VOA常速英语:US Trying to Stop 'Reverse Brain Drain'

短语讲解：

1. The U.S. Congress is debating how to overhaul the nation’s immigration system in an effort to get foreign nationals who earn advanced degrees at American universities to stay and work in the country to help the U.S. stay globally competitive.

in an effort to为了
例句：They rebuilt the cinemas in an effort to reach out to the young people.
他们重建了电影院，试图吸引青年人。

2. He would like to work for Google, Yahoo or Microsoft.

work for受雇于
例句：How long have you been working for this firm?
你为这家公司效力多久了?

3. “Obviously, we prefer to stay here for several years, but if we cannot get any valid visa we have to leave,” he said.

prefer to 较喜欢; 宁愿
例句：He preferred to die instead of stealing.
他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。

4. While we once asked the brightest minds in the world to come and make their homes here, we now turn them away.

turn away拒绝(某人)进入
例句：Because the hall was full, many people were turned away.
由于大厅已满, 许多人被拒于门外。

5. It hurts our company and our industry, and it places burdens and stresses on our employees.

place on施加压力; 迫使
例句：He failed to finish the plan. So they place great pressure on him to resign.
他没完成计划, 因此他们对他大施压力逼他辞职。

6. So far there has not been a consensus, however, on how to reverse the brain drain and keep scholars like Yifang Wei and Xiao Qin in the United States once they graduate from one of America’s top universities.

graduate from从…毕业
例句：He was graduated from a normal college.
他是一个师范学院的毕业生。