The classroom environment is not anonymous, unlike the wilder corners of the Internet, so any contribution carries with it the risk of embarrassment and failure.

在这个教室的环境里，大家都知道哪一个是谁，而不像网上那些遥远的参与者，任何意见提出来都有引发尴尬和失败的危险。

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News Corp.'s foray into the Internet seemed like a dicey proposition last year, and many people were happy to predict its failure.

新闻集团去年进入互联网业似乎是个冒险的举动。 很多人幸灾乐祸地预测这一举措的失败。

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Together with the US economic downturn and a shortage of initial public offerings, the failure has damped the mood in Internet start-up circles.

这方面的失败加上美国经济低迷及首次公开发行的短缺，打压了互联网创业圈内的情绪。

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The Shenzhen-based company also has a joint venture with Groupon called GoaPeng that appears destined to become another example of a U.S. Internet failure in China.

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