【慢速VOA】２００８-10-06

【慢速VOA】２００８-１０-０６
Foreign Student Series: College, University or Institute?(1/2) ( 本次听写约156词 )

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American Americans use the term " college students" to mean student students either in colleges or universities. Not may only thatamericans , Americans almost never say " going after off to university" or " when I was in university" . that " That sounds Britishinstead . Instead, they say " going after off to college" and " when I was in college" . "

College, university: what's the difference. ? We answer that this week in part three about foreign student series 3 of our Foreign Student Series on the american American higher education. Colleges and universities have many things in common. Both offer undergraduate degrees in the art* arts and sciences, for example. And both can help to prepare young people to earn a living.

But many colleges do not offer graduate's graduate studies. Another difference is that universities are generally bigbigger. They offer more programs and do more research.

Another place of higer higher education, especially in technic technical areas, is in an institute, like the * institute Massachusetts Institute of technologyTechnology. Yet even an institute of technology can offer a wide choice of programs and activities.

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