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1、AdvantagesandDisadvantagesofStudyingAbroadIntheUS,thenumberofuniversitystudentswhostudyabroadincreaseddynamically.154,168Americancollegestudentsstudiedabroadfrom2000to2001comparedto48,483studentsfrom1985to1986(Rooney4).Themorestudentsstudyabroad,themoreorganizations
2、havetoworkflexible.“Theuniversityhastriedtotrackthechanginginterestsofitsstudentsandtheincreasinglyglobalnatureofitscurriculumbysettingupprogramsincountriesthatdidnotattractasmuchinterestagenerationago”(Rooney2).Adecadeago,theonlydestinationsofstudyingabroadwereinWe
3、sternEurope,buttherearemanyplacesforstudentstostudyabroadallovertheworldnow(Rooney2).Whystudentswanttostudyabroad?Forthereason,theycanexperiencemanyamazingthings.Studyingabroadisnotonlytoparticipateinclassesatuniversitybutalsotostayindifferentculturesandlanguages.To
4、knowotherculturesisinteresting,becausebadmannersinacountryaresometimesnormalthingsintheother.Ifyoucanspeakmorelanguages,wecantalktomanypeople.Nowadays,itisveryimportanttocommunicatewithpeoplewhoarefromothercountriesbecauseofbusinessesandtounderstandothercultures.Thi
5、sexperiencewillpositivelyaffectone’sfuture.Furthermore,waysofthinkingandknowledgewillbewideandflexible.Therefore,studyingabroadhasmanybenefits.However,moststudentswhodesiretostudyabroadtendtothinkthattheycanexperienceonlygoodthings.Thisthinkingrelatetopamphletsbecau
6、setheyonlysaygoodthings.Astudyingabroadpamphletsays,“Learnalanguage,broadenyourperspective,exploreyouridentity,challengeyourself,increaseyourself-confidenceanddecisionmakingskills,re-evaluateyourpriorities,valuesorgoals,anddiscoveraneworfamilyculturalheritage”.Ifstu
7、dentsreadthis,theywilldefinitelyfeellikestudyingabroad,buttheyhavetoknowoppositeside.Besides,themostimportantthingtorememberiswhytheygooverseas.Thepurposeofstudyingabroadis,ofcourse,tostudy.Someforeignstudentsdiebecauseofaccidentsorcommittingsuicide.Internationalstu
8、dentsexperiencenotonlygoodthingsbutalsomanybadsituations.However,badthingsarerarelyshowedinpublic.Actually,aJapanesestudentwaskilledinAust