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Even though there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable, teachers’ unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.

生词

• evidence n. 证据
• variable n. 变量，可变因素
• teachers’ union  教师工会
• fight v. 吵架，打架；战斗，斗争 （过去式/过去分词fought）
• fight against… 与……打架
• get rid of… 除掉, 去掉；摆脱
• promote v. 推动，促进；提拔；促销

解析

1. 找谓语动词： is/is/have fought
2. 断开：根据标点逗号和连接词Even though/that来断开句子
   1. 【让步】句1：Even though there is plenty of evidence
   2. 【同位】句2：that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable,
   3. 句3：teachers’ unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.
3. 结构：
   1. 【嵌套】：even though让步状语从句中嵌套了that同位语从句。
   2. 【平行】：getting rid of bad ones 与 promoting good ones两个doing平行并列，跟在介词against后。
4. 翻译：尽管众多证据表明，教师素质是（影响教育水平的）最重要可变因素，但教师工会还是一直抗议对教师行业进行优胜劣汰。

预习

But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework because of complicated family lives, it is going riskily close to the implication that standards need to be lowered for poor children.

生词

• district n. 地区，区域
• essentially adv. 本质上，根本上
• implication n. 可能的影响；含意，暗指

解析

1. 找谓语动词：is/do/is/need
2. 断开：but/who/逗号/that
   1. 【主句】句1：But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students
   2. 【定从】句2：who do not do their homework because of complicated family lives,
   3. 句3：it is going riskily close to the implication
   4. 【定从】句4：that standards need to be lowered for poor children.
3. 连接词：students/implication
4. 翻译：
   1. 但是，如果这个区域本质上是给一个通行证给确实没有做家庭作业因为复杂的家庭原因的学生，他将冒险的关闭这个来自标准需要对贫困孩子降低的一个可能的影响。
   2. 但是，如果学区实际上是给那些因为复杂的家庭生活而不做家庭作业的学生一张通行证，那就有可能接近于暗示需要降低贫困儿童的标准。