美國學生對留學中國開始失去興趣
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - American students aregetting cold feet about studying Chinese in China, with many study abroadprograms in the country seeing a substantial drop in enrolment over the lastfew years.
上海（路透社）——美國學生越來越害怕在中國學習中文，最近幾年去中國留學的海外留學項目收到的學生越來越少。
At the University of California EducationAbroad Program (UCEAP), student enrolment in programs in China isexpected to be less than half the level it was only four years ington-based CET, another leading study abroad group, says interest in Chinahas been falling since 2013.
在加州大學的海外教育項目中，去中國留學的學生將不到4年前的一半。位於華盛頓的另外一個海外留學機構CET稱自2013年以來對中國的興趣變得越來越小。The apparent waning of interest worriessome Chinawatchers. Given the importance of the U.S.-China relationship, having a groupof Americans across different industries who speak Chinese and understand theculture is "a matter of national interest", says Robert Daly,director of the Kissinger Institute on Chinaand the United States at theWilson Centerin Washington.
這種明顯的興趣下降讓一些中國通們感到擔憂。介於中美關係的重要性，如果有一支來自各個領域的美國人知道講中文並且瞭解中國文化，這是非常重要的，"事關國家利益"，威爾遜國際學者中心的基辛格中美研究院的主任Robert Daly說。
"We can't respond coherently,effectively and fully to Chinaunless we understand Chinaon its own terms," he said.
"如果我們不能以中國的方式瞭解中國，那麼我們就無法對中國做出連貫的，有效的和完全的反應，"他說。The Instituteof International Education says thenumber of U.S. studentsstudying in Chinafell 3.2 percent in 2012-13 to 14,413, even as overall study abroad numbersrose modestly.
國際教育協會說2012-2013年在中國的美國留學生下降了3.2%到14413人，儘管總體的海外留學人數有略微上升。American students' apparent loss ofinterest contrasts with Chinese students' clamor for a U.S. number of Chinese studying in the United States jumped 16.5 percentin 2013-14 to more than 274,000.
美國學生對中國明顯失去興趣，而中國學生則很喜歡來美國留學，形成了鮮明的對比。2013-2014年在美國的中國留學生上升了16.5%到274000人。For U.S. students, China's notorious pollution is a concern. Job opportunities are another. As multinationals in China hire mostly local Chinese, a growing percentage of whom have studied abroad, they have less need for foreigners who speak Chinese.
對於美國學生來說，中國的污染是個問題，而就業機會是另一個問題。在中國的跨國公司主要僱傭的是中國人，越來越多的中國人都有過海外留學經歷，所以跨國公司對會講中文的外國人的需求越來越小。
