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　　今天的句子：

　　The government removed the cap on student numbers, encouraging institutions to compete with each other for applicants: but admissions rose quicker than staff numbers, inevitably reducing the quality of education. There’s another consequence of marketisation: as debt-laden students head for degrees they think will maximize their earning potential, many vital courses suffer. The University of Sunderland is axing its history, politics and foreign language courses, for example, expressing a desire for a more “career-focused and professions-facing” approach.

　　思考题：

　　University of Sunderland has cut humanity courses because__.

　　A. the government makes the rule on it.

　　B. competent teachers are hard to find

　　C. they want to attract more applicants

　　D. these classes are of little significance

　　第一句：

　　The government removed the cap(上限) on student numbers, encouraging institutions to compete with each other for applicants: but admissions rosequicker than staff numbers, inevitably reducing the quality of education.

　　参考译文：(英国)政府取消学生人数上限，鼓励院校相互竞争，抢夺生源：但招录人数的增长率高于教职人数，不可避免地降低了教育质量。

　　第二句：

　　There’s another consequence of marketisation: as debt-laden students head for degrees they think will maximize their earning potential(定语从句省略了that), many vital courses suffer.

　　词汇突破：

　　1.debt-laden 负债累累

　　参考译文：市场化的另一个后果是：负债累累的学生追求认为最能提升自己赚钱能力的学位，许多重要的课程都受到影响。

　　第三句：

　　The University of Sunderland is axing(砍去，减少) its history, politics and foreign language courses, for example, expressing a desire for a more “career-focused and professions-facing” approach.

　　参考译文：例如，桑德兰大学正在削减其历史、政治和外语课程，表示想采取“更注重职业和就业”的方法。

　　思考题解析：

　　A. the government makes the rule on it. (政府就此作出了规定)

　　政府并没有就此作出规定。A选项不对。

　　B. competent teachers are hard to find(很难找到称职的教师)

　　文中没有提到招聘教师的问题。B选项也不对。

　　C. they want to attract more applicants(他们希望吸引更多的申请者)

　　学校希望把课程改得更利于学生找工作，进而吸引更多的人申请。C选项是正确答案。

　　而且上一句说了，学生就是想实用的课程。

　　D. these classes are of little significance(这些课一点也不重要)

　　人文类课程虽然不是高就业的热门专业，但对个人对社会都非常重要。D选项错误。