4. Master s program:硕士学位课程; 本科学位课程 是undergraduate program或Bachelor s program; 博士学位课程 是 Ph.D. program 或 doctoral program;
5. to prepare for examinations: 备考
6. either through or by : 要么是通过 , 要么是凭借
7. years of arduous self-education: 数年的艰苦自学; arduous:艰难卓绝的; self-education的另一个说法是self-study;
8. to spend large sums of money attending local training schools: spend time or money (on) doing something; 另外,在large sums of money这个表达方式中,虽然money是不可数的,但作为量词的sum是可数的,要用复数,谓语动词也相应要用复数。类似的例子有amount, 如large amounts of energy, 其用法与large sums of money相同。
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