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• copy editor n．文字编辑 • correction n．更正(启事) • correspondence column读者来信专栏 • correspondent n.驻外记者；常驻外埠记
者 • cover vt．采访;采写 • cover girl n. 封面女郎
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• covert coverage 隐性采访;秘密采访 • crop vt．剪辑(图片) • crusade n．宣传攻势 • cut n．插图 vt．删减(字数) • cut line n．插图说明
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• SAT: Scholastic Assessment Test • ACT: American College Test
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Part two: summary and the author
• 美国在经济低迷时，曾消减教育拨款，高校学费 节节攀升，大学生及其家庭负担日益加重。2011 年底，美国学生贷款债务已突破万亿美元大关。 截至2012年5月，美国攻读本科学位的人士中， 约有94%需要通过借贷支付学费，人均欠债额达 到2.7万美元。2012年12月，美国学生贷款拖欠 率升至20%。由于就业市场不景气，许多美国大 学生毕业后难以找到工资足够高的工作来偿付贷 款，而学生贷款不能像其他贷款一样能通过破产 来注销。因此，有媒体评论说，学生贷款问题有 可能引起美国下一次的次贷危机。
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• Para.7 sent.4
• And overcrowding at state schools means students could be locked out of required courses and have difficulty completing their degrees in four years.
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• para.7 (sent. 2) • It is easier for elite colleges to
attract companies to come to their campuses to recruit graduate while the companies do not go to other colleges any more. • recruiting visits校园招聘
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• para. 16 (last sent.) • Harvard College doesn't require the families
which earn an annual income less than $60,000 to pay for their children's tuition fees if their children are enrolled in the college. • para.17 • ...graduate outcomes often depends more on a student's major and how he/she makes use of networking and internship opportunities, and less on their choice about which college to go to.
• scholarship n. a grant of financial aid awared to a student, as for the purpose of attending a college(para.2)
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Part four: Detailed Study of the Text
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• Artemisinin(e)
• Chief executive officer
• Chief eunuch
• Grand old party
• Jack and Jill Jack-of –all-trades-andmaster-of-none Jack-o’-lantern
• Meet one’s Waterloo
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para. 5 Sallie Mae萨利美（学生贷款市场公司） Sallie Mae, or SLM Corporation (originally the
Student Loan Marketing Association) is a publicly traded U.S. corportation whose operations are originating, servicing, and collecting on student loans. Originally created in 1972, the company now owns offices across the US, and is managing more than $180.4 billion in debt for more than 10 million borrowers. It primarily provides federally guaranteed student loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), but at present, it also provides student loans.
two famous Universities did not help him change the school-choosing decision. • para. 12 (sent. 1) • It is very probable that having a college degree gives job candidates a competitive advantage in the job market. • give an edge占优势
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• internship n. the period in which a person who gains controlled practical experience实习；(para.17)
• outcome n. something that results(para.17)
• overcrowding n. the state of putting or allowing too many people or things in过 度拥挤；(para.7)
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• 有鉴于此，很多美国学生产生了怀疑：投 入高额学费就读名校还是对未来最好的投 资吗？作者通过此文讲述了几个美国大学 生的真实故事，他们对自己的择校决定心 里充满矛盾。作者在文章中还提到，针对 美国大学生的现实问题，一些知名大学提 高了助学金和奖学金。也有专家指出，就 读于哪所学校对于学生未来的影响，并没 有他们所学专业、人际关系和实习经历大 。但是，这些解释并不能从根本上解决学 生的贷款问题和学习需求。
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The Author
• Melissa Korn is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Having graduated from the Graduate School of Journalism in Columbia University, she had been a copy editor and
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Part three: Language Points
• New Words • commute vi. travel back and forth
regularly, as between one’s place of work and home 通勤；(para.5) commuter commuter train/bus • default n. act of failing to meet a financial obligation 未履行，拖欠；(para.4) • in-state adj. being in the same state州内的 ；(para.14)
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• column n．专栏；栏目 • columnist n．专栏作家 • continued story 连载故事;连载小说 • contributing editor 特约编辑 • contribution n．(投给报刊的)稿件;投稿 • contributor n．投稿人 • copy desk n．新闻编辑部
• per capita adv. equally to each individual(para.13)
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• pile to heap (something) in abundance(para.13)
• plus adj. after a numberor quantity to indicate that the actual number or quantity is greater than the one mentioned(用于数字或数量后）多于...... 的(para.3)
• 3.Which one would you like to Байду номын сангаасhoose, an expensive first-rate college or a less expensive second-rate public school? What do you think is the most valuable thing that you can get from a college education?
大学英语外报阅读复习lesson-4-Is-an-IvyLeague-Diploma-Worth-it
• caption n．图片说明 • caricature n．漫画 • carry vt．刊登 • cartoon n．漫画 • censor vt. 审查(新闻稿件)，新闻审查 • chart n．每周流行音乐排行版 • clipping n．剪报