今日长难句

Unfortunately, L. A. Unified has produced an inflexible policy which mandates that with the exception of some advanced courses, homework may no longer count for more than 10% of a student’s academic grade.（Text 1. 2012. 英二）

inflexible / inˈfleksəbl / adj.缺乏弹性的；僵化的

mandate / ˈmændeit / v.强制执行；委托办理

exception / ikˈsepʃn / n.一般情况以外的人(或事物)；例外

advanced / ədˈvɑ:nst / adj.先进的；高级的

count for 占(比例)

结构分析

翻译

不幸的是，洛杉矶联合学区制定了一项硬性规定，责令除某些高级课程之外，家庭作业在学生学业成绩中所占比例不得超过10%。

预告明日长难句

But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework because of complicated family lives, it is going riskily close to the implication that standards need to be lowered for poor children.（Text 1. 2012. 英二）