America offers lessons for Europe. The decline of for-profit higher education is one reason Barack Obama could oversee a fall in the share of 18- to 24-year-olds attending university, argues Mr Rosen. It need not be like this. Students can

　　benefit from being treated as consumers. But regulation is needed. Providers should be transparent about admissions and employment data. Failing private colleges should be shut down. Across Europe, students are looking beyond traditional options when deciding their future. Governments should be equally open-minded.

　　( 现在经济学人也在简化语言，越来越是长短句相结合。)

　　词汇突破： 1. for-profit 盈利性质的

　　2. oversee 检测，监督；但是在这里=witness见证到

　　3. transparent 透明

　　4. Failing 失败的

　　5.

　　1. America offers lessons for Europe.

　　参考译文：美国给欧洲上了一课。（美国给欧洲提供了一次教训）

　　2. The decline of for-profit higher education is one reason Barack Obama could oversee a fall in the share of（ 18- to 24-year-olds复合名词） （attending university后置定语）, （argues Mr Rosen= Mr rosen argues）.

　　参考译文：Rosen先生认为，奥巴马在任上见证了18到24岁上大学的人在减少，其中一个原因就是盈利性高等教育的衰退。

　　3. It need not be like this. Students can benefit from being treated as consumers. But regulation is needed.

　　参考译文：情况可以不是这样的。学生也能从被当作是消费者中获益。但监管是必要的。

　　4. Providers should be transparent about admissions and employment data.

　　参考译文：高等教育的提供者应该确保招生和就业数据是透明的。

　　5. Failing private colleges should be shut down.

　　参考译文：失败的私立学校就应该被关掉。

　　6. Across Europe, students are looking beyond traditional options （when deciding their future当学生们在决定自己的未来时）. Governments should be equally open-minded.

　　参考译文：在整个欧洲，当学生们在决定自己的未来时，他们会超越传统的选项。政府同样也应该保持开放的思维。

　　来吧，来看一个真题的句子！

　　It’s no surprise that Jennifer Senior’s insightful, provocative magazine cover

　　story, “I love My Children, I Hate My Life,” is arousing much chatter – nothing gets people talking like the suggestion that child rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience.