NPR邊聽邊練241：如今美大學(xué)生更依賴政府救助
一、泛聽建議：
1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。
2、繼續(xù)聽，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。
College students are relying more on government aid today an ever before. NPR's Claudio Sanchez has details.
現(xiàn)在，大學(xué)生比以往更依賴政府的救助。NPR新聞的克勞迪奧·桑切斯將帶來詳細(xì)報(bào)道。
The new figures from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that from 2007 to 2011, the percentage of undergraduate students who depend on federal loans in _1_, jumped from 47% to 57%, and it's not just the neediest students. Students in all social economic groups are _2_ dependent on government aid. The number of full time students from family earning, 60,000 to 80,000 dollars, for example, shot up from 2% to 18%. Students relying on government aid receive about 8,200 dollars on average. But this _3_ too, because college tuition fees of public institutions are going up. Claudio Sanchez NPR News.
美國(guó)國(guó)家教育統(tǒng)計(jì)中心的最新數(shù)據(jù)表明，從2007年至2011年，依靠聯(lián)邦助學(xué)金貸款的大學(xué)生比例從47%上升至57%，而且這還不僅僅是貧困學(xué)生。所有社會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì)群體的學(xué)生依靠政府救助的比例都持續(xù)上升。比如，家庭收入6萬至8萬美元的全日制學(xué)生人數(shù)從2%猛增至18%。依賴政府救助的學(xué)生平均可獲得8200美元的助學(xué)金。但是這個(gè)金額也上漲了，原因是公共機(jī)構(gòu)大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)的增加。NPR新聞，克勞迪奧·桑切斯報(bào)道。
Republican US senator, Ted Cruz is renouncing his Canadian citizenship. His birth certificate _4_ publish by the Dallas Morning News, shows the Tea Party favor _5_ in Canada to an American mother. He's long maintained he was a US citizen. He says it's not time to fully reflect that. Cruz's name has been floated as a potential presidential candidate in 2016.
美國(guó)共和黨參議員泰德·克魯茲聲明放棄加拿大公民的身份。他的出生證明被《達(dá)拉斯晨報(bào)》曝光，出生證明顯示這位支持茶黨的議員出生于加拿大，母親是美國(guó)人。長(zhǎng)期以來他也一直保有美國(guó)公民的身份。他表示，現(xiàn)在還不是充分反映的時(shí)間。克魯茲已被列入2016總統(tǒng)大選候選名單中。
詞匯解析：
1. rely on/depend on
信賴;依賴;依靠;信任
eg. Don't always rely on others to understand and sympathize.
不要老是指望別人的理解和同情。
eg. A lot will depend on how she responds to the challenge.
在很大程度上將取決于她對(duì)這一難題的反應(yīng)。
2. shoot up(過去式shot 過去分詞shot 現(xiàn)在分詞shooting ]
迅速成長(zhǎng);迅速增加;
eg. Sales shot up by 9% last month.
銷售量上個(gè)月猛增了 9%。
eg. The fair market value of the property shot up.
這處房產(chǎn)的公平市價(jià)增長(zhǎng)迅速。
參考答案：
1、grants 2、increasingly 3、is climbing
4、is forced to 5、was born
