新闻速递:加利福尼亚大学生抗议学费上涨
日期:2009-11-23 15:52
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加利福尼亚大学生抗议学费上涨
College students locking arms, sitting down and staying put at UCLA couldn't stop at hiking their tuition. That's the fee you pay to go to college and California is raising that 32%, very significant. The state's also cutting down on what it spends, all because its budget. It is just running out of money. Officials say they will increase the amount of financial aid they gave to some low and mid-income students though.
大学生们静坐抗议加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校学费的上涨.这是你上大学需缴纳的费用,加利福尼亚将学费提高了32%,升价幅度非常显著.加利福尼还减少了开支.这一切都是因为预算,加州资金短缺.官员表示,他们将会增加对一些中低收入学生的经济资助.
精讲
cut sth↔down (to…); cut down (on sth)...减少;削减;缩减
to reduce the amount of something
We need to cut the article down to 1000 words.
我们得把这篇文章压缩到 1/f000 字.
The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.
医生劝他少喝酒.
I won't have a cigarette, thanks─I'm trying to cut down(= smoke fewer).
谢谢,我不抽.我现在尽量少抽烟.
加利福尼亚大学生抗议学费上涨
College students locking arms, sitting down and staying put at UCLA couldn't stop at hiking their tuition. That's the fee you pay to go to college and California is raising that 32%, very significant. The state's also cutting down on what it spends, all because its budget. It is just running out of money. Officials say they will increase the amount of financial aid they gave to some low and mid-income students though.
大学生们静坐抗议加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校学费的上涨.这是你上大学需缴纳的费用,加利福尼亚将学费提高了32%,升价幅度非常显著.加利福尼还减少了开支.这一切都是因为预算,加州资金短缺.官员表示,他们将会增加对一些中低收入学生的经济资助.
精讲
cut sth↔down (to…); cut down (on sth)...减少;削减;缩减
to reduce the amount of something
We need to cut the article down to 1000 words.
我们得把这篇文章压缩到 1/f000 字.
The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.
医生劝他少喝酒.
I won't have a cigarette, thanks─I'm trying to cut down(= smoke fewer).
谢谢,我不抽.我现在尽量少抽烟.
