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27. Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academics and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.
【分析】復合句。句子主干為 Reform has been...opposed...。where 引導非限定性定語從句，修飾 education。
【譯文】改革一直遭到強烈反對，最讓人驚訝的可能是在教育業，其中的特許學校、學會和績效工資都面臨著持久的斗爭。
【點撥】1) egregiously “驚人的”。2) merit“功績，價值”。
28. Even though there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable, teachers' unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.
【分析】多重復合句。主句主干是 teachers' unions have fought against...。 even though 引導讓步狀語從句，該從句中含有 that 引導的同位語從句，對 evidence 作進一步解釋說明。動名詞短語 getting rid of...good ones作 against 的賓語。
【譯文】雖然有充分的證據表明，教師的素質是最重要的可變因素，但是教務工會卻反對開除差教師、提拔好教師。
【點撥】1）variable 作形容詞時意為“可變的，易變的”，作名詞時意為“變量，可變因素”。2）promote“提拔，提升”。
【臨摹】首先必須根除那些先入為主的想法。
