As long as customers of higher education demand virus-resistant campuses—fewer residents in dorms and fewer bodies in classrooms—the traditional college experience will be even more expensive. That’s simple real estate finance. But robust online learning, plus recognition that life itself is a classroom, can create a new normal in which most students spend only a year or two living the on-campus life.

思考题：

Traditional college experience would become more costly because___.

A.universities are under great financial strain

B.population density in campus will be lower

C.real estate price has been raised substantially

D.online learning platforms require investment

词汇突破：

As long as 只要 (后面加的就是原因!)

virus-resistant campuses：抵抗病毒的校园

real estate finance 房地产金融(学)

real estate 房地产

robust 强劲的

a new normal 新的规范

句子解析：

句：

As long as customers of higher education demand virus-resistant campuses—fewer residents in dorms and fewer bodies in classrooms(解释说明什么是抗病毒校园)—the traditional college experience will be even more expensive.

切分：

As long as customers of higher education demand virus-resistant campuses 原因

参考译文：只要高等教育的消费者需求能抵抗病毒的校园——宿舍居住人数更少，教室里人更少——那么传统的大学体验就会更加昂贵。

第二句：

That’s simple real estate finance.

参考译文：这是简单的房地产金融(学)。

第三句：

But robust online learning, plus recognition that life itself is a classroom(同位语从句), (并列主语) can create a new normalin which most students spend only a year or two living the on-campus life(定语从句).

参考译文：但是，强健的在线学习，加上对生活本身这个课堂的认识，能打造一个新常态，一个大多数学生只在校园生活一两年的新常态。

思考题解析：

Traditional college experience would become more costly because___.

根据题干定位到句!

as long as +原因

破折号里面是对原因的解释!

所以定位到破折号里面!

所以

B. population density in campus will be lower

(校园的人口密度会降低)

正确!

A. universities are under great financial strain

(大学面临巨大的财政压力)

没有提及，排除!

C. real estate price has been raised substantially

(房地产价格已经大幅上升)

句：

就是说宿舍的人越少，当然每个人租金肯定就更高。

第二句就说：

这是简单的房地产金融(学)。

没有提及房地产价格上涨!排除!

D. online learning platforms require investment

(线上学习平台需要投资)

没有提及，排除!

文章来源背景和来源：

The future belongs to pragmatists

未来属于实用主义者

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-future-belongs-to-the-pandemic-pragmatists/2020/05/15/5f79abc4-96de-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html

背景：在华盛顿和一些媒体眼中，这场疫情只能用极端主义的方法论来面对。他们的思维是事情只有两面，非黑即白，你要不选甲，要不选乙，要不支持，要不反对，没有其他道路。但随着他们咆哮、发火、冲突和谩骂，实用主义者正在静水流深地稳步接管未来。实用主义者理解现实的复杂性，他们将水火不容的两个极端的立场都打量得清楚，在自己的计划中融合和平衡了两方的优先事项。以高等教育为例，实用者清楚地看到，传统的校园体验势必会更加昂贵，这将影响会为其消费的人群数量。所以新常态下胜出的机构将一方面改革学制年限，提升住宿质量，另一方面对课程进行精细分类，投入更多资源打造成优质的线上课程。