EDUCATION REPORT - Foreign Student Series 14 >Student Handbo

EDUCATION REPORT - December 19, 2002: Foreign Student Series #14 >Student Handbook¹

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 Web page at w-w-w-dot-VOA-Special-English-dot-com.

Today, we tell about a book that can provide much of the information needed by international students planning
to study in the United States. It is called “The College Board International Student Handbook Two-Thousand-
Three with Real Stuff² CD-ROM.” It is published by the American College Entrance Examination³ Board.
College Board officials say the book can help all international students. The book has more than three-hundred
pages of information. It explains the American system of higher education. It tells how to apply for college in the
United States. It explains college costs, living costs and what kinds of financial aid foreign students can get. It
gives information about tests that a foreign student must take, and provides dates these tests are given.

One part of the book provides information about more than two-thousand-five-hundred American colleges. This
material is organized for undergraduate⁴ and graduate students. The College Board says this contains all the
detailed⁵ information an international student needs. The book also includes a new CD-ROM to be used with a
computer. The CD permits students to link with computer college search programs and financial aid search
programs. It also provides links to preparation programs for the S-A-T college entrance test.

The College Board publishes a new guide book each September, so the information is always correct. The book
and CD-ROM cost about twenty-seven dollars. You can buy them by searching the College Board Internet Web
site at www.collegeboard.com. Or you can write to the College Board, forty-five Columbus Avenue, New York,
New York one-zero-zero-two-three, U-S-A. You may also be able to find the book and the CD-ROM for less
money by searching the Web sites of companies that sell books on-line. These Web sites also list other
publications⁶ that claim to provide similar information for international students.

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

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1 handbook   

n.手册，便览，指南

参考例句：

• Her mother bought a handbook of English grammar for her last Sunday.上星期天她母亲给她买了一本英语语法手册。
• None of them has got a handbook to tourists.他们谁也没搞到旅游指南。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 examination   

n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查

参考例句：

• Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
• He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。

4 undergraduate   

n.大学生，大学肆业生

参考例句：

• Mr. Stone spent his undergraduate days in Columbia University,majoring in economics.斯通先生在哥伦比亚大学度过了他四年的大学生活，主修经济学。
• During this time,they are called undergraduate students.在此期间，他们被称为大学本科生。

5 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

6 publications   

n.发表( publication的名词复数 )；公布；出版；出版物

参考例句：

• The related publications are far too numerous to list individually. 相关出版物太多，没法一一列举。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request. 我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。 来自《简明英汉词典》