(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Officials from the mayor's office said in a statement on Tuesday that New York City will issue bonds to fund a $2.5 billion light rail system between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.
市长办公室的官员周二在一份声明中表示，纽约市将发行债券资助一项25亿美元的轻轨系统，位于布鲁克林和皇后区之间。
Officials say that when the 16-mile system "could serve almost 50,000 passengers per day, making it one of the biggest urban streetcar systems in the nation."
官员表示，16英里的系统每天可服务近50,000人次，成为全国最大的城市有轨系统之一。
Construction is set to begin in 2019 or 2020.
施工将于2019年或2020年开始。
The mayor's office added that fares from riders are expected to cover approximately two-thirds of yearly operating costs.
市长办公室补充道，乘客的票价预计将覆盖约三分之二的年度运营成本。
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词汇解析
1、issue
重要问题;议题;争论的问题
Agents will raise the issue of prize-money for next year's world championships.
经纪人将提出下年度世锦赛奖金的问题。
A key issue for higher education in the 1990's is the need for greater diversity of courses.
20 世纪 90 年代,高等教育的一个重要议题是要使课程更加多样化。
首要事项;要点;问题的要害
I was earning a lot of money, but that was not the issue.
我赚很多钱,但那不是最重要的。
She avoided the issue by ordering a turkey sandwich.
她点了份火鸡三明治,以此来避开这个重要问题。
(报刊的)期,号,版次
The growing problem is underlined in the latest issue of the Lancet.
最近一期的《柳叶刀》杂志中强调了这一日益严重的问题。
I read Germaine Greer's article in the March issue with particular interest.
我饶有兴致地阅读了杰曼·格里尔在三月那期发表的文章。
2、expect
预期;预料;期待
a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.
预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人
They no longer expect corporate profits to improve.
他们不再期待公司利润会增长。
盼望;期待;等待
I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived.
我正在等几封重要的信件，可是一封都没到。
I wasn't expecting a visitor.
我没想到会有人来访。
