電影《象牙塔》探討美國(guó)大學(xué)教育的沉重費(fèi)用
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
這里是美國(guó)之音慢速英語(yǔ)教育報(bào)道。
The cost of attending university in the United States has risen quickly in the past 20 years. Many people today say they owe huge amounts of money for loans they received for higher education. The students past and present say they are drowning in debt.
過(guò)去20年美國(guó)上大學(xué)的費(fèi)用飛速上漲。許多人如今表示，他們因?yàn)楦叩冉逃J款而欠下了巨額資金。過(guò)去和如今的學(xué)生都說(shuō)，他們已經(jīng)負(fù)債累累。
Movie maker Andrew Rossi examines education debt in the film Ivory Tower. The documentary was released to movie theaters recently. Ivory Tower is often used in America to mean university or college. Andrew Rossi wrote, directed and produced Ivory Tower.
電影制作人安德魯?羅西（Andrew Rossi）在電影《象牙塔中》探討了教育債務(wù)。這部紀(jì)錄片最近被投放到了電影院。在美國(guó)，象牙塔常被用作指代大學(xué)或?qū)W院。羅西編寫(xiě)、導(dǎo)演并制作了《象牙塔》這部電影。
He says college tuition, the cost of attending classes increased by about 1,100 percent between 1978 and today. Estimates place the nations combined debt for student loans at 1 trillion dollars.
他說(shuō)大學(xué)費(fèi)用從1978年至今上漲了1,100%。據(jù)估計(jì)，全國(guó)學(xué)生貸款總和達(dá)到了1萬(wàn)億美元。
One comment made by a woman in Ivory Tower shows the deep concern that student loans can cause. But one young man in the Washington D.C. area says he does not face much worry about college costs.
《象牙塔》電影中的一位女性的評(píng)論對(duì)學(xué)生貸款會(huì)導(dǎo)致的問(wèn)題深表憂慮。但華盛頓特區(qū)的一位青年男子表示，他不用太擔(dān)心大學(xué)費(fèi)用。
Brandon Attilis says his parents prepaid his tuition, he is working this summer at a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Attilis also plans to reduce his expenses by sharing a house with two friends.
布蘭登?阿特里斯（Brandon Attilis）表示他的父母預(yù)付了他的學(xué)費(fèi)。今年夏天他在弗吉尼亞州亞歷山德里亞市的一家餐廳打工。阿特里斯先生還計(jì)劃通過(guò)與兩位朋友合作減少自己的開(kāi)支。
"My parents are paying the cost of the house, but I'm paying utilities. So, between the two, it's still less expensive than actually living in the dorms," Brandon said.
布蘭登說(shuō)，“我的父母付房租,但我要付水電費(fèi)。相比之下這還是比住宿舍要便宜些。”
His mother Chris Attilis says she and her husband began saving money for college tuition shortly after each of their children was born.
他的母親克里斯?阿特里斯（Chris Attilis）表示，自己和丈夫在每個(gè)孩子出生后不久就開(kāi)始給他們攢大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)。
"We took care of four years of college education for less than a year's costs in today's market," said Chris.
克里斯說(shuō)，“我們擔(dān)負(fù)的上四年大學(xué)的費(fèi)用比現(xiàn)在一年的開(kāi)銷(xiāo)還少。”
Still, many families lack enough money to do that. The movie notes that there have been reductions in government aid for education. Some colleges also build beautiful but costly campuses in hopes of getting students to attend. But the building projects can also increase costs for students.
盡管如此，許多家庭沒(méi)錢(qián)上大學(xué)。這部電影注意到，政府削減了教育援助。一些高校還建造了漂亮但昂貴的校園。但這些建筑項(xiàng)目還會(huì)增加學(xué)生的費(fèi)用。
Ms. Attilis visited colleges with Brandon.
阿特里斯女士同布蘭登參觀了校園。
"They put on a good show. And walking through and looking at the granite sinks in the bathrooms I'm thinking, 'This is not what it was looking like when I went to school.'" Chris said.
克里斯女士說(shuō)，“他們上演了一出好戲。看到浴室中的花崗巖水槽時(shí)我在想，‘這不像是在學(xué)校。’”
Ivory Tower suggests that many students choose not to get a traditional college education because of the costs. Some try online education. Brandon Attilis however says online education is not for everyone.
《象牙塔》這部電影表明，許多學(xué)生因?yàn)橘M(fèi)用選擇不接受傳統(tǒng)大學(xué)教育。有些人嘗試在線教育。然而布蘭登表示，在線教育并不是人人都適合。
"You have to be a real hard worker, you have to really want it," Brandon said.
布蘭登說(shuō)，““你必須得非常努力，非常想學(xué)。”
He says he hopes that his own schooling will lead to a good business education and a good career. He hopes it will not include huge debt built at the so called ivory towers of education.
他說(shuō)，他希望自己的教育能夠通向良好的商業(yè)教育和職業(yè)生涯。他希望這不會(huì)包括在所謂的象牙塔教育中產(chǎn)生的巨額債務(wù)。
And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty.
以上就是本期美國(guó)之音慢速英語(yǔ)教育報(bào)道的全部?jī)?nèi)容。我是鮑勃?道蒂(Bob Doughty)。
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