2017英語專業八級作文話題：中國留學生低齡化
2017英語專業八級作文話題：中國留學生低齡化
2016專八改革后專八作文類型更趨于題材作文，不僅需要考生對詞匯及語法的熟悉運用更是對考生思維拓展的一項考察，新東方在線英語專八頻道整理了一系列2017英語專業八級作文話題供考生們參考練習。
Chinese students in the United States are getting anearlier start.
中國留美學生年齡出現越來越小的趨勢。
In the 1970s, a typical Chinese student in the USwas there for a master's or doctoral degree. Theywere then followed by students pursuingundergraduate degrees.
上世紀70年代，大部分中國學生留美是為了攻讀碩士和博士學位。隨后又有一些學生留美攻讀學士學位。
Now, Chinese are the largest international group inUS kindergarten-through-12th grade, or K-12,programs of study.
現在，中國人成為美國境內國際留學生中幼兒園到12年級學生的主力軍。
November statistics show that 34,578 Chinese students were studying in primary andsecondary schools in the US, or 52 percent of all international students there.
11月份數據顯示，在美國的中小學留學生中，有34578名中國學生，占據國際留學生的52%。
Five years ago, the number was 8,857, according to The Wall Street Journal. It cited statisticsfrom the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, a Department of Homeland Security unit thattracks foreigners in the US on student visas and the schools they attend.
根據華爾街日報報道，五年前，中國留美的中小學生只有8857名。數據援引自國土安全部中負責中學生和交流訪問者項目的一個部門，這個項目跟蹤外國人在美國的學生簽證和學習學校的統計數據。
At The Brook Hill School in Bullard, Texas, the number of Chinese students grew from six to 20in the past six years, the maximum allowed from one foreign nation.
在美國德克薩斯州的布魯克溪山學校，六年前中國留學生只有6名，現在增長至20名，達到了一國增長數量的最高限制數額。
One of the reasons for many Chinese students studying in US schools is to escape the gaokao,China's national entrance examination, and the fierce competition that comes with it. Theother motivation is to get prepared for US colleges.
許多中國學生去美國留學的主要原因是躲避中國高考的激烈競爭壓力。另外一些學生則是為了準備考取美國的大學。
"More younger Chinese students choose to go to US high schools, as more parents believe thatthis leads to a better education if their kids finally choose to go to US universities and colleges,"said Yu Haoyang, founder of Global Intellect Consulting in Beijing.
“很多中國年輕學生選擇去美國讀中學，因為其父母相信美國教育更好，并為最終考取美國大學打下基礎，”北京環宇鴻澤咨詢有限公司創始人于浩洋說道。
"They believe that US high schools offer better English-language and cultural training, and it iseasier for their kids to master these skills and become more competitive," she said.
“家長們相信在美國中學可以提供更好的英語教學和文化教育，可以讓孩子們耳濡目染地掌握語言技巧，以此來提高自身的競爭力，”她說道。
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