【今日句子】
The system does little to correct existing disparities, and the graduation rates don’t bode well for a nation struggling with brain drain and hoping to climb out of a drawn-out economic crisis. Reversing the trend may depend on creating inclusive policies that go beyond surface-level reforms, accompanying students throughout their educational trajectory while putting more emphasis on quality and not access alone.“Argentina was historically the country with the most educational and human capital in Latin America ... which is what constitutes the real wealth of a nation,” says Marcelo Rabossi, an expert in higher education policy at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, “But that level has long been falling.”
思考题：
It can be inferred from the text that___.A.Argentina boast high education qualityB.graduation rate in Argentina is not goodC.access to public universities was limitedD.Latin America nations value education
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【句子解析】
第一句：
The system does little to correct existing disparities, and the graduation rates don’t bode well for a nation struggling with brain drain and hoping to climb out of a drawn-out economic crisis.
参考译文：教育系统在纠正现有差距方面几乎没起作用，而偏低的毕业率对于一个挣扎于人才流失并盼望摆脱旷日持久的经济危机的国家来说并不是好兆头。
第二句：
Reversing the trend may depend on creating inclusive policies that go beyond surface-levelreforms, accompanying students throughout their educational trajectory while putting more emphasis on quality and not access alone.
参考译文：扭转这一趋势可能取决于制定超越表面改革的全纳政策，政策需“伴随”学生的整个教育轨迹，更加强调质量，而不仅仅是入学机会。
第三句：
“Argentina was historically the country with the most educational and human capital in Latin America ... which is what constitutes the real wealth of a nation,” says Marcelo Rabossi, an expert in higher education policy at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, “But that level has long been falling.”
参考译文：“从历史上来看，阿根廷是拉丁美洲拥有最多教育和人力资本的国家……这些才是一个国家真正的财富，” 托卡托蒂特亚大学的高等教育政策专家马塞洛·拉博西说，“但这一水平一直在下降。”
【答案及解析】
It can be inferred from the text that___.
从文中可以推断出___。
A. Argentina boast high education quality
（阿根廷的教育质量很高）
B. graduation rate in Argentina is not good
（阿根廷的毕业率不高）
C. access to public universities was limited
（进入公立大学的机会有限）
D. Latin America nations value education
（拉丁美洲国家重视教育）
答案选B。
第一句话就是在说“偏低的毕业率对于这个国家来说并不是好事”，所以明摆着就是阿根廷的毕业率不高，但今天的题目其实对于背景知识的了解还是比较重要的，如果你知道阿根廷读大学的政策，那么看文章就很不费力，否则就会觉得有点难懂，大家可以去看一下背景拓展。
A选项，并不是，全文都在说质量其实并不咋滴；
C选项，并不是，由于他们是全纳政策，所以就是想读就读，并不是有限的；
D选项，没有谈到，只是说了从历史上来看，他们是曾经教育和人力资本最多的国家，但是最后的最后又说，这个水平一直在下降，所以D不能选。
【词汇总结】
existing disparities 现有的差距
graduation rates 毕业率
bode well 预示着好兆头
struggling with 挣扎于
brain drain 人才流失
climb out 爬出来
drawn-out 拖长的
economic crisis 经济危机
Reversing the trend 扭转趋势
inclusive adj. 包容性的
go beyond 超出
surface-level 表面水平
reforms v. 改革
accompanying v. 陪伴
throughout prep. 自始至终
trajectory n. 轨迹
emphasis n. 重视、强调
quality n. 质量
access n. 进入
Argentina 阿根廷
historically adv. 历史上
human capital 人力资本
Latin America 拉丁美洲
constitutes v. 构成
falling v. 坠落、下降
【文章背景】
从表面上看，阿根廷的公立大学是世界上全纳性最强的大学之一：免学费，无需申请，没有入学选拔考试，也没有录取人数限制。全纳性一直是阿根廷公立高等教育的指导原则，但虽然任何人都能进大学学习，但最终的毕业率却很低，且仅有五分之一的适龄阿根廷人选择上大学。这种现状的原因各不相同，有的是因为在公立高中的准备不足，有的是无法承担上大学后的书本费和房租。由于阿根廷的大学学制是5至9年，所以读完大学的经济压力相当大。另一方面，开放的大学录取也有其代价。大一和大二的课程很可能教室里坐了两、三倍于容量的学生，不少人不得不坐在地板上，或在门厅处旁听。对于一些学科而言，比如医学，这可能意味着不是每位学生都有实操的机会。虽然包容性和教育质量两者并不是本质上的二元对立，但是对于阿根廷的公立大学来说，如果让更多的人上大学的同时，也让更多的人毕业是不得不解决的难题。
原文标题：
‘Merit is a bad word.’ Can inclusion and quality coexist in Argentine higher ed?（“成绩是个坏词。”包容性和教育质量在阿根廷的高等教育系统可以共存么？）
Source:https://www.csmonitor.com/text_edition/World/Americas/2023/0509/Merit-is-a-bad-word-Can-inclusion-and-quality-coexist-in-Argentine-higher-ed
【每日预习】
But as details of the law took shape, it quickly became the worst nightmare of pharmaceutical companies. Under the new legislation, known as the IRA, the US government for the first time was given the power to negotiate drug prices for the millions of elderly Americans on Medicare. That change marked a dramatic challenge to drugmakers’ traditional business model—which has long relied on spending heavily on research and development with the assurance they could charge hefty prices for medicines later on.
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