VOA慢速英语:Getting a Free Education, in Huge Online Classes

sound like听起来像
例句：What he said sounded like a fairy tale.
他说的听上去简直像一篇神话。

2. Others charge for courses and provide credits.

charge for要价, 收费
例句：I've been charged too much for these vegetables.
我买这些蔬菜, 被索价太高了。

3. Mr. Thrun is a Stanford research professor and a Google Fellow best known for his work on a driverless car.

known for以……而闻名
例句：It is well known for its lead mines.
它因有铅矿而非常出名。

4. So how does David Evans compare the education in MOOCs to traditional teaching?

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

5. Part of what I hope will happen as a result of this is that the best traditional universities will be able to focus on the things they can do really well that can't be done better through an online university.

as a result of由于…的结果
例句：He was injured as a result of boiler explosion.
他因锅炉爆炸而受伤。
focus on集中于; 对(某事或做某事)予以注意
例句：Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.
许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。