双语趣听精彩世界 第65期:中国学生心仪暑假目的地:哈佛大学

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　　哈佛大学

　　Bloomberg.com: Chinese students have a new favorite summer destination: Harvard University.

　　So many students and their families are visiting Boston-area schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University that Hainan Airlines started direct flights to Boston from Beijing in June and increased the number from four to seven a week in July and August.

　　Tufts gets so many requests from large organized groups that it runs separate tours for them.

　　The surge in interest underscores both the prestige of obtaining a degree from Boston-area colleges and the burgeoning¹ affluence² of China's middle class. The number of Chinese students in the metropolitan³ area almost tripled to 10,913 last year from 3,800 in 2009. That's faster than growth nationally, which more than doubled, that's according to the Institute of International Education in New York.

　　Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Northeastern University and Boston University in Boston, each ranked in the top 25 schools hosting international students in the 2012-2013 academic year. Chinese make up the largest segment of foreign students at 27 percent

　　Jen Simons, associate director of admissions said Tufts has seen an increase in both Chinese visitors and applications to attend the university in the Boston suburb of Medford.

　　Prospective⁴ students often come during the summer as part of organized groups of 20 or 30. Simons said the request for special groups already has "surpassed all of the requests we had last summer.

1 burgeoning   

adj.迅速成长的，迅速发展的v.发芽，抽枝( burgeon的现在分词 )；迅速发展；发（芽），抽（枝）

参考例句：

• Our company's business is burgeoning now. 我们公司的业务现在发展很迅速。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These efforts were insufficient to contain the burgeoning crisis. 这些努力不足以抑制迅速扩散的危机。 来自辞典例句

2 affluence   

n.充裕，富足

参考例句：

• Their affluence is more apparent than real.他们的富有是虚有其表。
• There is a lot of affluence in this part of the state because it has many businesses.这个州的这一部分相当富有，因为它有很多商行。

3 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

4 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。