##performing backups
一：正文
Performing backups is perhaps the most important job of the system administrator , and it is also the job that is most often ignored or sloppily done.
Backups are time consuming and boring , but they are absolutely necessary . Backups can be automated and delegated to an underling , but it is still the system administrator’s job to make sure that backups are executed correctly and on schedule(and that the resulting media can actually be used to restore files).
二：單詞
*：performing [pə’fɔ:mɪŋ] 執行
*：backups：備份
*：perhaps [pəˈhæps]：也許
*：ignored [ɪgˈnɔ:®] 忽視
*：sloppily ['slɒpɪlɪ] 馬虎的，草率的
*：consuming [kənˈsju:mɪŋ] 消耗
*：boring [ˈbɔ:rɪŋ] 乏味的
*：absolutely [ˈæbsəlu:tli] 絕對的
*：necessary [ˈnesəsəri] 有必要的
*：automated ['ɔ:təʊmeɪtɪd] 自動化的
*：delegated [ˈdelɪgət] 授權給
*：underling [ ˈʌndəlɪŋ] 下屬
*：executed 執行
*：correctly [kə’rektlɪ] 正確的
*：schedule [ˈʃedju:l] 預定計劃
*：media 介質
*：actually [ˈæktʃuəli] 確實
三：全文翻譯
執行備份可能是系統管理員最重要的工作了，這也是經常被忽視或者馬虎去做的事情。備份工作耗時且單調，但是絕對必要。備份可以自動進行，且能授權給下屬去做，但系統管理員仍然要確保備份工作在按計劃正確進行（備份介質確實可以恢復出原檔案來）。