2024年12月英语四级听力真题 卷一 新闻报道2

News Report Two

新闻报道2

The Wilton School Board has proposed a 5.99% spending increase.

威尔顿学校董事会提议增加5.99%的开支。

If approved, it would be the largest jump in at least eight budget cycles.

如果获得批准，这将是至少八个预算周期以来最大的一次增长。

The 5.99%request more than doubles the highest previous year-over-year increase in the last eight years, which was 2.99% for the 2021-2022 school year.

5.99%的请求比过去八年中任何一年的最高同比增长率翻了一倍还多，2021-2022学年的最高同比增长率为2.99%。

The biggest driver of the $91.8 million proposed budget remains teacher salaries.

提议的9180万美元预算的最大驱动力仍然是教师工资。

These account for 64% of the total request at $59 million.

这些占总请求的64%，金额为5900万美元。

The $59 million is up from the $56.7 million budgeted for the current school year.

这5900万美元比当前学年预算的5670万美元有所增加。

There are some factors that could affect the budget moving forward.

有一些因素可能会影响未来的预算。

One of those is total enrollment. The district will have a total enrollment of 3,742 students.

其中一个是总入学人数。该学区将有3,742名学生的总入学人数。

Almost all of these students will be in kindergarten through high school, but 66 will be in prekindergarten and other programs.

几乎所有的这些学生将会从幼儿园到高中，但是有66名学生将会在学前班和其他项目中。

This represents 47 fewer students than the current year.

这代表比当前年份少了47名学生。

Fewer students mean less federal and state funding.

较少的学生意味着较少的联邦和州政府资金。

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

根据你刚才听到的新闻报道回答问题3和4。

Question 3. What does the news report say the Wilton School Board has done?

新闻报道中提到威尔顿学校董事做了什么?

Question 4. What will a decline in the total enrollment lead to?

总入学人数的减少将导致什么?

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