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n.急劇增加(asuddenincrease)

e.g.Andthiscouldleadtoasurge

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n.招收人數(shù)(thenumberofpeopleallowedtoenteraschool,profession,etc.)e.g.TheDepartmentisgearingupforincreasedintake

ofstudents.Over-25s;Under-25sPumpmoneyintosomething.Whereareyougoingtodrawthatline?Howareyougoingtoachieveabalance?Thenumberofofferswemake.(Tobecontinued)(Continued)quota

n.

定額(thenumberofsomethingofficiallyallowed)

e.g.Thecontinuationclasshasalreadyfulfilleditsenrolmentquota.fine

v.

處以罰金(makesomeonepaymoneyasapunishment)

e.g.Thetrafficpolicemancensuredthedriverbutdidn’tfinehim.Sarkozy

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[人名]ScriptandkeyInterviewee:It’sareallydifficultbalancetostrike,actuallymaintainingthe(1)______

butmakingsureasmany(2)______

peopleaspossibleandolderpeopleaswell—there’sbeenasurgeinthenumberofover25sapplying,andwetakemanypeoplewhoareover(3)__.Butwe’vegottogetthatbalanceright.It’sgoingtobeterribly(4)_______

forusnextyear.Hostess:Giventhecutsthatthe(5)__________

announcedacoupleofweeksago,andthenumbersthatweknowintermsofapplications,whereareyougoingtodrawthatline?Areyougoingtohavetolookatcuttingintakeinordertomaintainthe(6)______

ofthecourses?(Tobecontinued)qualityyoung25difficultgovernmentquality(Continued)Interviewee:We’retryingnotto(7)____

intakeatthemoment.Butwhatitmeansiswe’regoingtohavetobe(8)____________

inthenumberofofferswemake,becausewesimplycannot(9)_____

togooverourquotaofthenumberofplacesthatwecanoffer.Becauseifwedo,itmeansthatwecouldbefined,orwejustsimplyhaven’tgotenoughmoneytomakesurethestudents’(10)_________isright.Soitmeansthatmaybelastyearwewouldallowafew(11)_____

peopletohaveanoffer.Thisyearisgoingtobetougher.(Tobecontinued)cutextra-cautiousaffordexperiencemoreHostess:Doyoulaysomeofthe(12)______

forthesituationatthedoorofthegovernment?Interviewee:IfyoulooktoFrance,Sarkozyisactuallyincreasingthe(13)______

forhighereducation.ObamaintheU.S.hasdonethesamething.Sowe’rejustslightly(14)_______

astowhythegovernmentseemstobecuttingbackonhighereducationratherthanpumpingmoremoneyintowhatwethinkisa(n)(15)_______

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