“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
你也许不是她的初恋，也许不会成为她的归宿、她的唯一。她爱过别人，也可能会有别的爱人。但她现在爱着你，其他的一切又算什么呢？她是个有缺点的女孩，而你也并不完美。你们俩在一起也许永远不会是珠联璧合。但如果她能引你大笑，能激发你重新思考，能让你承认自己是会犯错的凡人。那么请抓紧她，不要放手，给她你所能给的所有。她也许不是每分每秒都在想你，但她把自己最脆弱的那部分给了你——她的心。所以，请别伤害她，改变她，揣摩她，别期望她给你能力之外的东西。当她让你快乐时，请向她微笑；当她让你抓狂时，请让她知晓；当她不在你的身旁时，请深深地思念她。
这几天，正是英国“高考”——中学高级水平考试（A-level）出成绩的日子。从总体成绩看，英格兰在新的考试制度下表现比以往有所下降，而威尔士和北爱尔兰的成绩普遍提升。从性别上看，男生的考试成绩比女生较好，其中女生得到C及以上的考生比例下降0.6%，而男生的比例降幅为0.3%。英格兰的教育部官员认为改革很有必要,“鉴于大学一直在抱怨学生不适应大学学习，减少平时的考试次数，将能令学生将时间花在深入理解和独立学习上。这些才是大学学习所需的，并不是分数。”但缺少考试刺激的英格兰中学生已经连续两年不及威尔士和北爱。同时大学越来越多地使用无条件录取通知，而不是附带成绩要求的有条件录取通知，则被指责拉低了全英学生的整体成绩。
今天的句子：
This year’s application round has been beset by controversy over the increasing use of unconditional offers by universities, with more than one in five sixth-form applicants receiving an offer of a place regardless of their A-level results. Some school leaders fear that unconditional offers cause pupils to have less motivation to reach their highest potential grades, and that they are more likely to underperform as a result.
思考题：
Why the application round has been adversely affected by unconditional offers?
(A) More and more university are using them to receive students.
(B) The looming underachievement and poor performance caused by them
(C) Applicants can accept certain offer regardless of their A-level results
(D) They cause pupils to have less motivation to underperform.
(我在题干里加了adversely,你看一下你的选择有没有改变。
词汇突破：
1. beset 困扰
2. controversy 争议
3. unconditional 无条件的
4. six-form students 六年级学生，英国最高年级的中学生
5. motivation 动力
6. underperform 表现不佳
第一句：
This year’s application round has been beset by controversy over the increasing use of unconditional offers by universities, with more than one in five sixth-form applicants receiving an offer of a place regardless of their A-level results.
切分：
1. This year’s application round has been beset by controversy
2. over the increasing use of unconditional offers by universities,
3. with more than one in five sixth-form applicants receiving an offer of a place
4. regardless of their A-level results.
参考译文：今年的申请回合一直备受争议, 因为大学越来越多地使用无条件录取, 超过 五分之一的六年级学生，无论中学高级水平考试的成绩如何, 都能获得录取名额。
第二句：
Some school leaders fear that unconditional offers cause pupils to have less motivation to reach their highest potential grades, and that they are more likely to underperform as a result.
切分：
1. Some school leaders fear that… and that…
2. unconditional offers cause pupils to have less motivation
3. to reach their highest potential grades,
4. they are more likely to underperform as a result.
参考译文：一些学校的领导担心, 无条件录取会导致学生缺少动力，以达到可能的最高分数，因而更有可能表现不佳。
思考题分析：
Why the application round has been adversely affected by unconditional offers?
首先adversely affect是对beset的替换
（问题：为什么无条件的录取影响了申请回合？）
审题很重要！问的是原因那你就要找原因！
(A) More and more university are using them to receive students.
这个选项的错误是：答非所问！也就是定位错误！
(B) The looming underachievement and poor performance caused by them
（他们带来的可能的成绩不好表现不佳。）
这就是对第二句的同义替换；
more likely to=looming (可能)
underperform =poor performance
less motivation to reach their highest potential grades
= looming underachievement
所以B是正确答案！
(C) Applicants can accept certain offer regardless of their A-level results
这个选项的错误是：答非所问！也就是定位错误！
这个选项是在对unconditional offers进行解释在告诉我们什么是无条件录取。
（当然如果了解背景了可以更容易排除这个选项，我做每日一句的目的就是让你知道这些背景，走进考场以后你遇到的文章背景一定是来自我的每日一句的。这点我可以很霸气的。2014年第二篇文章，写美国律师的，其中对于美国法律教育的特点在我当年的每日一句中就讲过，走进考场势如破竹！那个时候我们的阵地还在QQ空间。加油鸭！）
而且我今天在题干中加了adversely这个选项就更不可能对了。
即使你认为是影响也无法判断是正负影响。
(D) They cause pupils to have less motivation to underperform.
（无条件的录取导致学生表现不佳的动机较少。）
这个选项的错误是：偷换！
直接选答案的解释：
审题可知，问的是无条件录取为什么会影响申请回合。再回到原文中去定位。第一句陈述了无条件录取影响申请回合的现状，不是原因，所以接着看下一句。第二句说的是，无条件录取被担心会令学生缺乏动力，考试成绩不佳，即无条件录取的消极影响。这种消极影响的对象也就是第一句中的申请回合，所以和“学生会缺乏动力，考试成绩不佳”意思相近的选项才是正确答案。
答案是B。
明天的句子：
Back in 1990, Pew asked couples what made a marriage work, and fewer than half (47%) of adults said sharing household chores was very important. When couples were asked again 17 years since later, no other item on the list (which included faithfulness and happy sexual relationships) had risen in importance nearly as much, and across the demographic landscape―among men as well as women, marrieds as well as singles; old as well as young.
思考题：
According to the recent survey, what makes the marriage work well?
(A) the loyalty to the marriage
(B)the harmonious communication
(C)the importance of home chores
(D) the joint efforts for housework
