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It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future. (2018 text1)
开篇用非常短小精悍的形式主语从句引出全篇，而这种语法现象在考研英语试卷中出现的频率高达60%。第一句话大家在理解的时候，几乎过半的同学会暴露出的一个问题是对于as though和even though的一个辨析， as though “好像，似乎”，而 even though”即使，尽管”。由于真正的主语是其后的从句，所以在理解的时候先将形式主语从句中的宾语从句 (SK feels .......)先翻译出来，这也是小编一般在遇到从句嵌套时惯用的策略，一定是先剖析最里层的从句再依次向外拨。所以这句话的意思是：Stephen Koziatek感到好像必须要证明自己可以给学生一个更有前景的未来，这有点奇怪。
When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike chain? (2018 text1)
这句话是不同于往常的特殊疑问句，所以会出现语序部分倒装的现象，所以我们首先将这句话还原为陈述语序。It becomes accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike chain. 这句话依然是形式主语从句，becomes可以看成系动词, 真正的主语是that 从句里面的内容。 所以这句话的意思是：从什么时候起人们开始普遍认为：学生就该叫得出美国第13人总统的名字，但是面对一辆掉链子的自行车却完全不知所措? 在这里小编建议大家积累一个词汇，utterly “完全地，全然地”。
As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk struck with generations of discarded chewing gum. (2018 text1)
There is learning in just about everything. 字面意思：在关于一切上都有可学，精简下语言即为： 万事皆学问。下一句中出现一些生词和短语，graffiti “涂鸦”，stuck with sth. “黏住，无法摆脱”。 整个句子是正话反说，直接翻译：“没有什么是必须要通过.....”，转述成我们习惯的表达就是“没有必要逼迫学生们坐在满是涂鸦和沾满一届又一届口香糖的书桌前学习几何。
