英语四级阅读理解逐句翻译2(8)

2007年英语4级

尽管部分更艰巨的项目需要新资金的注入来构建服务器的网络以支持协作软件。其余大多数的网络课程都可在现有或略微提升的系统上得以实现。

The more students who enroll in a course but don’t come to campus, the more the schools saves on keeping the lights on in the classrooms, paying doorkeepers, and maintaining parking lots.

网络教学招生越多，学校节约的成本就越多：因为学院不来学校，学校的灯无需开着，不必雇佣门卫，停车场也不用维修。

And, while there’s evidence that instructors must work harder to run a DL course for a variety of reasons, they won’t be paid any more, and might well be paid less.

同时，有证据显示对于远程教育的导师来说，诸多原因使得他们必须更加努力地授课；也许他们的薪酬不会增加，还有可能减少。

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In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied.

在这个充斥着网聊，电子游戏与真人秀的时代，并不缺乏让小孩子沉迷的玩物。

Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories.

尽管有着这些诱惑，我8岁的女儿Rebecca，却希望花时间写写小故事。 She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.

她打算将其中一个作品拿去比赛-------一个去年她获胜的比赛。

As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them.