VOA慢速英语:Number of Foreign Students in US Continues to Rise

短语讲解：

1. Together, almost half of all international students came from China, India and South Korea.

come from来自某处
例句：They came from all parts of the country.
他们来自全国各地。

2. Ten, twenty years ago, students from China only knew of a handful of U.S. institutions, but now they are enrolling in our community colleges, in our small liberal arts institutions, in the research universities -- really spread across the country.

enroll in (使)加入
例句：He has enrolled himself in advanced English.
他已报名听高级英语课。

3. She says students and their parents are also looking for a different educational experience.

look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

4. Some schools are making special efforts to welcome students from other cultures.

make efforts to努力，下功夫
例句：We must make efforts to translate our ideal into reality.
我们必须努力把理想变为现实。

5. We conduct a survey annually to find out what our students like and don't like about residing on campus.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：I'll find out about planes to New York.
我去打听一下飞纽约的班机。

6. And consistently, through these surveys, we've heard over and over again that cuisines from the various regions of Asia are our students' preferred choice for choice.

over and over again一再地
例句：They wearied of hearing the same complaints over and over again.
他们对一次又一次地听到他怨感到厌烦。