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1.Education Report
教育报告
2.A new report says the cost of studies at public
colleges in the United States increased fourteen
percent this year.
一项新的报告声称今年美国公立大学的学费上涨了14%。
3.This is the biggest increase in tuition in
thirty years.
这是三十年来学费涨幅最大的一次。
4.But the study also found that the average
student pays a lot less than the published costs
of a college education, because of grants.
但这份报告还发现由于助学金的发放，平均每个学生所付的学费比所公布的大学教育费用要低很多。
5.And it points out that American students received
a record amount of financial aid last year.
同时指出去年美国学生获得了创记录的财务援助。
6.Students do not have to repay grants, unlike
financial aid in the form of loans. About half
of American college students receive grants.
学生们不必偿还助学金，不像贷款形式的财务援助。大约有半数的美国大学生得到了助学金。
7.This means that education costs differ from
student to student.
这意味着学生与学生之间的教育费用是不同的。
8.The report is from the College Board. This
is a non-profit membership group of schools and
other educational organizations.
这份报告来自大学委员会。这是一个由学校和其他教育组织共同组成的未赢利性组织。
9.One of its best-known jobs is to administer
college entrance tests.
这个组织有一个最著名的工作，那就是管理大学入学考试。
10.The College Board says tuition at two-year
public
colleges rose at the same rate as four-year schools.
大学委员会声称两年制公立大学的学费的涨幅和四年制大学相同。
11.The College Board says the increases were
mainly caused by cuts in state spending on education.
大学委员会说学费上涨的主要原因是州对于教育经费的削减。
12.But a congressman says colleges have increased
their prices in both good and bad economic times.
但一位众议员认为大学在经济好或不好的情况下都在涨价。
13.He says colleges do not want to talk about
their
decisions to spend money on build things like
rock-climbing walls.
他说学校不愿意就花钱修建诸如攀岩墙一类东西的决定发表言论。
14.The College Board collected information from
four-thousand colleges and universities.
大学委员会从四千所大学收集信息。
15.It says the average total charge for students
who live at a public college in their state is
ten-thousand-six-hundred dollars.
报告称每个住在州公立大学的学生的年均费用为10，600美元。
16.While tuition rose fourteen percent this year,housing
and other costs increased at a lower rate.
而今年的学费上张了14%，住宿和其它消费的涨幅要小一些。
17.At a private college, total charges are almost
twenty-seven-thousand dollars. That is an increase
of about six percent over last year.
私立大学的所有学费将近27，000美元。比去年上涨了6%.
18.David Ward is president of the American Council
on Education. His group represents colleges and
universities.
David Ward 是美国教育部主席。他的部门代表美国大学。
19.Mister Ward called the College Board findings
bad news.
他认为美国大学委员会的调研结果是个坏消息。
20.But he says percentage increases in tuition
do not tell the whole story. He says there was
good news about grants and other student aid.
但同时声称学费的上涨幅度增加并不能说明全部情况，因为还有不少关于助学金和其他学生援助的好消息。
21.The College Board says financial aid for the
last school year reached one-hundred-five-thousand-million
dollars. That
amount was up sharply from the year before.
大学委员会介绍去年一年的财务援助达到1050亿。这个数字比去年急剧上升.
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