VOA慢速英语:Schools in US Don’t Get Same Funding

短语讲解：

1. Students must share computers and they ride old buses that should have been removed from service years ago.

remove from 从…中移开[拿走， 除掉]; 将（某人）撤[免]职;
例句：He is but one remove from me.
他和我仅隔着一代。

2. The reason is that districts get money from a number of places, NPR explained.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：Monkeys are transmitters of a number of dangerous diseases.
猴子是许多危险疾病的传染媒介。

3. But other states give out money equally to rich and poor districts.

give out 分发; 公布; 停止运行
例句：Please help me give out these test papers.
请帮我分发这些试卷。

4. The federal government only pays for about 8 percent of Kindergarten-12th grade public school costs.

pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱; 因…受罚
例句：But however am I to pay for such a thing as this?
可是这么一件东西叫我怎样付款呢？

5. Communities with lots of wealthy people collect more property taxes and, as a result, have more money to spend on schools.

as a result 结果， 因此
例句：As a result, the Western industrialized nations undertook steps to limit oil consumption.
其结果是西方工业化国家采取措施限制石油消费。
spend on 把…花在…
例句：How much do you spend on advertising each year?
你们每年广告费要花多少？

6. That is nearly twice as much as in Los Angeles, California.

as much as 差不多
例句：I try to ward off fatigue by resting as much as possible.
为了防止疲劳，我尽可能多休息。