今天的句子：

Outsiders have long been curious how admissions decisions are made. Most of the time this desire for transparency stems from a desire for fairness: Given how few acceptances elite institutions can offer, admitting any group of students almost always means excluding a much larger group that is just as qualified.

第一句：

Outsiders have long been curious how admissions decisions are made.

词汇突破：

1.Outsiders：局外人

2.Curious：好奇

3.admissions decision：录取决定

参考译文：局外人早就感到好奇——录取决策是如何达成的？

第二句：

Most of the time this desire for transparency stems from a desire for fairness: Given how few acceptances elite institutions can offer, admitting any group of students almost always means excluding a much larger group that is just as qualified.

词汇突破：

1.transparency 公开，透明

2. stems from：源于，你要记住这就是个因果词，类似的表达有：

              Come from, spring from, originate from

              （前面是结果，后面是原因）

3.given：鉴于，考虑到，因为

4. how few: 非常少

主干识别：

Most of the time this desire for transparency stems from a desire for fairness:

切分成分：

冒号后的状语：

Given how few acceptances elite institutions can offer

鉴于精英学校的录取机会很少，

冒号后的主句：

admitting any group of students almost always means excluding a much larger group that is just as qualified.

主语：admitting any group of students （almost always）

       （动名词短语做主语）

动词：means （意味着）

宾语：excluding a much larger group （that is just as qualified定语从句）

      （动名词短语做宾语）

参考译文：大多数时候这种对信息公开的渴望源自对公正的追求：鉴于精英学校的录取机会很少，接收任何学生几乎总是意味着，拒绝另外一大批同样有资格的学生。

(有的时候想想，别人还真的是有一点制度的优势，不过这样更利于我们自己变得强大吧！公平真的只是弱者向强者的呼唤。那就让我们成为强者并让这个世界变得更美好，让即使是弱者也能更有尊严吧。)

所以思考题的答案就是：

a desire for fairness

明天的句子：

The students didn’t tend to think of famous scientists like Albert Einstein as actual, imperfect people like themselves—students who didn’t learn about the scientists’ struggles were more likely to say that those scientists had innate talent and aptitude which separated them from everyone else. This mentality has been shown to be particularly detrimental to students in STEM fields, where droves of kids who originally seemed interested end up dropping out after they struggle in a class or fail a test.

思考题：

The dropping out usually leads to kid’s poor performance of exam and struggle.