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Electronics has made possible a new kind of higher education and research, including what counts to a global scale electronic lecture hall.

Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time.

A chart or a graph can often give us an idea in a glance that is communicated verbally only with great difficulty.

要點(diǎn)：本句"possible"是賓語補(bǔ)足語，置于賓語前面是因?yàn)橘e語過長，通常賓補(bǔ)應(yīng)在賓語后面。
譯文：電子學(xué)已使創(chuàng)立一種新型的高等教育和研究成為可能，包括創(chuàng)立可稱之為全球規(guī)模的電子大課堂在內(nèi)。

要點(diǎn)：此句為倒裝句。作表語的形容詞"worse" 和系動詞都被提到句首，把句子較復(fù)雜的部分放在句尾，目的是達(dá)到“尾重”的句子效果。
譯文：更糟糕的也許是星期六下午打板球的安排，因?yàn)檫@時(shí)候我的朋友大都會在悠閑地盡享其樂。

要點(diǎn)：本句中，關(guān)系代詞引導(dǎo)的定語從句" that is communicated ..."修飾名詞an idea,因其較長所以放在作狀語的介詞短語in a glance之后。
譯文：看一眼描繪的圖表或圖解常能使人對只用言詞很難表達(dá)的東西獲得一目了然的效果。