今天的句子：

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.

第一句：

The students didn’t tend to think of famous scientists like Albert Einstein as actual, imperfect people like themselves

词汇突破：

1. tend 倾向于

2. imperfect 有缺点的；不完美的

主干识别：The students didn’t tend to think of famous scientists…as…people

切分成分：like Albert Einstein 后置定语，举例famous scientists

actual, imperfect 定语,like themselves后置定语，修饰people

参考译文：学生们不倾向于认为，像爱因斯坦一样的知名科学家是和自己一样有缺点的活生生的人。

第二句：

—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.

词汇突破：

1. imperfect 有缺点的；不完美的

2. innate 天生的

3. aptitude 能力

主干识别：students…were more likely to say…

切分成分：

1.who didn’t learn about the scientists’ struggles 定语从句

2.that those scientists had innate talent and aptitude 宾语从句

3.which separated them from everyone else 定语从句，修饰talent and aptitude

参考译文：不了解科学家奋斗史的学生更有可能说，这些科学家天赋异禀，才脱颖而出。

第三句：

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.

词汇突破：

1. mentality 心态

2. detrimental 有害的

3. STEM: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 理工类学科

4. droves of 成群的，一大批的

主干识别：This mentality has been shown to be particularly detrimental to students in STEM fields.

切分成分：where droves of kids… end up dropping out地点状语从句

who originally seemed interested限制性定语从句，修饰kids

after they struggle in a class or fail a test时间状语从句

参考译文：这种心态对于理科生特别有害，许多开始感兴趣的孩子最终因为在一个课程受挫或一次测试不及格就退学了。

思考题：

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

因果颠倒了，所以判定为错误！

明天的句子：

Some of those costs are undoubtedly because Amazon spends a lot of money sending packages for free to its 100 million Prime members around the world. This is, in some ways, smart strategy. Prime customers get so accustomed to free shipping that they just start buying everything on Amazon. “They are trying to get you hooked on the convenience,” David Vernon, an analyst with Bernstein, told me. “Once they get that Prime ID stuck in your wallet, and you start hitting the buy button, are you really paying the attention to what the price is?”

思考题：

Why is Amazon's strategy a smart strategy?