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Passage 2
Language points
1. complement to ……的补充
e.g. It’s indeed a complement to the traditional educational means.
这的确是传统教育方式的一种补充。
Often, policy change is needed, and media announcement programs can be an effective complement to a social marketing program.
大多数情况下，需要改变策略，同时媒体宣传对于社会营销项目也是一个有效的补充。
2. attempt vt.试图,尝试
e.g. That wasn’t bad for a first attempt. 第一次尝试，还算不错。
The couple made an unsuccessful attempt to reach an agreement.
这对夫妇试图达成共识但未成功。
3. pros and cons 利弊两方面
e.g. We weighed up the pros and cons. 我们权衡了利弊得失。
Weigh the pros and cons of each choice. 衡量每个选择的利弊两面。
4. recreate vt.再创造, 重现
e.g. I am trying to recreate family life far from home.
我正试图在远离家的地方重建家庭生活。
She then set up a test scenario to see if she could recreate what happened.
然后，她设置了一个测试场景来试图重现所发生的问题。
5. mortar n. [C]灰泥，砂浆
e.g. Several soldiers mix cement on the street, lifting it up to their partners who use it as mortar, placing
a concrete block on top of concrete block.
几名士兵在街道上混合水泥，举给同伴们当砂浆用，累砌混凝土块。
It is a bricks-and-mortar industry that faces the local market.
这是一个有关砖头与灰泥的行业，面向的是国内市场。
6. extension n. [C] 拓展；延伸
e.g. We are thinking of having an extension built, as we now require an extra bedroom.
我们正在考虑扩建房屋，因为我们现在需要多一间卧室。
He’s been granted an extension of the contract for another year.
他的合同获得延期一年。
by extension 相关地
e.g. Women lawyers, and by extension all professional women, looked for ways to balance family and work.
女律师，乃至所有职业女性，都在寻找平衡家庭和工作的方法。
7. While 30 minutes may often suffice with a face-to-face group, it’s often necessary to spend up to a week online to achieve the same feelings of group identity and sense of cooperation.
Translation: 虽然30分钟的面对面交流就足够了，但通常需要花上一周的时间在网上才能获得同样的群体认同感和团队合作感。
Explanation: while引导让步状语从句，用法等同于although。it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的to不定式短语。
8. another string to your bow 还有一手，有另外一项求生或者生存技能（通常是指找工作的时候，凭借第一种技能找不到工作，还有另外一种技能）。(idiom)
e.g. If I don’t succeed as an actor, I’ve got another string to my bow because I’m a trained music teacher. 如果当演员不成功，我还有另外一个机会，因为我是个训练有素的音乐教师。
Stephanie has another string to her bow. Before her career in interior design, she was a photographer. 斯蒂芬妮还有其他技能，在从事室内设计之前，她是一名摄影师。
9. Another negative is that institutions who accomplish e-learning often see it as the ‘cheap’alternative to face-to-face teaching, and underestimate the amount of hours that an online teacher will need to put in to run a successful online course.
Translation: 另一个负面因素是，实施电子化学习的机构经常将其视为面对面授课的“廉价”替代品，并低估了在线授课教师要成功讲授在线课程所需要的时间。
Explanation:主语是another negative，谓语是系动词is，后面是that引导的表语从句，表语从句中含有who引导的限制性定语从句用来修饰先行词institutions。
accomplish vt.完成
e.g. If we’d all work together, I think we could accomplish our goal.
如果我们齐心协力，我想我们能实现我们的目标。
How did you accomplish the goals both at once?
你是如何同时实现这两个目标的呢？
alternative n. [C] 二中择一；供替代的选择
e.g. It would provide hundreds of millions of dollars for research into alternative energy sources.
它可以提供数亿美元用于可替代能源的研究。
We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative now.
我们为不得不这么做而感到难过，但是现在没有其他的选择。
underestimate vt.低估；看轻
e.g. None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement.
我们谁都不应低估女性在职业发展中所面临的困难程度。
We often underestimate our potentialities. 我们常常低估自己的潜力。
参考译文
在线授课
在线教学在高校中越来越受欢迎，并成为传统教学的有效补充。在这篇文章中，我们将尝试说明在线授课的定义，与面对面授课的区别和它的利与弊。
什么是在线授课？
要回答这个问题，我们必须首先了解什么是在线教育或电子化学习，什么不是。
真正的电子化学习在平衡实体教室和虚拟教室的显著差别的同时，尽可能地再现传统的、面对面的学习环境。
进一步地讲，在线授课与面对面授课有相似之处，但是最明显的区别是，在线授课教师几乎不会跟与课程参与者谋面，因此需要更加努力地模拟面对面课程的社交氛围和群体互动的特点。
它与面对面授课有什么不同？
最明显的差异之一就是课堂上没有真人的存在感--这种感觉会导致与课程参与者的疏离感和孤立感，除非课程从一开始就有创造性的授课方式。
在线课程通常需要更多的时间完成所谓的社交化进程，即“相互了解”阶段。建立群体认同感和合作感，面对面的群体30分钟就够了，网上却常常需要长达一周的时间。
利弊是什么？
对于在线授课教师来说，有很多优点：
在线授课教师可以在任何具有互联网连接的地点，在白天或晚上的任何时间工作。在线授课意味着教师又多了一层机会——随着互联网的普及，人们对在线学习的需求越来越大，对受过培训和有经验的在线授课教师的需求也会越来越大。
至于缺点，有两个主要的负面因素：
其一是在线授课所花费的时间，不仅包括对学习者提供持续的辅导的时间和互动的时间，还包括设计全新的在线授课教学材料的时间(如果你还没有准备好这些材料的话)。
另一个负面因素是，实施电子化学习的机构经常将其视为面对面授课的“廉价”替代品，并低估了在线授课教师要成功讲授在线课程所需要的时间。幸运的是，这种相当狭隘的观点越来越少见了，因为在线课程提供者认识到提供优质在线课程是唯一出路--而这意味着在有效的教材设计、师资培训和时间方面的投入。
☛ Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage you’ve read.
(F) 1. Online teaching is becoming more popular than face-to-face tutoring.
(T) 2. Online teachers work easier to imitate the social atmosphere and group dynamic characteristics.
(T) 3. Online courses need much more time to get to know each other.
(T) 4. Online teachers can work anywhere with an Internet connection, and at any time of the day or night.
(F) 5. Comparing with face-to-face tutoring, e-learning is considered cheaper.
After-reading activity 2 Build a Word Bank
☛ The following words are all about education. Read and match their meanings.
1. J 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. H 6. D 7. G 8. E 9. I 10. F
☛ Translate the following sentences in Chinese.
1. Teaching online is becoming more than popular in colleges and universities, and acts as an effective complement to traditional teaching.
在线教学在高等院校越来越流行，并成为传统教学的有效补充。
2. We will attempt to tell what is online tutoring, the differences between face-to-face tutoring and explain its pros and cons.
我们将尝试说明在线授课的定义，与面对面授课的区别和它的利与弊。
3. Much more time is needed in online courses in what is often called the socialization, ‘getting to know each other’ phase.
在线课程通常需要更多的时间完成所谓的社交化进程，即“相互了解”阶段。
4. Online teachers can work from any location equipped with an Internet connection, and at any time of the day or night.
在线授课教师可以在任何具有互联网连接的地点，在白天或晚上的任何时间工作。
5. One is the amount of time that online teaching takes up, not only in providing constant learner support and feedback, but in designing new materials for online delivery if you do not already have these ready.
其一是在线教学所花费的时间，不仅包括对学习者提供持续的辅导的时间和互动的时间，还包括设计全新的在线授课教学材料的时间(如果你还没有准备好这些材料的话)。