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VOA慢速英语:For Foreign Students, Top Choice in US: USC

2010-05-27来源:和谐英语
1.And for the eighth year the school with the largest number was the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

for the eighth year表示这已经是第八年,也就是连续八年来。

2.One in four graduate students and one in ten undergraduates come from other countries.

One in four分数表达

英语中分数的其中一种表达方式是借助介词表示分数,介词前的数词是分子,介词后的数词是分母。例如:

Ninety-nine people out of a hundred,if they were asked who first found America, would answer Clumbus.
如果要问是谁首先发现美洲,一百个人中有九十九个(百分之九十九)将回答是哥伦布。

这种结构中的介词主要有in,out of,of以及to

The map is drawn to a scale of one of ten thousand.
这张地图是按万分之一的比例绘制的。

graduate students研究生
undergraduates本科生
大一 freshman
大二sophomore
大三junior
大四senior
小学elementary school;primary school
初中junior middle school
高中senior middle school; high school

3.We are able to have them interact with American students,...

have sb do:have是使役动词,后接省略to的不定式; 表示“让某人做某事”。
 
例句:Whom would you rather have go,George or me?
      你愿意让谁去,我还是GEORGE?

have sb do,have sb done,have sb doing的区别:

①have sb./sth.do sth.与have sb./sth.doing sth.两者都是宾语发出的主动动作。前者指 “使某人/物做某事(指一次性的具体的动作)”;后者指“使某人/物一直处于某种状态”,常接一段时间作状语。②have sth.done这一结构中的宾语与宾补动词是被动关系。

③have sth. to do这一结构中的have意为“有”,即“有某事要做”。解题时要注意这四个结构的形式变化,如对宾语提问、被动结构等。

interact with与…相互作用, 与…相互影响

These two chemicals interact with each other at a certain temperature to produce a substance which could cause an explosion.
这两种化学药品在一定温度下相互作用并产生一种引起爆炸的物质。

与…相互配合

He interacted closely with us so as to finish the difficult task.
他与我们紧密配合以完成这项艰难的任务。

4.Some students come to study business or liberal arts or to attend the university's highly rated engineering school.

highly rated合成形容词

合成形容词的构词方式:

  名词+形容词: world-famous世界文明的
  名词+动词-ing : peace-loving热爱和平的
  名词+过去分词: heart-broken伤心的
  动词+副词: takeaway外卖的
  形容词+名词: long-distance长途的
  形容词+形容词: dark-blue深蓝色的
  形容词+过去分词: new-born新出生的
  副词+形容词: color-blind色盲的
  副词+动词-ing : hard-working勤劳的
  副词+过去分词: well-known著名的
  数词+名词: first-class头等的
  数词+名词+形容词: ten-year-old十岁大的
  数词+名词+ed : three-cornered三角的
  介词+名词: indoor 室内的