总结：inevitably

The study finds that students continue to study traditionally taught languages such as Spanish, French and Italian and (that) interest in classical languages such as Greek and Latin remain strong.

调查还发现，学生对诸如西班牙语、法语及意大利语等传统语系的学习持续不变，而对诸如希腊语及拉丁语等古典语系的学习兴趣则保持了高涨态势。

(Karin Ryding), a professor of Arabic at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, says she is pleased that the survey found growth in the study of both introductory and advanced level courses in foreigh language. She says practicality is one of the motivations.

华盛顿哥伦比亚特区乔治城大学的阿拉伯语教授Karin Ryding表示，她欣喜地看到，调查结果显示了人们对外语初、高级水平课程的学习都有所增加，并且实用性也是内在要求之一。

"I don't think this is just a temporary spike in enrollments. I think these figures indicate a real shift of interest on the part of American students. Young people today understand that the world in now truly and (inevitably) smaller. They are coming to the study of Arabic and other languages with serious professional goals in mind. Including, (and let me list some) examples, work with international organizations, diplomatic service, global environmental efforts, humanitarian relief efforts, security studies, international communications and media studies."

“我并不认为这入学人数仅仅暂时处于峰值，我认为这些数字表明了部分美国学生真正兴趣的转变。目前，年轻一代都明白如今的世界范围正真正地、不可避免地在逐渐缩小。他们都是怀着认真的、想获得专业性学习的目标到这儿来学习阿拉伯语及其他语言的。（他们与世界的联系会很多，）其中包括，让我来列举些例子：国际性组织、外交部门、全球环境事务、人道主义援助项目、安全研究、国际通讯及媒体研究。”

The survey's findings are based on language study enrollments at 2800 colleges and universities across the United States between October 2006 and August 2007. This report is the group's 21th survey.

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