声姐读得真棒！！小砖渣奉上。lilac的材料真好，长短适中，从哪找的啊，有原读吗？

Graduate schools in the United States are reporting a nine percent increase(长音i舌头再稍微压住点就更好了） in applications from international students this year. The increase is the same as two years ago. Last year's gain was eleven percent.

China, Mexico and Brazil showed the biggest increases in applications to enter master's and doctoral programs this fall.

Engineering is the top area of study for international students（美音发长音u，st/u：/dent，英音发st/ju：/dent的音，你似乎发的英音。）and had the biggest increase in applications. Gains（这个/ei/似乎off了，/ei/是双元音，以/i/结束，然后跟后面的n，这个音我也发不好，很难。） in business and physical and earth sciences were close behind. Life sciences showed no（o似乎嘴巴噘的不够，嘴唇是圆而噘的。） growth in the latest survey by the Council of Graduate Schools.

The survey includes the top five countries that send graduate students to the United States, plus Mexico and Brazil. The top five are China, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Canada.

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• 谢谢美风妹妹！太对了！“gain”我一直发不好,需要好好练练。 -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/19/2012 postreply 11:56:36