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1
1.
在美国,大学教育的费用会很贵?/p>
2.
费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用?/p>
3.
有各种各样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选?/p>
4.
在这些贷款品种中,有些品种的利率将从
7
?/p>
1
日起上调?/p>
5.
人们越来越担心,很多学生将背负沉重的债务从大学毕业?/p>
?/p>
News Item 1
A:
?/p>
about
China
?/p>
s ambitious space program
.
B:
1. Landing spot:
in the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia
2. Significance:
a source of national pride and international prestige
(
威望
)
Future plan
1.
1) Time:
2007
2) Goal:
The astronauts will attempt a space walk.
2.
Focus
of
further
development:
the
capability
to
rendezvous
and
dock
with
other spacecraft
3. Recruitment of astronauts:
to recruit female astronauts in the near future.
?/p>
News Item 2
There
are
still
question
marks
though
over
the
stability
of
the
recovery.
The
property*
sector*
is
showing
signs
of
overheating
.
The
government
this
week
announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to
extend tax
subsidies
* for purchases of small
vehicles and appliances
suggesting that some here
still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.
Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel,
power generation
and automobiles
. Consumer prices rose in November for the first time since February.
But
the
rise
was
small
and
probably
reflected
higher
food
prices
caused
by
early
snowstorms which destroyed
crops
and disrupted
transport
.
A:
?/p>
about
the growth of China
?/p>
s economy
.
?/p>
News Item 3
A:
?/p>
about
China
?/p>
s large and growing trade with and aid to Africa
.
B
?/p>
1.
In many
African
capitals, the main
football stadium is
likely to have been built
with Chinese aid money.
2.
It is estimated that Sino-African trade, and aid, amounts to as high as 12 billion
dollars a year.
3.
The
links
between
China
and
Africa
could
grow
to
challenge
the
post-colonial
links between Europe and Africa.
4.
On the meeting in Addis Ababa, China promised to cancel debts, grant duty-free
access into China for African products and increase Chinese investments in Africa.