突破口语之独白(10):Distance Education远程教育

Would you like to hone your professional skills from the comfort of your home or get a college degree without setting foot on campus? It sounds too good to be true? There are now thousands of online classes available on the World Wide Web and that number will soon mushroom into tens of thousands.
For decades, students have turned to distance learning to further their ducational goals. From correspondence courses to tele-classes, distance learning has served the needs of people who cannot physically attend classes. With the explosion of information technology and the Internet, you can now have a virtual classroom right on your desktop. In most cases, to take a course you need only your computer, a web browser and Internet access.

你想在舒适的家中培养自己的专业技能吗? 或者不需驻足校园就获得大学学位吗? 好得让人难以置信吧? 如今，环球网上开设了成百上千的在线课程，数字很快就会增加到成千上万。
十几年来，很多学生接受远程学习来深化他们的教育目标。从函授课程到电视广播课程，远程学习满足了很多由于身体原因不能上学的学习者的需要。随着信息技术和互联网的迅速发展，现在在电脑桌面上你就可以拥有一个虚拟教室了。多数情况下，只要拥有一台电脑、网页浏览器和互连网接入，你就可以选择自己需要的课程了。

注解　：
1) hone  v. 磨练，用磨刀石磨
2) mushroom v. 迅速生长, 迅速增加
3) decade  n. 十年
4) correspondence n. 相应，通信，信件
5) explosion   n. 爆发，扩张
6) browser n. 浏览器