Nobody ever went into academia to make a fast buck. Professors, especially those in medical- and technology-related fields, typically earn a fraction of what their colleagues in industry do. But suddenly, big money is starting to flow into the ivory tower, as university administrators wake up to the commercial potential of academic research. And the institutions are wrestling with a whole new set of issues.

　　The profits are impressive: the Association of University Technology Managers surveyed 132 universities and found that they earned a combined $576 million from patent royalties in 1998, a number that promises to keep rising dramatically (chart). Schools like Columbia University in New York have aggressively marketed their inventions to corporations, particularly pharmaceutical and high-tech companies.

　　Now Columbia is going retail--on the Web. It plans to go beyond the typical "dot.edu" model, free sites listing courses and professors' research interests. Instead, it will offer the expertise of its faculty on a new for-profit site which will be spun off as an independent company. The site will provide free access to educational and research content, say administrators, as well as advanced features that are already available to Columbia students, such as a simulation of the construction and architecture of a French cathedral and interactive 3-D models of organic chemicals. Free pages will feed into profit-generating areas, such as online courses and seminars, and related books and tapes. Columbia executive vice provost Michael Crow imagines "millions of visitors" to the new site, including retirees and students willing to pay to tap into this educational resource. "We can offer the best of what's thought and written and researched," says Ann Kirschner, who heads the project. Columbia also is anxious not be aced out by some of the other for- profit "knowledge sites," such as About.com and Hungry Minds. "If they capture this space," says Crow, "they'll begin to cherry-pick our best faculty."

　　Profits from the sale of patents typically have been divided between the researcher, the department and the university, and Web profits would work the same way, so many faculty members are delighted. But others find the trend worrisome: is a professor who stands to profit from his or her research as credible as one who doesn't Will universities provide more support to researchers working in profitable fields than to scholars toiling in more musty areas

　　"If there's the perception that we might be making money from our efforts, the authority of the university could be diminished," worries Herve Varenne, a cultural anthropology professor at Columbia's education school. Says Kirschner: "We would never compromise the integrity of the university." Whether the new site can add to the growing profits from patents remains to be seen, but one thing is clear. It's going to take the best minds on campus to find a new balance between profit and purity.

　　1.In the past, if you want to make fast money, you should work in__________.
　　[A] academia
　　[B] ivory tower
　　[C] company
　　[D] medical field

　　2.The word “aggressively”（Line4,paragraph 2）most probably means___________.
　　[A] harmfully
　　[B] carelessly
　　[C] desperately
　　[D] boldly

　　3.According to the text, the traditional feature of the Web of Columbia is__________.
　　[A] offering free access to the advanced features that are available to Columbia’s students
　　[B] free page will feed into profit-producing page
　　[C] providing the expertise of the teachers on the profit site
　　[D] offering free sites listing courses and professors’ research interests

　　4.Besides the delight of most people for the profit, some__________.
　　[A] worry that the professors are not reliable
　　[B] think this tendency may be terrible
　　[C] hope the university to give more support to researchers who work for profit
　　[D] show mercy to the scholars toiling in the musty area

　　5.The author uses the words of the professor Herve Varenne and Kirschner to show______.
　　[A] if the faculties all try to make money the university will have no authority
　　[B] the new site may not add to the growing profits
　　[C] there exist some problems behind the profit
　　[D] new balance between profit and purity will be the best opinion

　　篇章剖析

　　本篇主要介绍了大学利用知识获取经济利益的情况，并说明了这种做法的利弊。第一段介绍大学开始意识到学术研究的商业潜力，金钱开始流入校园；第二段用数据表明大学的收入是相当可观的；第三段介绍哥伦比亚大学通过互联网赢利的做法；第四段说明大学赢利的利弊。最后一段大学正在寻找经济利益与学术诚信的平衡。

　　词汇注释

　　grapple [5^rAp(E)l] vt. 抓牢，抓紧,与…扭打，与…格斗

　　academia [7AkE5di:mjE] n. 学术界, 学术环境

　　potential [pE5tenF(E)l] n.潜能, 潜力

　　wrestle [5resl] vi. 摔跤, 格斗, 斗争, 斟酌

　　royalty [5rCiElti] n.[常用复]王权; 王国; 王的领土, 特许权使用费, 专利权使用费; 专利权税

　　aggressive [E5^resiv] adj.好斗的, 敢作敢为的, 有闯劲的, 侵略性的

　　pharmaceutical [7fB:mE5sju:tikEl] adj.制药(学)上的

　　simulation [7simju5leiFEn] n.仿真, 假装, 模拟

　　interactive [7intEr5Aktiv] adj.交互式的

　　provost [prE5vEu] n. 教务长

　　faculty [5fAkElti] n. 全体教员, (大学的)系, 科, (授予的)权力

　　credible [5kredEbl, -ibl] adj.可信的, 可靠的

　　toil [tCil] vi.苦干, 跋涉, 费力地做

　　musty [5mQsti] adj. 发霉的,老朽的; 陈腐的

　　diminish [di5miniF] v.(使)减少, (使)变小

　　integrity [in5te^riti] n.正直, 诚实, 完整, 完全, 完整性

　　expertise [eksp\:5ti:z] n.专门技能；专门知识

　　难句突破

　　1.The Association of University Technology Managers surveyed 132 universities and found that they earned a combined $576 million from patent royalties in 1998, a number that promises to keep rising dramatically (chart)

　　主体句式：The Association…surveyed 132 universities and found that…

　　结构分析：这是个复杂句，主语是“Association of University Technology Managers”；两个并列谓语surveyed和 found；“found”后面是宾语从句“they earned a combined $576 million from patent royalties in 1998”；“a number”又是“$576 million”的同位语，“that promises to keep rising dramatically (chart)”又是“a number”的定语从句。

　　句子译文：大学科技经理人协会对132所大学进行调查，结果表明在1998年他们从专利税中总共盈利5亿7千600万美元，这个数字有望保持急速增长的势头。

　　2.Will universities provide more support to researchers working in profitable fields than to scholars toiling in more musty areas

　　主体句式：Will universities provide more support to researchers … than to scholars …

　　结构分析：这