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This is the VOA Special English Education Report.May first is an important date in the college admissions process in the United States. This is the last day for high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall. Offers are sent by April fifteenth. This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Heparin is a blood-thinning medicine made from pig intestines, which often come from small farms in China. The drug is often used to prevent blockages during kidney dialysis treatment and different operations.But in February, a major producer, Baxter International, recalled almost all of its heparin. Tests showed the presence of a chemical called oversulfated chondroitin sulfate. This is chemically similar to heparin but should not have been used. Who added it, and why, remains unclear. Leroy Hubley of Toledo, Ohio, lost his wife and son after they received heparin. He is shown at a hearing held Tuesday by a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. Officials in the United States have received hundreds of reports of severe reactions, including deaths. On April twenty-first, the Food and Drug Administration released a warning letter to a Chinese supplier for the Baxter heparin. The letter said Changzhou SPL had received material from an unacceptable supplier, and could not purify the materials used to make the drug. F.D.A. inspectors found that the company did not follow good manufacturing practice. Chinese officials have suggested that the contaminant entered the heparin during the finishing process in the United States. Baxter disagreed. A Chinese delegation visited a Baxter factory in New Jersey last week. Scientists have offered explanations for how the chemical could have caused the allergic reactions and low blood pressure seen in patients. Reports from two teams were published online last week in the New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Biotechnology. Both teams were led by Professor Ram Sasisekharan at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Officials in the United States are investigating eighty-one deaths in heparin patients with signs of allergic reactions or low blood pressure. Most of these deaths happened between November of last year and February of this year. But F.D.A. officials say the reactions may not have been the cause of death in all cases.China says there is no proof of a connection between the contaminant and the deaths. The chemical has been found in heparin supplies in other countries. But Chinese officials note that the United States and Germany are the only countries that have reported any health problems. The widespread use of foreign drug suppliers has led American lawmakers to call for at least five hundred additional F.D.A. inspectors. Also, a House subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday called "The Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits and American Failures." And that’s the VOA Special English Health Report written by Caty Weaver. I’m Barbara KleinAcceptance rates at the top colleges were lower than ever this year. No surprise, just more stress from stories of top students getting rejection letters even from less competitive schools.Numbers tell the story. The Education Department predicts that the number of high school graduates in the United States will reach the highest level ever this year. Three million three hundred thirty thousand students are expected to graduate. Lucas Morales, a high school senior in New Mexico, sorts through college catalogs and letters of interest at his home But not only are there more college applicants these days, they are also applying to more colleges. Online and common applications make the process easier. It can mean several acceptances to choose from. It also means more work for colleges to get the students they accept to accept them. Many colleges and universities hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight; sort of a test drive. Some schools send gifts. At least one college has its international students write letters in the native languages of accepted applicants.For many families, though, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money. Lately, top schools with lots of money have increased their financial aid, putting pressure on other colleges to do the same.Deciding how many students to accept can be difficult. It involves trying to predict the number of applicants who will decide to attend. Students may not like being put on waiting lists, but mistakes can be costly. Some colleges have had to house new students in hotels because a larger than expected number accepted admission offers.This year, the weak economy has admissions officers nervous that some families may not be able to pay for college as planned. The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student loans.Colleges are also facing changes in the population. The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start going down after this year. This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finish high school.The number is not expected to start rising again until two thousand fifteen.And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. Transcripts and MP3s of our reports are at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.

dictation。听四遍。第一遍正常速度，听大意，做笔记。主要记下一些难的词，或者是文章中出现最多的词，不要记太多，否则会忽略之后的句子。第二遍听写。听一句写一句。写不全的话可以改成听半句写半句。或者更短。也可以把句子的结构听下来，方便写。VOA中人名很多，不需要在意，只写第一个字母就好。要做到听到人命就可以反应过来，不纠结于它。主要过程是第二遍。要不断的重复。第三遍与第二遍同样的速度，补充没有完成的句子。第四遍是正常速度，主要检查，继续补充一开始听写很难，会错很多，往往是一片红色（如果你用红笔改的话），听完了应该读，尽量模仿，一直坚持下去就好了

1 听写有一套方法，最主要的是掌握单词的简写、关键词的记忆和短时记忆的训练。2 VOA Special English 是练习听力的好材料，但开始练习时不建议使用，因为它不是用来做听写的。建议您采用《LISTEN TO THIS》的初级本，它是一个完整的训练体系，每课的最后部分是专门的听写训练。此训练很有针对性，说 3 遍，第一遍是用于了解大致内容的正常语速，第二遍听写语速（每句之间有停顿），第三遍是用于检查修改的正常语速。不要多长时间，每天两个短文的听写，一个月后您就有感觉了。关于听写的方法和《Listen to this》，网上多的是，随便搜索一下就可以了。

友情提醒你一下，如果针对于四级听力，没必要听VOA，去把最近5年的CET4所有的听力找来，一天听一份，这一份要重复3边，早上“精听”听一遍，中午吃完饭，午休钱，听一遍，晚上9-10点再精听一边。先将VOA放一边，等四级过了，暑假可以听VOA听2个月，然后去听CET6的听力准备过6级。切记不要把听VOA跟BBC等作为考试过级的手段！！！记住

亲，没有关系的，这可能是你不太熟悉的问题，VOA里的有些连读的确很难分辨，你可以先听几个单词后按暂停键，如果不能暂停的话，那建议你还是把听到的单词先写下来，反复听后在查缺补漏就OK了 。还是要多听听，英语才会有提高的！

每一句都能听懂为什么整篇听不懂？！坚持听，过几个月就能发现有进步。每天的节目都不同类型，你会发现有些领域的你听起来很容易，有些就不是了，遇到生词根据读音去猜去查，积累词汇量，慢速里的词汇基本都是常用的了。最好是一边听一边记，如果是英语专业一定要一边听一边笔记，学会做笔记，给口译打基础。