EPISODE · Mar 19, 2025 · 7 MIN
当效率部遇美国奇葩经费:松鼠普查竟花 230 万?
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在马斯克的效率部成立后,查出的政府部门出现各种奇葩真是让人大跌眼镜!在我们的常规认知里,政府经费应该用于刀刃上,保障民生、推动发展等。然而,美国却存在一些让人难以理解的经费支出项目。这些项目不仅耗费了大量纳税人的钱,而且从实际意义来看,似乎有些荒谬。接下来,就让我们一起来看看这些奇葩的经费项目究竟是怎么回事吧。正文:So let's start with program No. 1, which is the national squirrel census.那么,让我们从第一个项目开始说起,那就是全国松鼠普查。Every year, we spend $2.3 million counting squirrels.每年,我们要花费 230 万美元来统计松鼠的数量。So effective immediately, squirrels, they're gonna need to start counting themselves now.所以,从现在起立即生效,松鼠们,它们现在得开始自己数自己的数量了。Program number two, that's the federal committee on Sandwich Standards.第二个项目,是联邦三明治标准委员会(相关项目)。We spend a whopping $5 million annually just to define what legally qualifies as a sandwich.我们每年要花费高达 500 万美元,仅仅是为了从法律层面定义什么才算是三明治。So taxpayers, we're gonna save that $5 million. You can come up with your own definition.所以,纳税人朋友们,我们将省下那 500 万美元。你们可以自己想出三明治的定义。Now, program No. 3 is the Bureau of Uneven Sidewalk Awareness,现在,第三个项目是不平整人行道认知局(相关项目)。because do we really need to spend $1.8 million a year to remind us to watch our steps on those uneven sidewalks?因为我们真的需要每年花费 180 万美元来提醒我们在那些不平整的人行道上注意脚下吗?I think not. So let's save our pride and save our wallets as well.我认为不需要。所以,让我们既保住面子,也节省一下钱包(里的钱)吧。语法小贴士:“So let's start with program No. 1, which is the national squirrel census.” 中 “which is the national squirrel census” 是一个非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词 “program No. 1”,“which” 在从句中作主语,非限制性定语从句与先行词的关系相对松散,去掉后不影响主句的完整性。“Every year, we spend $2.3 million counting squirrels.” 运用了 “spend + 时间 / 金钱 + (in) doing sth.” 的结构,意思是 “花费时间或金钱做某事”,这里 “in” 可以省略。“We spend a whopping $5 million annually just to define what legally qualifies as a sandwich.” 中 “to define...” 是动词不定式作目的状语;“what legally qualifies as a sandwich” 是宾语从句,作 “define” 的宾语,“what” 在从句中作主语。“because do we really need to spend $1.8 million a year to remind us to watch our steps on those uneven sidewalks?” 这是一个一般疑问句,“because” 引导原因的进一步阐述,“to spend...to remind...” 中两个 “to” 引导的都是目的状语,“to watch...” 是 “remind sb. to do sth.” 结构,意思是 “提醒某人做某事”。更多卡卡老师分享公众号:卡卡课堂 卡卡老师微信:kakayingyu001送你一份卡卡老师学习大礼包,帮助你在英文学习路上少走弯路
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