Since students and parents expect a college degree to lead to a job, // it is in the best interest of a school to turn out graduates // who are as qualified as possible //—or at least appear to be.(2019 text 2)
【断句】①分别在两个标点逗号和单破折号处断句;②在从属连词who处断句。
【语法点】状语从句;形式主语;定语从句
【难点分析】①since students and parents expect a college degree to a job为原因状语从句，since表原因(若主句使用现在完成时，since则译为“自从”);且其中最后的to lead为to do短语表目的;②it is in the best interest of sb.为形式主语结构，也为句子主干，译为“符合…利益的”;其中真正的主语是to turn out graduates;③graduates+who从句，前有名词，且who在从句中作主语，因此who为定语从句，修饰前面的名词graduates;④最后的单破折号之后内容为“同位语”。
【词汇积累】
Expect期待
Interest利益
Turn out产生
Qualified合格的;有资格的;胜任的
【参考译文】
因为学生和家长都期待(获得)一个大学学位来找到工作，所以产出(培养出)尽可能合格的毕业生，或至少看起来合格的毕业生是符合学校最大利益的。
