2.96 bln yuan misused in affordable housing
英语课
BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top auditor 2 said on Wednesday that 2.96 billion yuan (470 million U.S. dollars) earmarked for affordable 3 housing programs was intercepted 4 or embezzled 5 last year.
The report was based on auditing 6 in 66 cities and counties.
Liu Jiayi, auditor general of the National Audit 1 Office, added the agency had discovered other problems in social housing construction, including lack of funds, as well as faulty approval and exit mechanisms 7.
The agency said more than 5,400 households had been included in the program without undergoing required reviewing procedures and 21,000 were found ineligible 8 for the project.
Liu said after the auditing, local authorities had retrieved 9 2.82 billion yuan and 3,800 households had been stripped of qualifications.
China has vowed 10 to build 36 million affordable housing units during the 2011-2015 period in a bid to meet the demands of low-income families and cool the property market. But corruption 11 in the construction and application process, as well as doubts over the quality of projects have caused public complaints.?
v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听
- Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
- As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。
n.审计员，旁听着
- The auditor was required to produce his working papers.那个审计员被要求提供其工作底稿。
- The auditor examines the accounts of all county officers and departments.审计员查对所有县官员及各部门的帐目。
adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。
v.贪污，盗用（公款）( embezzle的过去式和过去分词 )
- The clerk embezzled a thousand pounds from the bank where he worked. 那个职员在他工作的银行里贪污了一千英镑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The cashier embezzled ＄ 50,000 from the bank. 出纳员盗用了银行5万美元。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.审计，查账，决算
- Auditing standards are the rules governing how an audit is performed.收支检查标准是规则统治一个稽核如何被运行。
- The auditing services market is dominated by a few large accounting firms.审计服务市场被几家大型会计公司独占了。
n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用
- The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.无资格的，不适当的
- The new rules have made thousands more people ineligible for legal aid.新规定使另外数千人不符合接受法律援助的资格。
- The country had been declared ineligible for World Bank lending.这个国家已被宣布没有资格获得世界银行的贷款。
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）
- Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
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