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* * Nowadays Life is more and more prosperous, and the quality of life has also been improved in China. More and more Chinese students go abroad for study. Do you have any plan to study abroad? Why do you intend to do so? If you are going to study abroad, which country do you want to go? Explain your reasons. The reasons to study aboard: 1.Many students who go abroad have the goal of learning a foreign language. 2.Studying abroad can have excellent benefits for future employment opportunities by providing students with international skills and experiences. 3. Studying abroad offers a chance to understand another culture, and to better understand our own culture. 4. Studying aboard can expand our horizon and inspire new interests and curiosities. Lauren Konopacz is an Editorial Intern with The Globalist, Lauren Konopacz is a student at the George Washington University, where she is a dual major in Asian Studies and International Affairs. She spent the fall semester of 2007 studying Chinese and politics at Beijing Foreign Languages University, a University in Beijing, China. The Globalist is a daily online magazine that focuses on the economics, politics and culture of globalization. Uncle Sam (initials U.S.) is a common national personification of the American government and a metaphor for the United States. 那是在1812年，美国和英国为了争夺殖民地而大动干戈，打得不可开交。当时，纽约州的特罗伊城有一名叫山姆尔·威尔逊的商人，专门负责向美军提供牛肉。他因此而小有名气，认识的人都称其为“山姆大叔”。根据有关规定，政府采购部门在收购“山姆大叔”的牛肉时，都要在包装箱盖上“US”（美国国名的缩写为“US”或“USA”）的符号，以此作为美国财产的标记。十分凑巧的是，“山姆大叔”（Uncle Sam）的英文缩写也是“US”。人们看到那些经过“山姆大叔”之手的牛肉成为了美国的财产，很自然地把这两个“US”名称联系在一起。这样一传十，十传百，结果“山姆大叔”渐渐地成了美国的“绰号”。“山姆大叔”是一个什么样的形象呢？19世纪30年代，一位美国漫画家发挥了充分的想象，将“山姆大叔”描绘成一个瘦弱的高个子老人。只见他长着白头发，蓄有山羊胡子，头上戴着的是一顶有星条图样的高帽。到了1961年，美国国会通过一项决议，正式确认“山姆大叔”为美国的象征 1. In the2005-2006 academic year … to study abroad in Asia. (Par.2)--- 根据可获取的必威体育精装版资料，2005-2006学年，有223,534名美国学生在海外学习。这个数字只相当于全美大学生入学人数的1%。在这1%的学生中， 只有9.3% 的学生选择来亚洲学习。 2. American Council on Education (Par.5) --- 美国教育委员会 3. Several of these p