MARCH 17TH–23RD 2018 -7

2018年3月21日14:34:59

Science and Technology

Psychology:The last shall be first

To test an obvious alternative hypothesis to that of self-deluded grade inflation— namely that the lecturers’ abilities were improving with practice, and that this was increasing their students’ grades—the two researchers then looked at grade improvements during the first three years that lecturers taught their courses.

精读结构

1.两个破折号之间是插入语，先不用翻译
则有：
To test an obvious alternative hypothesis to that of self-deluded grade inflation，
为了这验证这明显的对立假设（alternative hypothesis），这个对立假设是自我欺骗的成绩上升
the two researchers then looked at grade improvements during the first three years that lecturers taught their courses.
两位研究院观察头三年里讲师授课成绩的进步。
2.然后翻译插入语
namely that the lecturers’ abilities were improving with practice, and that this was increasing their students’ grades
也就是讲师的能力会随着练习不断提高。然后学生的成绩也就跟着增加

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