L2：
1. What is the main purpose of the lecture?
To compare several different ways of evaluating local budgets
To discuss an approach to creating public spending plans
To examine the kinds of decisions politicians make when funding public projects
To point out flaws in current local budgeting processes
2. According to the professor, what do United States citizens usually believe about the budgeting process at the local level?
It typically begins soon after local elections have taken place
It must be monitored by financial experts
It happens without direct input from local residents
It is too lengthy a process to observe
3. What potential advantages of PB does the professor mention?（多选题）
It can make the budgeting process less complicated
It can make the budgeting process more transparent
It can increase tax revenues from local businesses
It can help politicians match their priorities to citizens’ priorities
4. According to the professor, what is the most important requirement for citizens who want to get involved in PB?
Some educational background or work experience in budgeting
A leadership role in the program that they want funding for
An awareness of campaign promises made by local officials
Adequate time to devote to the budgeting process
5. What does a professor talk about a community center?
To point out that budgeting for a project does not guarantee that it will be carried out
To describe a project that she believes most politicians would support
To give an example of a facility where PB meetings typically take plac
To indicate that the budgeting process takes longer for some projects than it does for others
6. What opinion does the professor express about PB when she discusses the Yale University research study?
PB is worthwhile only for relatively small cities
PB is probably more accepted in Brazil than in the United States
The people who benefit the most from PB are the politician
Further studies of PB should be done by budget experts rather than by politician scientists
