Mr. White’s experience is not unusual. Finances were a serious concern for the class of 1984 because the cost of attending college increased 39 percent while they were undergraduates. In 1983-1984 the typical student spent $ 6,032 while those at some private institutions spent $ 14,000. College costs have not changed substantially since the mid-1980s, and at the present time they remain a tremendous burden for many families and affect everything from how the student spends his summers to what career he chooses. Many families find that no matter how carefully they save to finance their children’s education, they do not have enough money.
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1. How much do you pay for your education in a school year? 2.Who finances your education? 3.Do you have any problem in paying your tuition? How do you solve the problem?
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