on-line learning

　　let us say there is something you don't know how to do.

　　in the past if you were determined to learn,  you might have called a friend or a relative, taken a

　　night class or walked down to the local library for a research term. but now a host of websitos are sprinoing up to provide free practical advice on these subjects and actually anything else you can think of.

　　in one sense, these "how-to" sites represent the growing world of on-line loarnino. this tradition found one of its earliest forms in the fags   frequently asked questions files that began on usenet, the internet's global discussion group.the fags, many of which still circulate (go round continuous-

　　ly), took a specific subject and explained it to complete novices.

　　but "how-to" sites take the faqs idea in a somewhat different direction by addressing subjects that aren't necessarily related to discussion forums. these sites take the style of a written tutorial (teaching period) and a tone of friendly advice. possibly the biggest and best known of these sites is learn2, com (www. learn2, com). it offers nearly 1,000 free tutorials and adds new ones frequently for a job interview. at ehow. com (www. ehow. com) you can learn how to train for your first marathon, how to buy a vacation home, or how to make a movie in eight steps.

　　上网学习

　　让我们假设有些事你不知道如何去做。

　　在过去如果你决心要学习如何做这些事，可能会给朋友或亲戚打电话，上夜校或走到当地图书馆查找。但现在出现了众多网站可以为这些话题，事实上能为你所想到的任何其他事情提供免费实用的建议。

　　从某种意义上而言，这些“技能”网站代表了网上学习的不断发展的世界。这一传统最初的形式是usenet，即全球网络讨论组织，最先开始使用的faqs…—即常见问题档案。许多faqs现在仍很流行，这种faqs就某个话题向新手做解释。

　　但是这些“技能”网站把faqs想法做了少许改动，选择主题不一定和某个论坛关。这些网站采用书面指导(教学时间)的形式和友好建议的口吻。也许这些网站中最大最有名的就是()。这个网站提供近千种免费指导，还经常加入新的招聘面试指南。从()你可以学到如何在第一次马拉松前进行训练，如何购买度假别墅，如何用八步法制作电影。