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My principal asked me to join a meeting about the school budget.校长让我参加一场关于学校预算的会议。 Prior to the meeting, I read every page of the old report.开会之前，我把那份旧报告的每一页都读了一遍。 The cuts looked harsh, but they were needed.这些削减看起来有些苛刻，但它们是必要的。 Our school takes integrity seriously, so every receipt must be kept.我们学校很重视诚信，所以每一张收据都必须保留。

One teacher began to mutter that the plan was unfair.一位老师开始嘟囔说这个方案不公平。 A rumour about lost money spread through the staff room.关于丢钱的传言在教师休息室里传开了。 The principal said the monetary loss was small but real.校长说，金钱上的损失虽小，但确实存在。 Safety, she said, is our first priority.她说，安全是我们的第一要务。 We agreed to proceed with a full check of the accounts.我们同意对账目进行一次全面核查。

The check found that one bill had been paid twice.核查发现有一笔账单被付了两次。 In a hospital a small error can be deadly, so we must be careful too.在医院里，一个小错误可能是致命的，所以我们也必须小心。 We now check every bill twice before we pay.现在我们每次付款前都会核对两遍账单。 The whole process took a week, but our records are clean.整个过程花了一周时间，但我们的账目干净了。