West Point is the four-year school in New York State that educates future Army officers. The students are called cadets. They do not have to pay for their education. But they do have to agree to serve on active duty in the Army for at least five years after they graduate.

西点军校是纽约州的四年制学校，教育未来的军官。学生被称为学员。他们不必为他们的教育付费。但他们必须同意在他们毕业后至少在军队服役5年。

A young man or woman must be nominated to the academy, usually by a federal or state lawmaker. Nominees also must satisfy the entrance requirements. These include excellent physical condition and high marks in school.

一名年轻男子或女子必须被提名为学院，通常由联邦或州议员提名。被提名者也必须满足入学要求。这些包括良好的身体状况和学校的高分。

About four thousand American cadets are at West Point this year. In addition, there are forty-four cadets who were sent by other countries for a military education.

今年西点军校大约有4000名美国学员。此外，还有四十四名学员被其他国家派往军事教育。

International students are nominated by their home government. They also must satisfy the physical and educational requirements. In addition, they must do well on the TOEFL, the Test of English as a Foreign Language.

国际学生由本国政府提名。他们也必须满足身体和教育的要求。此外，他们必须考好托福，考英语作为一门外语。

Home governments may have to pay up to fifty thousand dollars a year per student at West Point.

在西点军校，各国政府每年要支付高达5万美元的费用。

Among those with cadets at the academy this year are Bulgaria, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Taiwan and Tunisia.

今年在该学院学习的学员包括保加利亚、喀麦隆、哥斯达黎加、哈萨克斯坦、新加坡、台湾和突尼斯。

Each year, the United States Defense Department invites countries to nominate students to West Point and other military academies. Last year, one hundred fifty-five countries were invited to do so. Not all countries take part in the program.

每年，美国国防部都会邀请各国提名学生到西点军校和其他军事院校。去年，有一百五十五个国家被邀请参加。并非所有国家都参与了这个项目。

We spoke to Captain Robert Romans, head of the international cadet program at West Point. He says up to sixty foreign cadets at any one time can attend the academy. He says students who are interested should seek information at their local American Embassy. The embassy should know where in the home government to go to learn how to be nominated.

我们采访了西点军校国际学生项目负责人罗伯特·罗马上尉。他说任何时候最多有60名外国学员可以进入学院学习。他说，有兴趣的学生应该在当地的美国大使馆寻求信息。大使馆应该知道在哪里政府去学习如何被提名。