2007年10月10日 星期三

News Summary 2




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(2) 5 quistions and answers

1. What kind of measures do these experts try to conduct?
They suggest these college boosting applications, giving students a chance to earn college credits in high school and making tuition free.

2. Why companies prefer to hire people who have college diplomas than those with high school degrees?
Maybe the companies’ bosses hope their employees to possess developed ability to handle their works.

3. Which do you think the best method to solve these problems?
I regard the last one as the best section. People can work harder for earning college credits in high school; therefore, they don’t have to waste too much time and money for attending college but obtain knowledge from it.

4. Could you offer an advice to help in this situation?
The government can tender some budgets to these high schools for updating resources. This could make a good environment for people to absorb new knowledge.

5. How do you think about college education?
I think that college education is a place for us to gain further knowledge not for the work opportunity but for our fulfillment. However, it seems that not much people notice about this fact.
(3) keywords:
1. admission
a statement in which you admit that something is true or that you have done something wrong
2.degree
a qualification which given to someone who has successfully completed this course of study
3. bachelor's degree
the first level of university degree
4. initiative
the ability to make decisions and take action without waiting for someone to tell you what to do
5. boost
to increase something because they are not as high as you want them to be
6. surplus
an amount of something that is more than what I needed or used
7. address
to discuss, think about, or do something about a particular problem or question, especially with
the aim of solving a problem
8. legislator
a member of a group of people who together have the power to make law
9. minority

any small group in society that is different from the rest because of their race, religion or
political beliefs
10.associate
used in the title of a person whose rank is slightly lower or less complete than the full official
position

(4) Summary:

Three decades ago, people who owned college degree had better development and more opportunities than others. This phenomenon becomes more apparent than before. However, not all people have these kinds of background and resource to support themselves for advanced education. Due to these reasons, many experts consider some measures for solving the problems. They advocate college making tuition free and boosting applications. And further, they hope to give students a chance to earn college credits in high school.