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[00:02.65]政府的开支
[00:05.30]First listen and then answer the following question.
[00:07.68]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:10.06]What's the most important factor,both in government or business,
[00:13.23]无论是政府还是企业,
[00:16.40]for keeping running costs low?
[00:18.59]保持运行费用较低的最重要因素是什么?
[00:20.77]If a nation is essentialy disunited,
[00:22.99]如果一个国家实际上处于分裂状态,
[00:25.21]it is left to the government to hold it together.
[00:27.43]使之联合起来就是政府的事了.
[00:29.65]This increases the expense of government,
[00:31.83]这样一来就增加了政府的开支,
[00:34.01]and reduces correspondingly the amount of economic resources
[00:37.09]从而相应地减少了
[00:40.18]that could be used for developing the country
[00:42.50]可以用来发展国家的那部分经济资源.
[00:44.83]And it should not be forgotten
[00:46.60]不应忘记,
[00:48.38]how small those resources are in a poor and backward country.
[00:51.36]在一个贫穷落后的国家里那部分财力是很有限的.
[00:54.33]Where the cost of government is high,
[00:56.16]凡是政府管理费用高的地方,
[00:57.99]resources for development are correspondingly low.