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Foreign students are going off English universities. Britain’s private schools are one of its most successful exports. The children of the well-heeled flock to them, whether from China, Nigeria or Russia: the number of foreign pupils rose by 1.4% in the last year alone.? Yet foreign students, whether educated in British private schools or elsewhere, are decreasingly likely to go to English universities.? In contrast to the visa regime for private schools, which is extremely lax, student visas have been tightened. Foreign students used to be allowed to work for up to two years after graduating. They now have only four months to find a job paying upwards of 20,600 pounds if they want to stay in Britain. This change was intended to deal with sham colleges that were in effect offering two-year work visas. But it seems to have put off serious students too. Nick Hillman of the Higher Education Policy Institute says the government has sent unclear messages about the sort of immigration it wants to restrict. An emphasis on holding down net immigration deters young Indians and Pakistanis in particular. Australia and America, which have more relaxed entry criteria for students, are becoming more favoured destinations.

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Foreign students are going off English universities.?

外國學(xué)生正在離開英國的大學(xué)。

go off：離開；進(jìn)行；變質(zhì)；睡去；斷掉；爆炸

?Britain’s private schools are one of its most successful exports.

英國的私立學(xué)校是英國最成功的出口商品之一。

The children of the well-heeled flock to them, whether from China, Nigeria or Russia: the number of foreign pupils rose by 1.4% in the last year alone.

富有的孩子,無論來自中國、尼日利亞還是俄羅斯:外國學(xué)生的數(shù)量僅去年一年就上升了1.4%。

well-heeled：adj.?富有的,穿著考究的

heeled：adj. 有后跟的；帶手槍的；帶著錢的

rose by：原型 rise by，上漲了

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? rise to，上漲到

Yet foreign students, whether educated in British private schools or elsewhere, are decreasingly likely to go to English universities.

然而這些留學(xué)生，無論是在英國的私立學(xué)校還是在別的教育機(jī)構(gòu)接受教育的，進(jìn)入英國的大學(xué)求學(xué)的可能性都在不斷減小。

yet：放在開頭表雖然；放在中間表然而。

擴(kuò)展：

not yet 也不

as yet 到目前為止

and yet 可是

but yet 但還是

In contrast to the visa regime for private schools, which is extremely lax, student visas have been tightened.

相比于私立學(xué)校那相當(dāng)寬松的簽證制度，學(xué)生簽證就嚴(yán)格很多。

visa：簽證

exit /entry visa：出境/入境簽證

regime：政權(quán)；制度

擴(kuò)展

rein:韁繩，駕馭，統(tǒng)治；vt.勒住，控制

lax：松弛的；懶散的；馬虎的

聯(lián)想記憶：relax：放松的

?Foreign students used to be allowed to work for up to two years after graduating.

以往，外國學(xué)生被允許在畢業(yè)之后可工作時(shí)間長達(dá)兩年。

They now have only four months to find a job paying upwards of 20,600 pounds if they want to stay in Britain.

現(xiàn)在，如果他們想留在英國，他們只有四個(gè)月的時(shí)間找到一份薪水超過20600英鎊的工作。

This change was intended to deal with sham colleges that were in effect offering two-year work visas.

這個(gè)改變旨在處理那些實(shí)際上提供兩年工作簽證的假冒學(xué)院。

sham：欺騙，假冒

in effect：實(shí)際上；生效

?But it seems to have put off serious students too.

但是這樣的做法似乎也推遲了真正求學(xué)的學(xué)生（的學(xué)期）。

put off：延期，推遲。

Nick Hillman of the Higher Education Policy Institute says the government has sent unclear messages about the sort of immigration it wants to restrict.

來自高等教育政策研究所的Nick Hillman表示，政府的做法向大眾傳遞了一個(gè)限制留學(xué)移民的模糊信息。

the sort of：那種=a kind of

?An emphasis on holding down net immigration deters young Indians and Pakistanis in particular.

英國著重于控制移民的政策對(duì)來自印度和巴基斯坦學(xué)生的影響最為嚴(yán)重。

deter：v.制止，威脅，使不敢

Australia and America, which have more relaxed entry criteria for students, are becoming more favoured destinations.?

同時(shí)，澳大利亞和美國，因其對(duì)學(xué)生寬松的準(zhǔn)入標(biāo)準(zhǔn)而變得倍受青睞。?

criteria：標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，尺度；準(zhǔn)則

詞根：crit：判斷，分辨（=judge，discern）

critic：n.評(píng)論家，批評(píng)者