Level 1 · Reading series
Lesson 58 · What Will Our Town Need?
Audio track 58
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Our town has an empty building near the station. What should it become?
Students run a survey. Older people ask for a rest area. Families want a study room. Others need better public transport.
The town has a limited budget, so it cannot do everything at once. Each citizen can share an idea. Planners study who will use the place and make a proposal.
The meeting chooses safety as the first priority. Good planning begins with real needs, not only exciting pictures.
Sentence practice
Play any sentence in Dicvo’s Jenny English voice. Before playing all, choose how many times each sentence plays. A practice pause about as long as the sentence follows each play, including before the next sentence. The complete reading remains above.
Choose a sentence to begin.
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Our town has an empty building near the station.
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What should it become?
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Students run a survey.
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Older people ask for a rest area.
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Families want a study room.
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Others need better public transport.
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The town has a limited budget, so it cannot do everything at once.
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Each citizen can share an idea.
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Planners study who will use the place and make a proposal.
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The meeting chooses safety as the first priority.
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Good planning begins with real needs, not only exciting pictures.
Check your understanding
After reading, state the main idea in one sentence and find a line that supports it.
Chinese translation
我们小镇的车站附近有一栋闲置的楼。它应该用来做什么？
学生们发起调查。老年人希望有休息区，一些家庭想要一间自习室，还有人需要更好的公共交通。
小镇预算有限，无法同时满足所有愿望。每位市民都可以提出想法。规划人员研究谁会使用这栋楼，再制订方案。
会议决定把安全放在首位。好的规划从真实需要出发，而不只是看吸引人的效果图。
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- town
- 城镇；小镇。
- empty building
- 闲置的建筑物。
- survey
- 调查；问卷。
- older people
- 老年人。
- public transport
- 公共交通。
- budget
- 预算。
- citizen
- 市民；公民。
- proposal
- 提议；方案。
- priority
- 优先事项。
- need
- 需要；需求。
Background notes (Chinese)
规划公共设施时，需要考虑使用者调查、无障碍、安全、成本和后续维护。各方意见未必一致，因此应在有限预算内公开讨论优先顺序，并说明选择的理由。