美国有线新闻 CNN 洛杉矶数万教师举行30年来首次罢工

 

CARL AZUZ: Something's missing in about 1,000 public schools in Los Angeles, California — teachers. 32,000 of them went on strike Monday. It's the first teachers' strike in Los Angeles in 30 years. Both the teachers' union and the school district say they want the same things — smaller class sizes, higher teachers' salaries and more counselors¹ and nurses. The big disagreement between the two sides is over where the money comes from. The union says the district has more than $1.8 billion in reserve funds. It wants the district to use that money to raise teachers' salaries and hire more workers.

But the district says, it's already p?lanning to spend everything it has, including the reserve, through the year 2021. Both sides have made some compromises but not enough to avoid the strike and they blame each other for that. Meantime, students are still required to go to school. The district says any absences will not be excused. It's hired about 400 substitute teachers and reassigned more than 2,000 administrators² to teach but that's still thousands less than the number of teachers who are on strike. So many parents are facing some tough decisions on what to do.

With 600,000 students, the Los Angeles Unified³ School District is the second largest system in the U.S. behind New York City.

1 counselors   

n.顾问( counselor的名词复数 )；律师；（使馆等的）参赞；（协助学生解决问题的）指导老师

参考例句：

• Counselors began an inquiry into industrial needs. 顾问们开始调查工业方面的需要。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We have experienced counselors available day and night. ) 这里有经验的法律顾问全天候值班。） 来自超越目标英语 第4册

2 administrators   

n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 )；有管理（或行政）才能的人；（由遗嘱检验法庭指定的）遗产管理人；奉派暂管主教教区的牧师

参考例句：

• He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员，但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
• Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

3 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。