25. Community Colleges (2)

These days many people attend community colleges with plans to transfer to a four-year college or university to get a bachelor's degree. 如今，许多人在社区学院就读，计划转入四年制学院或大学，获得学士学位。 如今，許多人就讀社區學院，併計劃轉學到四年制學院或大學以獲得學士學位。 It's kind of like a stepping-stone. There are many reasons why people do this. One reason is that some community colleges have transfer agreements with private and state colleges and university that guarantee admission. 其中一个原因是，一些社区学院与私立和州立学院及大学签订了转学协议，保证录取。 原因之一是一些社區學院與私立和州立學院和大學簽訂了轉學協議，以保證入學。 Even if a community college doesn't have that agreement of a guaranteed spot in a four-year college, it has articulation agreements with four-year schools. 即使社区学院没有保证进入四年制大学的协议，它也有与四年制学校的衔接协议。 即使社區學院沒有保證在四年制大學就讀的協議，它也與四年制學校有銜接協議。 These agreements tell you exactly what classes a student in a community college needs to take in order to be able to transfer. 这些协议明确规定了社区学院的学生需要选修哪些课程才能转学。 這些協議準確地告訴您社區大學的學生需要參加哪些課程才能轉學。 These agreements make sure that students don't waste time taking classes that won't transfer. 这些协议确保学生不会浪费时间选修无法转学的课程。 這些協議確保學生不會浪費時間參加不會轉學的課程。 Most of these classes one needs to take before transferring are general education classes, like math and English. 转学前需要选修的课程大多是普通教育课，如数学和英语。 轉學前需要學習的大多數課程都是普通教育課程，例如數學和英語。

Another reason why many students start their undergraduate degree at a community college is a financial one. 许多学生从社区学院开始攻读本科学位的另一个原因是经济原因。 A four-year college or university is much more expensive than a two-year college. 四年制学院或大学要比两年制学院昂贵得多。 This is especially true for immigrant students, who don't qualify for financial aid, loans or scholarships. 对于没有资格获得经济援助、贷款或奖学金的移民学生来说，情况尤其如此。 Also community colleges tend to offer more evening classes so they can accommodate people who have to work while attending school. 此外，社区学院往往提供更多的夜校课程，这样就能满足那些需要一边工作一边上学的人的需求。 此外，社區大學往往會提供更多的夜校課程，以便為那些必須在上學期間打工的人提供便利。 They are also a good option for older students with families, who need a more flexible schedule while taking care of children. Community colleges also tend to be commuter schools, meaning people don't have to live on campus in dorms. 社区学院也往往是通勤学校，这意味着学生不必住在学校宿舍里。 社區大學也往往是通勤學校，這意味著人們不必住在校園的宿舍裡。 Attending a community college means you can still live at home with your parents, which can save the family a huge amount of money. 就读社区大学意味着你仍然可以和父母住在一起，这可以为家庭节省一大笔开支。

If a student didn't do well in high school, a community college would provide him or her with another opportunity to enter a four-year university. 如果學生在高中表現不佳，社區學院將為他或她提供另一個進入四年制大學的機會。 Community colleges offer many classes to help students develop their math and writing skills. When you attend a four-year college, you are expected to have those skills already. 当你进入四年制大学学习时，你应该已经掌握了这些技能。 Community college will prepare students to successfully graduate from a four-year school. 社区大学将为学生顺利从四年制学校毕业做好准备。 社區學院將為學生從四年制學校成功畢業做好準備。