English to Chinese Higher education of the U.S began with the founding of Harvard College in 1636. The system of higher education in the U.S has three principal functions: teaching, research and public service. In American, there are the best research universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and MIT in the east, as well as Stanford and Berkeley on the west coast. The administration of most colleges and universities is quite separate from that of the school. But there are three State board that set policy for education at all levels in respective state, They are the State Boards of New York, Rhode Island ,and Michigan. Except for some college sponsored by the Catholic Church, all college and universities in the U.S ,public or private, are governed by a board of trustees composed primarily of laymen. 2. Chinese to English 从五月初到六月底,全球 股市 一路急剧下跌,亏损额度超过10%,进入七月后,头几周内也只出现小幅度回升。近一年时间里,经济复苏停滞不前,有消极言论称股市的低迷正源于此。欧洲各国负债累累,美国国内失业率又高居不下,人们对此忧心不已,焦虑也逐渐演化成压抑不住的惶恐。