今天的句子：

Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency have shown that Oxford and Cambridge are almost alone among the competitive British universities in failing to expand their intake of domestic undergraduates while slowly increasing the proportion of sought-after places going to EU and international students.

（有不认识的单词吗？句子能否切分调序？猜一下文章背景）

思考题：Figures show that almost all British universities fail to expand their enrollment of domestic undergraduates.(T or F )

再来看看单词：

1.Figures: 数据

2. intake （在这个语境下）招生人数

3. sought-after 争相获得的；吃香的；广受欢迎的:

    例句：This design is the most sought after.  这一款最为紧俏。

            a much sought-after actress  非常走红的女演员                                                    4. proportion 比例

解析：

主干识别：                                              Figures （from the Higher Education Statistics Agency定语） have shown that

切分成分：                                            1.Oxford and Cambridge are almost alone （宾语从句主干）

2.among the competitive British universities（状语）

3.in failing to expand their intake of domestic undergraduates（状语）

4.while slowly increasing the proportion of sought-after places going to EU and international students.(大家在注意确定increasing这个动作是Oxford and Cambridge发出的。)

参考译文:英国高等教育统计局(Higher Education Statistics Agency)的数据显示，在竞争激烈的英国大学中，几乎只有牛津和剑桥两所大学未能扩大国内本科生的招生规模，而向欧盟和国际学生申请的热门名额比例却在缓慢上升。

所以思考题：                                          Figures show that almost all British universities fail to expand their enrollment of domestic undergraduates.                      数据表明，几乎所有的英国大学都没有能增加国内的本科生的招生规模。

所以这个说法是错得。