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Yet despite self-congratulatory rhetoricabout being “the envy of the world,” adisheartening proportion of higher educationgets failing grades when it comesto dealing with that apathy toward learning.

词汇突破：self-congratulatoryrhetoric 自吹自擂的说辞

theenvy of the world 让世人羡慕

disheartening 令人沮丧

failinggrades 不及格的分数

apathy 冷漠
切分： Yet despite self-congratulatoryrhetoric about being “the envy of theworld,”/ a dishearteningproportion of higher education /gets failing grades /when it comes to dealingwith that apathy toward learning.

翻译点拨：self-congratulatoryrhetoric 在翻译的时候可以转译为动词：自吹自擂为…
         Disheartening 可以单独以为：令人沮丧的是…
a disheartening proportion 令人沮丧的比例，这样翻译出来也可以只是会很别扭；
其实令人沮丧的比例=令人沮丧的是，大部分的…
参考译文: 然而，尽管自吹自擂为世人所羡慕，但是令人沮丧的是，在对待学习漠不关心这件事情上，大部分的高等教育只能拿到不及格的分数。