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Lesson 58 · What Will Our Town Need?
文体：城镇规划讨论 · 朗读音轨 58
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听一听小镇打算把有限的预算花在哪里。
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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.
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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.
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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。
本课重点词语
以下是本课重点词语的中文讲解；英文正文中有虚线的单词可悬停查看词义和发音。
- 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。
背景知识
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。