Scholarship bonus under fire 1

Xiao Chen (not her real name) ranked at the top of her class last semester. Last week, however, she was informed that she would only receive a second-class scholarship.

 

"I regret I didn't donate my blood to earn some extra points. Otherwise, I might have won the first-class points. Otherwise, I might have won the first-class scholarship," said Chen, a junior at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University in Shanxi Province.

 

Scholarship applicants can receive "extra points" for donating blood, keeping a clean dorm room and doing well at sports. This is true at Li's university, and at most others across China. But every year, the practice brings complaints from those who question the fairness of the process.

 

This scholarship award system has been in place for decades. It's designed to encourage good works among students. Moral or social activities count for about 20 to 30 percent of the evaluation process. However, some feel the system favors active students over those who focused on their schoolwork.

 

"Obviously some people have more opportunities to get bonus points than others, such as student leaders," said Li Boya, a junior at Zhejiang University of Media and Communication. At Li's school, for instance, students who get a company to sponsor their organization's activities will be awarded bonus points.

 

 

短语学习：

 

rank at the top 名列前茅

 

last semester 上个学期

 

second-class scholarship 二等奖学金

 

donate blood 献血

 

scholarship applicant 申请奖学金者

 

keep a clean dorm room 保持寝室整洁

 

question the fairness 质疑公正性

 

scholarship award system 奖学金奖励制度

 

social activity 社会活动

 

evaluation process 评价过程

 

favor active students 偏袒活跃的学生

 

focus on schoolwork 专注学业

 

get the sponsor 拉到赞助

 

sponsor the activity 赞助这项活动

 

be awarded bonus points 被奖励额外的绩点

 

 

单词学习：

 

agriculture n. 农业，农艺；农学

 

process n. 过程

 

semestern n. 半学年；一学期

 

rank v. 排列，归类于

 

junior n. 大三学习

 

forestry n. 森林学

 

fairness n. 公平

 

evaluation n. 评定，评价

 

sponsor v. 赞助

 

social adj. 社会的

 

scholarship n. 奖学金

 

bonus n. 额外给予的东西

 

inform v. 告诉，通知

 

regret vt. 后悔，惋惜

 

donate v. 捐赠

 

applicant n. 申请人

 

complaint n. 抱怨

 

question v. 询问，怀疑

 

design v. 设计

 

encourage v. 鼓励

 

media n. 媒体

 

communication n. 传播

 

organization n. 机构，组织

 

extra adj. 额外的

 

province n. 省

 

dorm n. 宿舍

 

moral adj. 讲道德的，品性端正的

 

favor v. 有利于

 

opportunity n. 机会，机遇