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Massification of higher education

 

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Higher education has been expanding rapidly in the East Asian countries in the past two decades. In Hong Kong, since the commencement of higher education reform in 2001, the tertiary enrolment rate has increased to over 60% within five years.

 

EXPAND   vs   EXPEND

 

expand = become bigger

 

expansion 擴充

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：Such an expansion has increased the opportunity for secondary school students to pursue higher education.

 

expand on / upon  仔細闡析

(verb 動詞)

 

expend 花費，消費，耗費（尤指時間、精力或錢）

(verb 動詞)

 

expense 開銷

(noun 名詞)

 

* at the expense of 在犧牲後者的情況下...

 

例子：Higher education has been developed at the expense of quality.

例子：He is having fun at our expense.

 

commencement 開始

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：To commence with…

 

commencement (AmE 美式用法) = graduation (BrE 英式用法)

 

例子：A commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students.

 

enrolment (英)   vs   enrollment (美)

(noun 名詞)

 

enrol (英)  vs  enroll (美)

(verb 動詞)

 

不過，用於過去式時，英美皆串作enrolled！

 

香港專上學院之多，你知道嗎？

 

There are 19 higher education institutions in Hong Kong with local degree-awarding power. These institutions offer a wide array of high quality programmes from sub-degree to doctoral levels.

 

a wide array of 一系列

 

例子：The art gallery has a vast array of European paintings.  

 

finance (noun 名詞) 　vs 　finance (verb 動詞)

 

名詞和動詞，重音位置有差別啊！

/ˈfʌɪnans/    vs.

/fʌɪˈnans/ or /fɪˈnans/ (Oxford)

 

例子：In response to the proposal, most of the local educational institutions started to offer self-financed programmes and associate degree programmes.

 

1) 財政，金融

 

例子：the university's finance department

 

2) 資金，財源，財力

 

例子：The company’s finances are very limited.   資金很有限。

 

3) 財務管理，理財

 

例子：My finances are in a real mess.   我的財務確實亂七八糟。

 

 

Kevin 教室

 

suffix 後綴

 

-ification (noun 名詞)

 

-ify（使）成為…，（使）…化 (verb 動詞)

= used at the end of verbs that refer to making sth or sbd different in some way

 

simplify 簡化           例子：We need to simplify the process.

purify 淨化               例子：Water can be purified in 5 minutes using this machine.

diversify 多元化    

classify 分門別類

clarify 澄清

 

to fill someone with a particular feeling 使〔某人〕充滿〔某種感情〕

例子：They terrify me.　他們使我充滿恐懼。

   
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