VOA慢速英语:A Blog With Answers for Foreign Students

短语讲解：
1. International students have a lot of questions about studyingin the United States.

a lot of 大量，许多
例句：A lot of cars are manufactured in Europe. 
很多汽车是欧洲制造的。 

2. Jess blogs for international students interested in Americanhigher education.

interest in 对……有兴趣
例句：He doesn't manifest much interest in his studies. 
他对学习没表示出多大兴趣。

3. You just have to look for them.

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

4.  Because they have to take the TOEFL to apply to colleges, so[there is] a lot of concern about getting up to the level theyneed on that exam.

apply to 适用于;向...申请(或要求)
例句：We applied to them for help.
我们向他们求援。
concern about 关心；担心
例句：She showed great concern about you. 
她很为你担心。 

5. An international student adviser wrote to say that new studentsgenerally have no idea what a university catalog is.

have no idea 不知道
例句：We have no idea how to persuade him to give up the idea. 
我们不知道如何说服他放弃这个念头。

6. JESSICA STAHL: "I hear from a lot of Chinese students, a lot ofPakistani students -- one of our big audiences -- Nigeria,Indonesia.

hear from 收到...的信(或电报等)
例句：I haven't heard from him since he telephoned.
自从那次他来电话后,我一直没有收到他的来信。