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21世紀OOPS報導
－ 義工剪影（一）夏锎
英文《21世紀報》是由大陸地區最大的英文報系中國日報所主辦的一份普及性英語週報，對於英語學習者與涉外工作者來說一份頗受歡迎的刊物。該刊物在2005年11月2日出版的第628期週報當中，以標題「Lucifer
opens his fantasy world」與極大的篇幅來報導OOPS計畫，文中除了簡介網路上開放式資源的現況，以及介紹OOPS計劃給大眾之外，並且邀請三位來自兩岸的OOPS義工來現身說法，以英語寫出身為OOPS義工的想法。以下為來自北京清華大學電子工程研究所二年級的夏锎的完整報導：
■ 文 / 夏锎
XIA Kai, 21, graduate student of Tsinghua University,
majoring in Electronics Engineering
Several months ago, I used to say "Oops!" when I encountered
anything amazing or surprising. But now, when I mention "OOPS",
I'm probably talking about Opensource Opencourseware Prototype
System, which is also amazing and surprising indeed.
It was about half a year ago when I was surfing on Internet.
I found OOPS program by chance, and then I found it was really
a crazy but great idea. What a fantastic idea to have free access
to so many courses from many prestigious universities!
Therefore I joined in OOPS without any hesitation and became
a volunteer translator. I'm a graduate student majoring in Electronics
Engineering (EE), so I “adopted” some MIT courses related to
this field. It's really a pleasure for me to help other people
by translating the courseware into Chinese. On the other hand,
translating is also a chance for me to read the original material
from MIT. It has really benefited me.
The open-source spirit is the spirit of sharing. In western
countries, the open-source spirit is already widely spread.
There are dozens of open-source programs such as open-source
software, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. They help spread
knowledge faster and facilitate communication. We need such
open-source spirit in China, and I'm pleased to see that OOPS
is carrying the spirit forward.
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