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英语课外阅读1
To a group of determined and industriousroommates, graduation from college means nodeparture but just the start of another period ofstudy together, even though it will be in anothercountry.
对于同宿舍那些意志坚定又勤奋好学的室友来说，大学毕业并不意味着分离，而是下一段共同学习旅程的开始，即使是在另外一个国家。
Among the recently received offers from multipleworld-renowned colleges, Wang Xin and her fourroommates all chose the University of Bath, which isranked as the fifth best university in the United Kingdom by the Guardian University Guide.
在收到众多世界名校邀请之后，汪鑫和自己的四位室友全部选择了巴斯大学。该大学是《卫报》大学指南评定为英国排名第五位的著名高校。
The five young women graduated from Anhui University of Finance and Economics, based inBengbu city in Anhui province, and majored in accounting.
这五位年轻女生毕业于位于安徽省蚌埠市的安徽财经大学，主修会计专业。
In the last fours years, they shared not only the same class, but also the same dormitory. They will major in accounting and finance in the next year.
在过去的四年中，她们不仅仅学习同一专业课程，还是住在同一宿舍的舍友。她们还将在未来一年内共同学习会计与金融专业。
Postgraduate study has become more popular among Chinese undergraduates in recent years.
最近几年来，越来越多的中国本科生都倾向于选择读研深造。
Instead of taking exams for domestic colleges to reach their goal, the five decided to seekoverseas study opportunities, even at the beginning of their college study, according to Wang.
汪鑫表示，从上大学一开始，她和舍友就决定要去国外读研，而不是参加国内研究生招生考试。
"Each of us five roommates had applied for multiple overseas universities and received offersfrom several of them," said Wang, adding that the University of Bath is the best among them.
汪鑫说道：“我们五个人申请了好几所国外的大学，也收到了很多录取通知。”她还表示，最终她们还是认为巴斯大学是最理想的选择。
Xin Danyang, one of the young women said years of great effort made their goal achievable.
其中一名名叫辛丹阳的女生称，是不断的努力和付出才使得她们的目标得以实现。
"Take me for example. My study often began before 7 am and went till 2 or 3 am the nextmorning", Xin said.
辛丹阳说道：“拿我自己来说，我一般每天早上7点之前就开始学习，一直学到第二天凌晨2、3点钟。”
英语课外阅读2
Chongqing University in southern China's Chongqing recently held a weight-loss competition in which participants who successfully lost weight over the course of one month through healthy diets and exercise could earn cash rewards.
位于中国南方重庆市的重庆大学近日举行了一场减肥竞赛，通过健康饮食和锻炼在一个月内减肥成功的参与者们可以获得现金奖励。
The rewards varied from 7.5 RMB ($1.10) to 22.5 RMB ($3.30) per kilogram lost.
奖励从每千克7.5元(1.10美元)至每千克22.5元(3.30美元)不等。
Huang Zhiqiang from the university's athletic association disclosed that the activity was intended to encourage obese students to reach healthier weights.
该校运动协会的黄志强披露，该活动旨在鼓励肥胖学生达到更为健康的体重。
A total of 997 students participated in the activity, and 328 successfully lost a grand total of 1,320 kilograms.
共计有997名学生参与了这一活动，328名学生成功减掉了共计1320公斤。
Huang added that, although being fat or thin is not the sole criterion of health, maintainingone's weight within a healthy Body Mass Index zone is a good idea.
黄志强补充道，虽然胖瘦不是健康的唯一标准，但是将体重维持在一个健康的体重指数是个很好的主意。
In the future, the university may also hold activities to help overly thin people put on weight ina healthy manner.
在未来，重庆大学可能还会举行帮助瘦人通过健康的方法增重的活动。
英语课外阅读2
A robot sat for the math test during China's nationalcollege entrance exam, or gaokao, in thesouthwestern city of Chengdu last Wednesday.
上周三，在中国西南城市成都，一个机器人参加了中国高考的数学测试。
The robot, AI-MATHS, consisting of 11 servers, wasdeveloped by Chengdu Zhunxingyunxue Technology. It completed two versions of the exam's math testlast Wednesday afternoon.
这个机器人名为AI-MATHS，由11个服务器组成，是成都准星云学科技有限公司研发的。上周三下午，它完成了两套高考数学测试卷。
The robot finished the Beijing test in 22 minutes, scoring 105 points out of 150 points, withoutInternet support. It scored 100 points on another version of the test.
这个机器人在没有互联网支持下22分钟内完成了总分150分的北京卷，得到了105分。而它在另一套考卷中也得到了100分。
"It would take two hours for a human to finish the test. I hope next year the machine canimprove its performance on logical reasoning and computer algorithms and score over 130," said Lin Hui, the company's CEO.
准星云学科技的CEO林辉表示：“人类完成测试需要两个小时。我希望来年机器人在逻辑推理和计算机算法上能够取得更好的成绩，得分在130分以上。”
In February, the robot scored 93 on one math test, slightly higher than the passing grade of 90.
今年二月份，这个机器人在一次数学测试中得到了93分，稍高于及格成绩90分。
The company participated in a project of China's Ministry of Science and Technology, whichplans to develop gaokao robots. Under the plan, by 2020, AI robots will be smart enough togain admission to leading universities such as Peking University and Tsinghua Universitythrough the entrance exam.
据悉，该公司参与了中国科技部的一个计划研发高考机器人的项目。根据该计划，到2020年，人工智能机器人将变得足够聪明，通过高考被北大、清华这样的顶尖大学录取。
"This is not a make-or-break test for a robot. The aim is to train artificial intelligence to learnthe way humans reason and deal with numbers," said Lin
林辉说道：“对于机器人来说，这并不是不成则败的测试。其目标是为了训练人工智能，学习人类推理和处理数字的方式。”
