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A flight carrying hundreds of students to Belfast from Beijing has become the first of several expected to be chartered by British universities to bring a record number of Chinese people into the country to study.

The increase in numbers has been welcomed by universities, which had expected a shortfall in overseas students this year, and affirms the results of a recent survey that showed the UK to have overtaken the US as the most desirable destination for Chinese students.

語言點

charter vt. 包租（If a person or organization charters a plane, boat, or other vehicle, they hire it for their own use.） n. 憲章

· royal charter: 皇家憲章

· The president chartered a plane to go on holiday.

總統包機去度假。

record adj. 創紀錄的

v. 記錄

shortfall n. 不足（shortage）

affirm vt. 公開肯定，證實（主語是人）；證實（主語是物）

overtake vt. 超過

· The coffee chain has overtaken its US rival.

這家咖啡連鎖店已經超過了它的美國競爭對手。

desirable adj. 渴望獲得的，令人向往的

(something that is worth having or doing)

· The ability to speak a foreign language is highly desirable.

學一門外語是讓人非常向往的。

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