“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
你也許不是她的初戀，也許不會成為她的歸宿、她的唯一。她愛過別人，也可能會有別的愛人。但她現(xiàn)在愛著你，其他的一切又算什么呢？她是個有缺點的女孩，而你也并不完美。你們倆在一起也許永遠不會是珠聯(lián)璧合。但如果她能引你大笑，能激發(fā)你重新思考，能讓你承認自己是會犯錯的凡人。那么請抓緊她，不要放手，給她你所能給的所有。她也許不是每分每秒都在想你，但她把自己最脆弱的那部分給了你——她的心。所以，請別傷害她，改變她，揣摩她，別期望她給你能力之外的東西。當她讓你快樂時，請向她微笑；當她讓你抓狂時，請讓她知曉；當她不在你的身旁時，請深深地思念她。
這幾天，正是英國“高考”——中學高級水平考試（A-level）出成績的日子。從總體成績看，英格蘭在新的考試制度下表現(xiàn)比以往有所下降，而威爾士和北愛爾蘭的成績普遍提升。從性別上看，男生的考試成績比女生較好，其中女生得到C及以上的考生比例下降0.6%，而男生的比例降幅為0.3%。英格蘭的教育部官員認為改革很有必要,“鑒于大學一直在抱怨學生不適應大學學習，減少平時的考試次數(shù)，將能令學生將時間花在深入理解和獨立學習上。這些才是大學學習所需的，并不是分數(shù)?！钡鄙倏荚嚧碳さ挠⒏裉m中學生已經連續(xù)兩年不及威爾士和北愛。同時大學越來越多地使用無條件錄取通知，而不是附帶成績要求的有條件錄取通知，則被指責拉低了全英學生的整體成績。
今天的句子：
This year’s application round has been beset by controversy over the increasing use of unconditional offers by universities, with more than one in five sixth-form applicants receiving an offer of a place regardless of their A-level results. Some school leaders fear that unconditional offers cause pupils to have less motivation to reach their highest potential grades, and that they are more likely to underperform as a result.
思考題：
Why the application round has been adversely affected by unconditional offers?
(A) More and more university are using them to receive students.
(B) The looming underachievement and poor performance caused by them
(C) Applicants can accept certain offer regardless of their A-level results
(D) They cause pupils to have less motivation to underperform.
(我在題干里加了adversely,你看一下你的選擇有沒有改變。
詞匯突破：
1. beset 困擾
2. controversy 爭議
3. unconditional 無條件的
4. six-form students 六年級學生，英國最高年級的中學生
5. motivation 動力
6. underperform 表現(xiàn)不佳
第一句：
This year’s application round has been beset by controversy over the increasing use of unconditional offers by universities, with more than one in five sixth-form applicants receiving an offer of a place regardless of their A-level results.
切分：
1. This year’s application round has been beset by controversy
2. over the increasing use of unconditional offers by universities,
3. with more than one in five sixth-form applicants receiving an offer of a place
4. regardless of their A-level results.
參考譯文：今年的申請回合一直備受爭議, 因為大學越來越多地使用無條件錄取, 超過 五分之一的六年級學生，無論中學高級水平考試的成績如何, 都能獲得錄取名額。
第二句：
Some school leaders fear that unconditional offers cause pupils to have less motivation to reach their highest potential grades, and that they are more likely to underperform as a result.
切分：
1. Some school leaders fear that… and that…
2. unconditional offers cause pupils to have less motivation
3. to reach their highest potential grades,
4. they are more likely to underperform as a result.
參考譯文：一些學校的領導擔心, 無條件錄取會導致學生缺少動力，以達到可能的最高分數(shù)，因而更有可能表現(xiàn)不佳。
思考題分析：
Why the application round has been adversely affected by unconditional offers?
首先adversely affect是對beset的替換
（問題：為什么無條件的錄取影響了申請回合？）
審題很重要！問的是原因那你就要找原因！
(A) More and more university are using them to receive students.
這個選項的錯誤是：答非所問！也就是定位錯誤！
(B) The looming underachievement and poor performance caused by them
（他們帶來的可能的成績不好表現(xiàn)不佳。）
這就是對第二句的同義替換；
more likely to=looming (可能)
underperform =poor performance
less motivation to reach their highest potential grades
= looming underachievement
所以B是正確答案！
(C) Applicants can accept certain offer regardless of their A-level results
這個選項的錯誤是：答非所問！也就是定位錯誤！
這個選項是在對unconditional offers進行解釋在告訴我們什么是無條件錄取。
（當然如果了解背景了可以更容易排除這個選項，我做每日一句的目的就是讓你知道這些背景，走進考場以后你遇到的文章背景一定是來自我的每日一句的。這點我可以很霸氣的。2014年第二篇文章，寫美國律師的，其中對于美國法律教育的特點在我當年的每日一句中就講過，走進考場勢如破竹！那個時候我們的陣地還在QQ空間。加油鴨?。?/p>
而且我今天在題干中加了adversely這個選項就更不可能對了。
即使你認為是影響也無法判斷是正負影響。
(D) They cause pupils to have less motivation to underperform.
（無條件的錄取導致學生表現(xiàn)不佳的動機較少。）
這個選項的錯誤是：偷換！
直接選答案的解釋：
審題可知，問的是無條件錄取為什么會影響申請回合。再回到原文中去定位。第一句陳述了無條件錄取影響申請回合的現(xiàn)狀，不是原因，所以接著看下一句。第二句說的是，無條件錄取被擔心會令學生缺乏動力，考試成績不佳，即無條件錄取的消極影響。這種消極影響的對象也就是第一句中的申請回合，所以和“學生會缺乏動力，考試成績不佳”意思相近的選項才是正確答案。
答案是B。
明天的句子：
Back in 1990, Pew asked couples what made a marriage work, and fewer than half (47%) of adults said sharing household chores was very important. When couples were asked again 17 years since later, no other item on the list (which included faithfulness and happy sexual relationships) had risen in importance nearly as much, and across the demographic landscape―among men as well as women, marrieds as well as singles; old as well as young.
思考題：
According to the recent survey, what makes the marriage work well?
(A) the loyalty to the marriage
(B)the harmonious communication
(C)the importance of home chores
(D) the joint efforts for housework
