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　　英语新闻1

Tsinghua University has overtaken Peking University for the first time to be named the best higher education institution on the Chinese mainland in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) report.

在最新一期的《泰晤士报高等教育》报告中，清华大学首次超越北京大学，获评中国大陆高校之首。

The THE's World University Rankings 2019 listing, published last Wednesday, puts Tsinghua University in 22nd place globally, followed by Peking University at 31st.

英国泰晤士高等教育2019年世界大学排名于上周三揭晓，清华大学全球排名第22位，高于名列第31位的北京大学。

Tsinghua University finished ahead of the National University of Singapore, which was 23rd globally, to be named the best university in Asia.

清华大学超越全球排名第23的新加坡国立大学，成为亚洲排名第一的高校。

It was the first time that a Chinese university has held the title under the current methodology introduced in 2011.

这是2011年采用现行评比方法以来中国高校首次获此殊荣。

The Chinese mainland was the region with the fourth-largest population of universities listed. Seventy-two made the list this year, up from 63 last year.

中国大陆是入围高校数量第四的地区，上榜高校数量从去年的63所增至今年的72所。

Hong Kong and Taiwan have six and 32 institutions, respectively, in this year's listing.

今年中国香港和中国台湾的入围高校数量分别为6所和32所。

Oxford University finished in first place for the third consecutive year. Cambridge University was in second place while Stanford University finished third.

牛津大学连续第三年蝉联榜首，剑桥大学和斯坦福大学位列第二、三位。

　　英语新闻2

Grade-school girls have consistently outperformedboys in reading skills over the past 27 years, a newstudy has found.

一项新研究发现，在过去的27年里，小学女生的阅读能力一直比男生强。

Girls in the United States have scored higher onstandardized tests for reading and writing in thefourth grade -- and have increased the gap in eighthand 12th grades, according to a review byresearchers at Griffith University in Australia.

澳大利亚格里菲斯大学的研究人员进行的一项调查显示，美国女孩在四年级阅读和写作的标准化测试中得分较高，进而使得男生在八年级和十二年级的阅读和写作成绩与女生的差距更为明显。

"The common thinking is that boys and girls in grade school start with the same cognitiveability, but this research suggests otherwise," lead author David Reilly said.

研究报告的主要撰写人大卫·赖利表示：“人们普遍认为，小学时，男生和女生的认知能力一开始是一样的，但这项研究的结果却恰恰相反。”

"Our research found that girls generally exhibit better reading and writing ability than boys asearly as the fourth grade."

“我们的研究发现，从四年级开始，女生的阅读和写作能力就普遍比男生强。”

The research team said the difference can be due to factors such as boys being more likely tohave a learning disability.

该研究团队称，这种差异可能是由于男孩更容易有学习障碍等因素造成的。

Other research has shown that girls use both brain hemispheres for reading and writing, whileboys typically rely on just one.

另一项研究表明，通常情况下，女生使用两个大脑半球阅读和写作，而男生通常只使用一个。