今日長難句
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 / in?fleks?bl / adj.缺乏彈性的；僵化的
mandate / ?m?ndeit / v.強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行韭山；委托辦理
exception / ik?sep?n / n.一般情況以外的人(或事物)撇贺；例外
advanced / ?d?vɑ:nst / adj.先進(jìn)的言津；高級的
count for 占(比例)
結(jié)構(gòu)分析
翻譯
不幸的是话浇，洛杉磯聯(lián)合學(xué)區(qū)制定了一項硬性規(guī)定营搅，責(zé)令除某些高級課程之外筷转，家庭作業(yè)在學(xué)生學(xué)業(yè)成績中所占比例不得超過10%蔚万。
預(yù)告明日長難句
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）?
