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凯程考研集训营，为学生引路，为学员服务！ 第  PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 2 页 共  NUMPAGES \* MERGEFORMAT 2 页 2017考研英语阅读题源经济学人文章英国私立学校的没落 ? ?每年考研英语阅读篇章很多都取材于经济学人，因此2017年考研复习之初，一定要从基础打好，稳扎稳打。凯程网考研频道分享《经济学人》文章，希望大家能够多看、多练，提升阅读能力！ 2017考研英语阅读题源经济学人文章：英国私立学校的没落 　　Overseas students 　　留学生 　　How to ruin a global brand 　　一个世界级品牌没落之路 　　Foreign students are going off English universities 　　留学生正在逐渐远离英国高校 　　BRITAINS private schools are one of its mostsuccessful exports. The children of the well-heeled flock to them, whether from China, Nigeriaor Russia: the number of foreign pupils rose by 1.4% in the last year alone. One headmasterrecently asked a room full of pupils whether they flew business class to Britain. Only a fewhands went up, suggesting they were not quite as cosseted as he had thought. Then a boyexplained: many of the pupils fly first class instead. 　　英国的私立学校可以说是英国最成功的“出口商品”之一。在这些学校里，无论是来自中国、尼日利亚或是俄罗斯，富有的学生比比皆是：仅去年一年，留学生的数量就增长了1.4%。最近有一位校长查访了一间满寝的宿舍，并询问他们是否乘坐商务客舱飞到英国。寥寥无几的人举起了手，以表明实际上他们并不像他所想的那样娇生惯养。随后一名男孩解释道：许多学生都没有乘坐头等舱。 　　Yet foreign students, whether educated in British private schools or elsewhere, are decreasinglylikely to go to English universities. According to the Higher Education Funding Council forEngland, 307,200 overseas students began their studies in the country in 2012-13, down from312,000 two years earlier and the first drop in 29 years. Student numbers from the rest of theEU fell—probably a result of the increase in annual tuition fees in England from 6,000 (10,000)a year to 9,000. But arrivals from India and Pakistan declined most sharply. 　　然而这些留学生，无论是在英国的私立学校还是在别的教育机构接受教育的，进入英国的大学求学的可能性都在不断减小。根据英国高等教育拨款局的调查，相较于上一学年的31.2万人，在2012-13学年选择在英格兰大学求学的留学生只有30.72万人，这是29年来人数首降。而且欧盟中其他国家的留学生人数也在下降，极有可能是受到了英国每年的学费从6,000 (10,000)增加到9,000的影响。特别是来自印度和巴基斯坦的人数在急剧下降。 　　In contrast to the visa regime for private schools, which is extremely lax (the Home Officecounts private schools as favoured sponsors) student visas have been tightened. Foreignstudents used to be allowed t