新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第二册 unit04a_new

[06:25.81]while students await the domestic flight
[06:30.56]that will take them to their temporary home in America.
[06:35.82]From then on it's everyone for himself.
[06:41.29]No one really knows how she/he will adapt to such new customs.
[06:47.74]Though most foreign students remain in California,
[06:53.17]some are sent to Texas,Arizona,Idaho,Oklahoma or Virginia.
[07:01.24]After a few days,the general complaint is about the food.
[07:07.39]"Even though I adapted easily,I really miss rice and beans.
[07:13.84]The food here doesn't look too nourishing,"pines Fernando Andrade.
[07:20.60]Another big problem encountered by most youngsters
[07:25.93]is how sick they feel about being away from home.
[07:31.69]One important regulation of the foreign study program
[07:36.95]has to do with the time,established by the host "parents",
[07:42.49]by which the teenagers must arrive home on weekend nights.
[07:49.04]"They're really tough,"says Juliana Martini,
[07:55.13]who just finished her first semester.
[07:59.48]"You have to be in by 10:30 p.m.,
[08:04.92]and if you do not obey,you get punished."
[08:09.89]A few teenagers arrive in the United States with little command of English.
[08:17.05]In such cases the sole solution is private language study.
[08:23.71]This in turn pushes up the program cost,
[08:28.97]estimated at about $3,800,including air fare.