今天的句子:
British universities have serious problems. The recent strikes protesting against a sudden reduction in pension rights were unusually effective, and a symptom of wider discontent. Yet international comparisons invariably show our universities to be among the best in the world, and incomparably the best in the European Union.
第一句：
British universities have serious problems.
参考译文：英国大学存在严重的问题。
第二句：
The recent strikes protesting against a sudden reduction in pension rights were unusually effective, and a symptom of wider discontent.
词汇突破：
1.Strikes： 罢工
2. pension rights 养老金权益
3. symptom 症状，负面的例子，这里可以转译为动词：凸显，体现
4. unusually 非常
切分：
1.The recent strikes were unusually effective (主干并列部分一)
2.The recent strikes were a symptom of wider discontent.(主干并列部分二)
3. protesting against a sudden reduction in pension rights(定语)
最参考译文：最近抗议养老金权益突然缩水的罢工不同寻常地有效，并体现了更大的不满。(symptom转译为动词是不是很帅!)
第三句：
Yet international comparisons invariably show our universities to be among the best in the world, and incomparably the best in the European Union.
词汇突破：
1.comparison 比较
2. invariably：始终如一，一贯地
3. incomparably 无可比拟的;incomparably the best：无可比拟的第一
切分：
1.Yet international comparisons invariably show our universities to be among the best in the world,
2.and( our universities to be )incomparably the best in the European Union.
参考译文：但国际比较始终显示我们的大学跻身世界一流，且在欧盟更是无可比拟的第一。
这说明什么?文章后续写到:其他国家的大学也存在问题，且常常更糟糕。
接着文章再继续说：不管怎么说，我们的问题很严重。在物质层面，问题包括时而草率扩张导致的经济不稳定，短期合同、维持温饱的最低工资、事业架构的缺失和潮水般涌来的监管导致学术教职弱化等等问题。
