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xx年商务英语中级阅读材料(3)美国理工专业回暖xx年攻读科学与工程专业研究生的美国学生数量到达历史新高，让哀叹美国人对科学不感兴趣的决策者和企业总裁们看到了一线希望。ThenumberofUSstudentsgoingtograduateschoolforscienceandengineeringhitanall-timehighinxx,offeringaglimmerofhopetopolicymakersandbusinesschiefswhohavelamentedthatAmericansarenotinterestedinscience.美国国家科学基金会(NationalScienceFoundation)的最新调查显示，入读科学与工程研究生课程的美国公民和永久性居民人数增长了2%，到达创纪录的33.955万人。AnewsurveyconductedbytheNationalScienceFoundationshowsthatenrolmentofUScitizensandpermanentresidentsinscienceandengineeringgraduateprogrammesincreased2percent,toarecord339,550.调查还显示，继前3年下降之后，今年外国学生的入学率首次增长4%。不过，就读这些学科的外国学生总数下降3%，为连续第二年下降。Thesurveyalsoshoweda4percentriseinfirst-timeenrolmentsbyforeignstudents,followingthreeyearsofdecline.However,totalenrolmentofforeignstudentsinthosesubjectsdropped3percent-thesecondyearinarowwithadecline.美国科学促进会(AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience)研发预算及政策工程主管KeiKoizumi表示，此次调查的结果喜忧参半。KeiKoizumi,thedirectoroftheR&DbudgetandpolicyprogrammeattheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,calledthesurveysfindingsmixed.多数决策者表示，好消息是，攻读科学与工程专业的美国人似乎越来越多，他表示。但外国学生数量下降，不管是因为实际存在或人们感觉中的签证问题，还是因为学生发如今其它国家读书更具吸引力，这都(令人沮丧)。Thegoodnews,aordingtomostpolicymakers,isthatitappearsAmericansaregoingintoscienceandengineeringingreaternumbers,hesaid.Butthedropinforeignstudents-whetheritsbecauseofrealorperceivedvisaproblems,orbecausestudentsfinditmoreattractivetostudyinothernations-isnotasencouraging.911恐惧袭击后，美国国务院对外国学生施行限制，此后，国际学生的申请数量有所下降。ApplicationsfrominternationalstudentsfellaftertheStateDepartmentimposedrestrictionsonforeignstudentsinthewakeoftheSeptember11terroristattacks.