play a role in在……扮演一个角色，在某方面起作用
例句：The headmaster plays an important role in the good running of a school.
办好一所学校, 校长起重要作用。
make up组成, 构成
例句：The audience was made up of very young children.
观众由小孩子们组成。
2. According to the Ministry of Education, at the end of 2010, there were more than 120,000 private institutions, accounting for 22 percent nationwide, with 34,000,000 students in private schools.
account for占有，占...百分比
例句：APEC members account for more than half of the world's economic output.
亚太经合组织成员的经济总量在世界占一半以上。
3. Gu says the misconception has led to more controls and less support for private schools in policy-making.
lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。
4. Gu also suggests that priority in reviving private schools be placed on freeing them from public institutions and allowing them more flexible policies concerning financing.
place on把…放在…上; 把…强加于…
例句：He placed the blame on his wife.
他归咎于他的妻子。
free from (把…)从…释放出来; 使摆脱
例句：We freed him from his financial obligations.
我们使他摆脱了经济上的责任。
5. If our government provides more support for it, I think private schools can keep pace with their public counterparts and even become the mainstream of Chinese education.
keep pace with跟…齐步前进
例句：We should keep pace with the swift tempo of the day.
我们应跟上时代的飞速步伐。
6. In his government report at the opening meeting of the annual session of the National People's Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao said government spending on education would account for 4 percent of the country's GDP this year.
spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。
