EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series 13 >Fulbright Prog

EDUCATION REPORT -December 12, 2002: Foreign Student Series¹ #13 >Fulbright Program

By Nancy Steinbach

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

We continue our series of reports about how foreign students can study at an American college or university. This
information also can be found on the Special English Web² page at w-w-w dot voaspecialenglish dot com.

Last week, we gave information about financial aid for foreign students. Today, we tell about a special
educational program that began more than fifty years ago. It is called the Fullbright Program.

The Fulbright Program of the United³ States government helps people study or do research in other countries.
Senator⁴ J. William Fulbright established the program in nineteen-forty-six. He believed that international
exchange was a good way to improve world understanding. He also believed the program could educate future
world leaders.

Senator Fulbright thought that living and learning⁵ in another country would help people understand other ideas
and ways of life. And he thought the experience would help them understand their own country, too.

More than two-hundred-thirty-thousand students, teachers and researchers have taken part in the Fulbright
Program. Some of them later became famous. Two examples are the former secretary general of the United
Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and the former official poet of the United States, Rita Dove⁶.

Those who take part in the program are called Fulbright Scholars⁷. Americans study or teach in foreign countries.
People from other nations study and work in the United States. Fulbright Scholars receive enough money to pay
for travel, education and living costs. The program is paid for by the United States government, governments of
other countries, and private groups.

Nearly five-thousand Fulbright grants⁸ are awarded each year for American and foreign students, teachers,
professors and professionals⁹. The program is organized by the Bureau¹⁰ of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the
United States Department of State. It operates in one-hundred-forty countries.

You can get information about the Fulbright Program at the United States Embassy¹¹ in your country. Or use a
computer to get the details. Just type f-u-l-b-r-i-g-h-t p-r-o-g-r-a-m into an Internet search engine and you will
find the Web site.

This VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT was written by Nancy Steinbach.

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1 series   

n.连续；系列

参考例句：

• The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 web   

n.网，蛛丝，蹼，织物，圈套，卷筒纸；vi.生蹼，形成网；vt.织蜘蛛网于，使落入圈套

参考例句：

• The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
• You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网？

3 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

4 senator   

n.参议员，评议员

参考例句：

• The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.那参议员极力反对采取这项措施。
• The senator's speech hit at government spending.参议员的讲话批评了政府的开支。

5 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

6 dove   

n.鸽，温和派人物，“鸽派”人物

参考例句：

• A dove is often used as a symbol of peace.鸽常作为和平的象征。
• Paul seemed more impressed by the dove.保尔似乎对鸽子更感兴趣。

7 scholars   

n.奖学金获得者( scholar的名词复数 )；学者；聪颖勤奋的学生；文人学士

参考例句：

• Many scholars have argued thus. 许多学者都这样论证过。
• This university has turned out some first-rate scholars. 这所大学培养了一些第一流的学者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 grants   

n.（来自私人或公共授予机构的）基金( grant的名词复数 )；补助金；授给物（如财产、授地、专有权、补助、拨款等）v.（退一步）承认( grant的第三人称单数 )；（尤指正式地或法律上）同意；准许；让渡

参考例句：

• Higher education grants are a carrot with which to entice students. 高等教育的助学金是吸引学生的诱惑物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Grants for the arts are not too thick on the ground these years. 这几年提供给艺术的补助金并不很多。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 professionals   

n.具有某专业资格的人( professional的名词复数 )；专业人士；内行；专门职业者

参考例句：

• The tournament is open to both amateurs and professionals. 这次锦标赛业余选手和职业选手均可参加。
• a book written for professionals and laymen alike 一本内行外行都可以读的书

10 bureau   

n.提供或收集消息的机构；局，司，处；署

参考例句：

• The weather bureau makes daily reports on weather conditions.气象局每天报告天气状况。
• The Tourist Bureau arranged everything for our journey to Rome.旅游局已为我们去罗马旅行准备了一切。

11 embassy   

n.大使馆，大使及其随员

参考例句：

• Large crowd demonstrated outside the British Embassy.很多群众在英国大使馆外面示威。
• He's a U.S. diplomat assigned to the embassy in London.他是美国驻伦敦大使馆的一名外交官。