当下我正在撰写这一研究的学术论文——考虑到学术杂志出版速度之慢(slow gears)，这一论文估计要花上一年半载的时间才能得到出版。
I am writing an academic paper about this research which - given the slow gears of academic journal publishing - will probably take a year or more to get published.
然而，由于周日出版的报纸页数很少，所以人们便转向阅读杂志周刊——如同从事园艺活动和自己动手忙活一样——去打发时间。
Sunday newspapers are thin, so people have been turning to the weeklies—as they have to gardening and DIY—to fill their time.
根据出版业的机制，即使是基于网络的出版物，在获得接受和正式发表之间也常常要经过几个月时间；纸媒杂志可能让这个周期长达两年。
Given the mechanics of publishing, even web-based publications generally take several months between acceptance and publication, and paper magazines can take as much as two years.
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