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上海交通大学出版社 应用型研究生英语系列教材 A Practical English Course for Postgraduate Students /sundae_meng Reading Back Next Reading — Passage A 2. higher education in China There are over 2,000 universities and colleges in China, with more than six million enrollments in total. China has set up a degree system, including Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees that are open to foreign students. The country offers non-degree programs as well. Since China began to develop a Western-oriented university model at the end of nineteenth century, Chinese higher education has continued to evolve. Since the late 1980s, tremendous economic development in China has stimulated reforms in higher education that have resulted in remarkable changes. Reading Back Next Reading — Passage A Discuss the following questions with your partners. 1. Are you satisfied with your university education? Why or why not? 2. Do you believe your secondary education is not good enough to get you well-prepared for higher education? 3.Should higher education attach greater importance to research or teaching? Reading Back Next Reading — Passage B 1. status quo Status quo is a Latin term meaning “the present existing state of affairs, or the situation as it was before a recent change”. To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they currently are. Reading — Passage B 2. African-American African-Americans or black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. In the United States, the term is generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry. Most African-Americans are the descendants of captive Africans who survived the slavery era within the boundaries of the present United States, although some are — or are descended from — voluntary immigrants from Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, or elsewhere. African-Americans make up the single largest racial minority in the United S