***每日一句:2018考研英语第6句

这篇文章的标题是：

What are people in Stoke really thinking about? It’s not Brexit

Educational professionals break their backs to get kids into Oxford and Cambridge, but the flip side in an area like this is that a lot of the kids don’t necessarily want to go down an academic pathway. 

词汇突破：

1.break their backs ：“非常辛苦地工作”

2.flip side原来是指唱片的反面的。要是唱片的正面录制了一首热门的流行乐曲的话，唱片的反面往往会录上一些听众反应平平的并不引起轰动的乐曲。当然作为习惯用语flip side不再指唱片的另一面了。

         例句：It's fantastic that the President has planned to balance the budget and give Americans a tax break. But the flip side is that students just coming out of college are getting the least tax break of all.

总统已经打算要平衡预算并且给予美国人税额优惠。 但是刚从大学毕业的学生得到的税额优惠却比谁都少。

               这段话说了总统减税计划的两方面。一方面广大美国人民都能享受有关优惠，而另一方面，刚毕业的大学生从中得到的好处却少于任何人。 The flip side在这里放在这两种情况之间，显然用来表示语气的转折，导出相对方面，作用相当于on the other hand.

主干识别：

并列句一：Educational professionals break their backs to get kids into Oxford and Cambridge

受过教育的职业人士非常辛苦地工作来让他们的孩子进入牛津或者剑桥。

并列句二：but the flip side in an area like this is that a lot of the kids don’t necessarily want to go down an academic pathway. 

但是在像这样的地区有很多孩子不一定想要走一条学术之路。

2. They want to see local jobs and vocational training relevant to this place and worthy of its heritage. 

 参考译文：他们想要去（从事）（see）和这个地区相关的并且配得上其历史传承的当地的工作和职业培训。

明天的句子：

In the current chaotic political climate, where the unpredictability of politics has become the only predictable thing, the largely working-class Midlands city of Stoke is playing host to an ideological battle royale.