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“ScalersTalk 口译进阶小组”的前身是“ScalersTalk 交传小组”，成立于 2015 年 2 月，现阶段，小组继续专注高级阶段的交替传译与同声传译训练，在巩固语言基本功的同时训练各类口译技能，从而为承担正式场合的口译打下坚实基础。 96 周起，小组全面引入 CATTI 新版二口教材的训练，时间为每天晚上 8 点到 9 点，训练期间播放录音、记笔记，在空白处按暂停键后做口译，用 QQ 发群语音，然后对照文档，查找漏译和错译的部分，标出口译时较为困难的词汇和表达，随时发到群里；每天早上 6 点到 7 点训练复述。
第 137 周训练为同声传译和复述。本日志整理的是复述材料Higher Education and the Internet: Learning Difficulties的部分内容。
When the web started to shake up higher education a decade or more ago, it was widely expected that the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) it spawned would disrupt universities in the same way that digital media undermined newspapers and music firms. But that assumption rested on a misunderstanding of what students are paying for. They are not buying education for its own sake, but rather a certificate from a respected institution.
shake up: to make changes to an organization in order to make it more effective 改组；重组
spawn: to make a series of things happen or start to exist 大批涌现
in the same way that… 以同样的方式（后接同位语从句）
assumption: something that you think is true although you have no definite proof （侧重主观推测）对比presumption: something that you think is true because it is very likely（侧重以可能性为依据的假设）
rest on: to depend on someone or something
for its own sake: If you do something for its own sake, you do it because it is interesting and enjoyable, and not because you have or need to do it 为了自身的发展
If the value created in a business is an incumbent’s stamp of approval, it follows that the business will be hard to disrupt. Providers of MOOCs have thus struggled to make much money. What has turned out to be a real business, by contrast, is putting incumbents online. An industry of “online programme managers” (OPMs), who also recruit students, has sprung up. With their help, pioneers such as Arizona State University have been followed by big guns like Berkeley, Yale and Harvard, which focus on graduate education.
incumbent: one that occupies a particular position or place 在职者，现任者
it follows that 由此可见；由此得出
struggle: to be strenuously engaged with a problem, a task, or an undertaking 努力
What has turned out to be a real business, by contrast, is putting incumbents online. 该句中，What has turned out to be a real business是主语从句，by contrast是插入语
spring up: to grow or appear suddenly 突然出现；涌现
big gun: an influential or important person or thing 大人物，有影响力的人物
For universities, the internet opens up a vast new market: professionals who can’t leave jobs and families but would like to boost their careers with a master’s, a professional degree or executive education. The wage premiums for a master’s degree and a professional degree over a bachelor’s are 19% and 57% respectively. Technological change also means that knowledge acquired years ago may be out of date. “I wanted to build the skills necessary for the next phase of my career, to remain relevant to my industry and my clients,” says Ann Cleland, a partner in Horne, an accountancy firm, who is taking the Harvard Business Analytics Programme while still leading a disaster-recovery compliance programme in Puerto Rico. For her, as for many, an on-campus course was not an option.
open up a vast new market 打开了一片巨大的新市场
a master’s, a professional degree or executive education 硕士学位、专业学位或高层管理教育
premium: a sum of money or bonus paid in addition to a regular price, salary, or other amount 溢价；额外费用
respectively 分别地（只能用于句末）
Technological change also means that knowledge acquired years ago may be out of date.
注意acquire knowledge的搭配
remain relevant to my industry and my clients 与我的行业和客户保持关联
relevant: having a bearing on or connection with the matter at hand
