大学英语外报阅读复习lesson4IsanIvyLeagueDiplomaWorthit分析解析

covert coverage 隐性采访;秘密采访 crop vt．剪辑(图片) crusade n．宣传攻势 cut n．插图 vt．删减(字数) cut line n．插图说明
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Artemisinin(e) Chief executive officer Chief eunuch Grand old party Jack and Jill Jack-of –all-trades-andmaster-of-none Jack-o’-lantern • Meet one’s Waterloo • The Whig #
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• New Words • commute vi. travel back and forth regularly, as between one’s place of work and home 通勤；(para.5) commuter commuter train/bus • default n. act of failing to meet a financial obligation 未履行，拖欠；(para.4) • in-state adj. being in the same state州内的 ；(para.14)
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caption n．图片说明 caricature n．漫画 carry vt．刊登 cartoon n．漫画 censor vt. 审查(新闻稿件)，新闻审查 chart n．每周流行音乐排行版 clipping n．剪报
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Part one :Pre-reading Questions
• SAT: Scholastic Assessment Test • ACT: American College Test
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• 美国在经济低迷时，曾消减教育拨款，高校学费 节节攀升，大学生及其家庭负担日益加重。 2011年底，美国学生贷款债务已突破万亿美元 大关。截至2012年5月，美国攻读本科学位的人 士中，约有94%需要通过借贷支付学费，人均欠 债额达到2.7万美元。2012年12月，美国学生贷 款拖欠率升至20%。由于就业市场不景气，许多 美国大学生毕业后难以找到工资足够高的工作来 偿付贷款，而学生贷款不能像其他贷款一样能通 过破产来注销。因此，有媒体评论说，学生贷款 问题有可能引起美国下一次的次贷危机。
• 1. From the headline and the subtitle, could you predict what is the news concerned? • 2.How much do you know about the higher education of the U.S.A? • 3.Which one would you like to choose, an expensive first-rate college or a less expensive second-rate public school? What do you think is the most valuable thing that you can get from a college education?
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column n．专栏；栏目 columnist n．专栏作家 continued story 连载故事;连载小说 contributing editor 特约编辑 contribution n．(投给报刊的)稿件;投稿 contributor n．投稿人 copy desk n．新闻编辑部
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copy editor n．文字编辑 correction n．更正(启事) correspondence column读者来信专栏 correspondent n.驻外记者；常驻外埠记 者 • cover vt．采访;采写 • cover girl n. 封面女郎
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Part two: summary and the aБайду номын сангаасthor
• 有鉴于此，很多美国学生产生了怀疑：投 入高额学费就读名校还是对未来最好的投 资吗？作者通过此文讲述了几个美国大学 生的真实故事，他们对自己的择校决定心 里充满矛盾。作者在文章中还提到，针对 美国大学生的现实问题，一些知名大学提 高了助学金和奖学金。也有专家指出，就 读于哪所学校对于学生未来的影响，并没 有他们所学专业、人际关系和实习经历大 。但是，这些解释并不能从根本上解决学 生的贷款问题和学习需求。
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Part three: Language Points
• internship n. the period in which a person who gains controlled practical experience实习；(para.17) • outcome n. something that results(para.17) • overcrowding n. the state of putting or allowing too many people or things in过 度拥挤；(para.7) • per capita adv. equally to each individual(para.13)
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The Author
• Melissa Korn is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Having graduated from the Graduate School of Journalism in Columbia University, she had been a copy editor and reporter at Dow Jones Newswires from 2006 to 2011, and started to work for The Wall Street Journal from 2011, covering higher education, with a particular focus on business schools. her coverage areas include admissions, curriculum, academic research, finances and leadership for undergraduate and MBA programs.