dictation studying in the us: four kinds of financial aid
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Studying in the US: Four Kinds of Financial Aid
Part Ⅰ This week in our Foreign Student
Series, we return to a subject we have discussed before: financial aid.
___________________.
This time we are going to talk aboutfinancial aid in the form of assistantships, grants, scholarshipsand fellowships.
An assistantship at a university is a job that is paid with money or free classes.______. The assistants may teach, grade papers and tests, or do research in a laboratory.
These positions usually go to graduatestudents to assist a professor for about twenty hours a week
A grant is a gift of money. Unlike a loan, a grant does not have to be repaid. Grants can come from public or private organizations. Schools often receive donations for this purpose. ____________.
Some grants are for general purposes of paying for school, while others are offered in a subject area.
Scholarships and fellowships do not have to be repaid either. A scholarship is financial aid to undergraduates; a fellowship is for graduate students. _________.Some are based on financial need. Others may go to students who live in a certain area or meet other conditions.
Scholarships and fellowships are generally for students with specialabilities or interests.
Global Heritage Scholarship goes to _________________________. Global Tiger Scholarship goes to _________________________. Curators Grant-in-Aid Program goes
to _________________________.
Our example this week is the University of Missouri-Columbia, or Mizzou. That school has a number of financial aid programs for international students. One of them is the Global Heritage Scholarship. It pays up to about seven thousand five hundred dollars a year. But this scholarship goes only to foreign students whose mother or father graduated from Mizzou.
Another aid program is called the Global Tiger Scholarship. This one is supported by the Mizzou Alumni Association. International students can receive one thousand dollars. In return they agree to provide service to the association during the school year.
Still another program for international students at Mizzou is called the Curators-Grant-in-Aid Program. This is for undergraduate or graduate students who get good grades and take part in university activities. The program is especially for those who have unexpected or unusual financial needs that can affect their progress at school.
Long Conversations
1. Did You Hear the Weather Forecast?
2. A Thunderstorm
a) They are planning a picnic for the department.
b) They are having a picnic organized by the department.
c) They are discussing how to escape from the weather.
d) They are drinking and talking about the weather.
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What are Alan and Michelle doing?
Look at the sky! It’s starting to get
cloudy.
I thought it was going to be a
fine day today.
That’s certainly what the department was hoping for when they chose today as the date for the annual
picnic.
a) Michelle likes having a picnic on a sunny day.
b) Alan is expecting a gentle breeze to cool himself off.
c) They haven’t had much sunshine recently.
d) Much to their surprise, bad weather is setting in.
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What can you infer from their talk?
You can’t … without good
weather.
But not too much! Do you remember last
year?
Look for shade, look for ways to
escape…No one participated in planned
activities. Wanted cold drinks and
dozed off
If there had just been the tiniest breeze to cool
us off…
What happen to Alan and Michelle last year?
They went to department picnic but their fun was spoiled by the hot weather.
Why won’t Alan worry even if it rains?
We don’t have that problem this year,
apparently. Did you hear…Is it supposed
to rain?But maybe … it will
only be a short shower which cools
things off a little.
Because he thinks it’ll only be a short shower that cools things off a little.
What do you know about Alan?
a). He thinks the department has misjudged the weather situation for the day.
b).He dismisses the idea of having an annual picnic as silly.
c).He dislikes pre-arranged activities and would rather go somewhere on his own.
d).He prefers having a little doze after drinking.
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A Thunderstorm
1. Caught in the rain, Lily and Betty were wet through.
2. The American girl has become used to the summers in Shanghai.
3. Betty expects to meet her friends before it clears up.
4. Summer in New York is less humid than it is in Shanghai.
5. Betty likes the weather in Shanghai better than that in New York.
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Listening Task 1
Neutral
negative positive
sympathetic respectful
disrespectful
What is the attitude of the speaker towards Kofi Annan?
Kofi Annan
His critics agree that the United Nations Secretary - General, Kofi Annan, is a ____________ moral idealist.
But he is also tough. Elected to the post in 1996, thanks largely to the US’s displeasure with Boutros-Ghali, ______________________________________
As the host of 159 heads of state at this year’s millennium summit in New York September 6 to 8, _______________________________________.
dignified
Annan has proved to be energetic and willingto press Americans to accept greater international
responsibility.
He advocated intervention against war, disease and poverty.
Ghana
Kofi Annan, son of the headman of an African tribe
Boutros-Ghali, the sixth Secretary General of UN from Egypt. His term was from 1992 to 1996.
Talking about a Famous Person
Birthday
Birth Place
Family origin
Education
Career
Achievements/Major contributions
Popularity
Significance of … discovery/invention/job
chronologically
Jeffrey Zaslowa Famous Columnist
Listening Task 2
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
Chicago,Illinois
Orlando,Florida
Carnegie Mellon,Pittsburg
Where?
When?
What?
suburban
ambition
Civil War
“Gone with the Wind”
earning …
in
… writing
at
Pittsburg, PA
afterhis degree
creative
made his mark with…roughendured byinside… costume
Mickey and Minnie
Walt Disney WorldWalt Disney World
became a staff writer for…
Ann Landers who??launched a nationwide contest why??Contestants How many??women outnumbered men ... What rate??reached the semifinalsEditors… ran a headline: Why He’ll Never Make it. Did he make it??
1988
Ann Landerslaunched a nationwide contestContestantswomen outnumbered men ... reached the semifinalsEditors… ran a headline: Why He’ll Never Make it.
1988
12,000
a famous columnistto find her replacement
9 to 1
He did make it in the finals.
Today“All that Zazz” What?? Where??His years in … left him with a deep appreciation for… ??He is moved by …, …and good nature of his readers.??
“… do outnumber …”??“I have much more …. than I had before.” ??“…back that up.”
He is moved by __________, ________ and good nature of his readers.
generosity
sincerity
in area
“I have much more _____________________ than I had before.”
faith in my fellow men
Today“All that Zazz”
ChicagoHis years in ______________ left him with a deep appreciation for ________________________________________
“…back that up.”
His column
advice businesspeople and their problems.
“_________________ do outnumber _______________”
Wonderful peopleterrible
people.
Birthday
Birth Place
Family origin
Education
Career
Achievements/Major contributions
Popularity
Significance of … discovery/invention/job
chronologically
Assignments
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2. Unit 11
Part B A Musican-turned Economist
Part C Edwin Hubble