Australia lures international business students

The number of international students choosing to study in Australia has surged over the past few years to the point that Australia is overtaking the UK as the world’s second-biggest destination for international students, behind the US, according to researchers at University College London’s Centre for Global Higher Education.

• surge 相当于 increase suddenly ，指“激增”。我们在写作中经常要表达“增加，增长”，大家往往第一反应都是 increase ，但英文很强调用词的多样性，因此平时要注意积累丰富的表达方式，英文中还有哪些可以表达“增加”的词汇呢？我们来总结一下：

• 表示“增加”： rise , climb , grow , mount , swell , multiply

• 表示“激增”： surge , shoot up , soar , escalate , balloon , explode , rocket , skyrocket

• to the point that+ 句子 / to the point of sth 到达 … 的地步，到达 … 程度 我们在 纽约时报为《芳华》写的影评 里学过词组 to the point of sth ，指 The movie’s depiction of cultural change is tidy to the point of being facile, which isn’t to say it’s ineffective. 影片（指《芳华》）对文化变迁的描绘非常简洁，甚至可以说肤浅单薄，然而并非毫无效果。

• overtake sb as sth 指“超越某人成为 …” 比如刚刚离婚的贝佐斯在去年超过比尔·盖茨成为世界首富，我们可以说： Last year Jeff Bezos overtook Bill Gates as the world’s wealthiest person. 再比如“电子支付很快超过现金，成为中国人最常用的支付方式”： Electronic payments soon overtook cash as the most popular ways to pay for things in China.

• 我们可以从第一段中提炼出一个表达“越来越多 … ”的句型： The number of … has surged over the past few years. 可替换掉用 烂了的 more and more 。比如“过去几年，患抑郁症的人越来越多”，我们可以说 The number of people suffering from depression has surged over the past few years. [写作推荐]

In 2015, the UK attracted about 130,000 more overseas students than Australia, says UCL professor Simon Marginson. But in recent years, Australia has repeatedly increased its overseas student numbers by 12 to 14 per cent. Prof Marginson and his team believe Australia may have overtaken the UK. If not already, it will happen soon, they say.

• overseas students 与第一段的 international students 互为同义替换。

• If not already, it will happen soon. 尽管现在还没有，但很快会发生。注意 if 在这里不是指“如果”，而是“虽然，尽管，即使”的意思，用在形容词前，比如 ◇ He's a good driver, if a little over-confident. 他是个好司机，虽然有点过于自信。 ◇ The snow was now two feet deep, making it difficult, if not impossible, to get the car out. 雪有两英尺厚，要把汽车拉出来很困难，尽管不是不可能。 [熟词僻义]

• 最后这句话也让我联想到，我们在上一篇文章中学到的“只是时间早晚的问题”： it's only / just a matter of time 。

Australia has a lot to offer school leavers with a sense of wanderlust. It is famed for its beaches, food and natural assets , while bustling cities such as Sydney and Melbourne are considered some of the most liveable in the world. “Australia is seen as an El Dorado -type destination,” says Laura Bell, an academic registrar at Melbourne Business School.

• school leaver 指毕业生，应届生，且一般是中学毕业生。

• wanderlust 由 wander 和 lust 合成， wander 指“漫步，游荡”， lust 指“欲望”合起来意思是“想旅游的强烈愿望”。

• be famed for sth 以 … 闻名，可替换 be famous for sth 。比如我们在介绍自己的家乡时，就可以到这个表达，比如 Shanghai is famed for/famous for its historical landmarks as well as modern, ever-expanding skylines. [熟词僻义]

• natural assets 自然资源 cultural assets 人文宝藏

• bustling 指“繁华的，热闹的” (full of people moving about in a busy way) ，常用于形容词城市，比如北京和上海就可称为 bustling cities 。

• bustling 来自于 bustle ， bustle 作名词讲有一个很形象的表达 hustle and bustle ，指城市的喧嚣扰攘。比如忙碌的城市生活使很多人精疲力竭： T he hustle and bustle of city life fatigues many people. [写作推荐]

• liveable 指“宜居的” (nice to live in) ，注意发音是 [ˈlɪvəbl ] ，比如成都是中国最宜居的城市之一： Chengdu is considered one of the most liveable cities in China.

• El Dorado 源自西班牙语，指想像中位于南美亚马逊河附近的黄金国，译为 “黄金之国” (the gilded country)

• registrar 指教务主任。

Business schools have been at the centre of the growth in overseas students in Australia, with many attracted to well-regarded courses at institutions such as MBS, which has an MBA course ranked 66th in the world.

• well-regarded 指受欢迎的，受器重的。

Explaining the growth in overseas student numbers, Prof Marg inson says: “Australia shares the advantages of all English-speaking countries in the global market. Its reputation for quality is not as strong as the UK [and the US] but it has a favourable climate and proximity to east and south-east Asia, and it is closer than the UK to India. These are the most important source regions for international students.

• the growth in overseas student numbers 也可以改写为 the surge/increase in overseas student numbers 。

• a favourable climate 在这里指“宜人的气候”， favourable 来自于 favour ，指 “有利的”， a favourable climate 或 a favourable weather 还可以指有利的气候，有利条件，比如为发展创造有利的条件 create a favourable climate for development

• proximity to sth 指“接近，邻近”，比如我选择这套房子是因为它离公司近： We chose the apartment for its proximity to the company.

“Australia has also been less nervous than the UK about migration in general, and the possibility of international students becoming migrants in particular,” he adds.

Kim Watson, from the Isle of Man, completed a masters degree in business analytics at MBS in 2016 after graduating from Leeds University in the UK with a first-class maths degree. Ms Watson, who did an exchange at the University of Sydney while at Leeds, says she chose MBS because it has “established relationships with lots of companies”.

She adds: “I thought it would help me to find a job and, in turn, a visa so I could stay permanently.” Ms Watson now works as an analyst at Medibank, one of Australia’s leading health insurance providers.

Australian undergraduate courses are also attracting overseas talent. Born in Hong Kong, Siobhan O’Rorke studied for a commerce degree at the University of Sydney between 2009 and 2012. She believes her A-levels enabled her to get into a better school in Australia than would have been possible in the UK. She now works as a marketing manager at a project management software provider.

• overseas talent 海外人才 talent 作不可数名词指“人才”。

• work as … 我们在介绍某人的职业时可以用到这个表达，比如她是腾讯的程序员： She works as a computer programmer at Tencent.

“There was a wide range of courses to pick from,” Ms O’Rorke says, which allowed her to try “a lot of different things” before she decided on her major.

• a wide range of sth 各种各样的 类似的表达还有 a wide array of sth ，如果想更富有文学色彩一点的话，可以说 a bewildering / dazzling / glittering array of sth. [写作推荐]

“The main downside is that it’s a really expensive place to live. My parents paid my living expenses, thank goodness, but I still worked two jobs throughout my time there. It’s extra tough being an international student because we didn’t get any of the student concessions afforded to local students.”

• the downside 指“缺点，不足之处” 任何事情都有利有弊，我们在描述某事的不利方面时就可以用到句型 The downside of sth is that… 比如谈到在线教育的缺点，我们可以说： The downside of online education is that you will not enjoy the conviviality of being on a campus and rubbing shoulders with fellow students on a daily basis.

• 🙋🏻‍♀️再教给大家两个先抑后扬的句型：

• 1. sth has its downsides, but it is of great value for sb. 虽然某事不足之处，但它对某人来说非常有价值。