What do Students Need English For?
　　Today, it seems that nearly everyone is studying English, especially students. But what do they study English for? A survey made by a teacher at a university gives us some hints.
　　The results of the survey suggest that students need English for different purposes. Most students learn English because they need to read English textbooks or journals or attend English lectures, while only a few students use it to talk to English-speaking visitors, attend seminars, and write letters, etc. There are also some differences between economics students and engineering students. Compared with engineering students, economics students need to read English business textbooks and write reports in English.
　　Therefore, from the results of the survey, we can see that the purposes students learn English for vary with the academic field students study in. Whatever the purposes are, one thing is certain: Students need English, and English teaching should be strengthened in universities.           (151 words)

hint  n. 暗示，线索
journal  n. 期刊，刊物
attend seminars  n. 参加研讨会
compared with  与......对比
therefore adv. 所以
vary with  随......变化
strengthen  v. 加强，强化

　　

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。
--Jules Verne  凡尔纳

学生为什么需要学习英文？
　　如今似乎人人都在学英文，尤其是学生。但他们为什么学英文呢？一位大学老师所做的调查给了我们一些线索。
　　该调查结果表明，学生学习英文出于不同的目的。大部分学生学习英文是因为他们需要阅读英文教材或报刊，或听英文授课，而只有小部分学生用它来与英语国家的来宾交流、参加研讨会、写信等等。财经类的学生与工科学生十分不同。与工科学生相比，财经类的学生需要读英文的财经教材，并用英文写报告。
　　因此，从调查结果可知，学生学习英语的目的随着他们专业的不同而不同。但无论出于什么目的，有一点确定无疑：学生们需要英文，大学英语教学应有所加强。

1. Most students learn English because they need to read English textbooks or journals or attend English lectures, while only a few students use it to talk to English-speaking visitors, attend seminars, and write letters, etc. 大部分学生学习英文是因为他们需要阅读英文教材或报刊，或听英文授课，而只有小部分学生用它来与英语国家的来宾交流、参加研讨会、写信等等。
2. Compared with engineering students, economics students need to read English business textbooks and write reports in English. 与工科学生相比，财经类的学生需要读英文的财经教材，并用英文写报告。