Obama Seeks Reforms in Financial Supervision

    周三,奥巴马总统提出重大变革议案,重建政府对金融行业的监管机制。

    奥巴马:“今天,我的政府提议对金融调控体系进行全面的检查,这是自大萧条以来从来没有过的转变。”

    目前的经济低迷是由于不负责任的借贷文化和“整个体系的失败,”他说。奥巴马说,我们需要一个能够满足二十一世纪全球经济速度和复杂性的新的体系。

    财政部长盖特那称,金融危机爆发的部分原因是由于现存的体系允许一些公司“为微弱的调控买单”。周四参议院银行委员会前他对计划进行了讨论。

    其中一个目的是增加对一些大公司的监管,这些公司一旦破产将威胁到整个金融体系。美联储将获得新的权力。中央银行将与提议的金融服务勘察委员会一起决定,哪些公司的规模太大,坚决不能破产。

    该想法的目的是为了尽早辨别有问题的公司。但是美联储现在必须先获得财政部的允许之后才能实施紧急贷款。

    奥巴马政府还提议成立新的消费者金融保护机构。其主要职责是保护人民免于不公平和滥用的借贷行为。

    奥巴马政府还支持另一个提案。贷方必须保证其平均国内贷款的5%以有价证券的形式出售。该提案目的是保证银行在提供贷款方面更加负责,不能将风险抵押贷款转嫁给投资者。

    国会民主党留到人称,他们希望能尽快通过法案,使总统可以在年底之前签署。

    一些组织对这些议案不满。保险公司希望能够简化规定,但是他们必须继续与各州不同的监管机构打交道。政府几乎没有做出努力将几个联邦监管机构整合为一个单一的金融监管结构。

    行业组织金融服务协会称,他们支持政府的许多提案,但是不支持消费者保护机构。它反对将对公司的监管从产品中分离出来,这样每个监管机构只能获知一半信息。金融行业“不需要更多的调控,而是更多有效的调控。”

    1.sweeping a. 扫荡的, 彻底的, 广泛的

    2.overhaul n.仔细检查; 检修, 翻修, 拆修

    例句:I'm going to the doctor for my annual overhaul, ie physical examination.
          我要到医生那里作年度身体检查。

    记不记得前段时间阿特兰蒂斯号航天飞机上的宇航员维修哈勃望远镜时用的也是overhaul。

    3.complexity n. 复杂, 复杂性, 复杂的事物

    例句:Evolutionary increase in complexity of form and function.
          渐变演变过程中形状和功能的复杂程度逐渐增加。

    4.identify vt. 识别, 认为...等同于, 确定, 使参与

    例句:Medical experts will train health care workers to identify and treat patients with the disease.
           医学专家们将训练医护人员,让他们能够够辨别这种疾病,并对患者进行治疗。

    5.permission n. 许可, 允许

    例句:They refused me permission.
          他们拒绝答应我的要求。

    6.abusive 滥用的, 妄用的
     
    7.simplify vt.简化; 使简易; 使单纯

    例句:This will simplify the matter a great deal.
          这样就会使情况大大简化。

    1.So today, my administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system, a transformation on a scale not seen since the reforms that followed the Great Depression.

    on a scale在某个规模,在规模上

    例句:Trees are being felled on a large scale, animals are facing immediate extinction and people are losing their homes.
           树木被大片砍伐动物生存亟亟可危,人们无家可归。

    2.The current economic downturn grew out of a culture of irresponsible lending and borrowing and "a failure of the entire system," he said.

    grow out of由...而来

    例句:All things grow out of the barrel of a gun.
          枪杆子里面出一切东西。

    3.Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the financial crisis developed in part because the existing system let some companies "shop for the weakest regulator.

    in part部分地

    例句:AS China's biggest city, Shanghai hAS made phenomenal progress over the years, thanks in part to the contribution of        foreign talent.
           上海是中国第一大都会,近年来发展迅速,外来人才或可说功不可没。

    4.The central bank would work with a proposed Financial Services Oversight Council to decide which companies are too big to fail.

    too to太……而不能

    例句:I've got to learn how to sew because it's too expensive to have the seamstress sew all my buttons back on every few weeks.
          我隔上几个星期就得让女裁缝帮我缝扣子,这样的花费太大,我必须得学会怎样缝纫。

    5.But the Fed would now have to seek permission from the Treasury to carry out emergency lending.

    carry out进行, 实现, 贯彻, 执行

    例句:Will your office use its staff to carry out work under my instructions?
          你们公司会让员工按照我的意思工作吗?

    The industry "does not necessarily need more regulation," it says," but rather more effective regulation."

    rather关于rather的两个词组would rather  rather than都经常用到,下面详细讲一下。


    would rather常省略为““d rather”,表示优先选择的一种方式,意思是“宁愿;宁可;更;还是为好”,后接动词原形。其否定形式是would rather not do sth。would rather没有人称和数的变化,所有的人称一律用would rather。例如:

    I”d rather stay at home on Sunday.

    星期天我宁愿呆在家里。

    I”d rather not go there today.

    今天我宁愿不去那里。

    would rather常用于以下几种句型:

    1. 肯定式(would rather do sth)

    I”d rather have some rice.

    我宁愿吃点米饭。

    2. 否定式would rather not do sth.

    I”d rather not see her again.

    我宁可不再见到她。

    3. 疑问式

    Would you rather stay here or go home?

    你愿意呆在这里,还是回家?

    4. 如果在两者中进行取舍,表示“宁愿……而不愿”时,则可用would rather…than…这一句型。例如:

    I would rather have noodles than rice.

    我宁愿吃面条也不吃米饭。

    注意:

    使用这一句型时要注意“平行结构”,即在than 的前后要用两个同类的词或词组,如两个名词、两个不定式、两个介词短语等。例如:

    I would rather go to work by bike than by bus.

    我宁愿骑自行车也不愿乘公共汽车去上班。

    I would rather talk with his mother than with his father.

    我宁愿和他妈说话而不愿和他爸说话。


    5. would rather +that 从句

    表示“一个人宁愿另一个人做某事”。引导从句的that常省略,从句中用过去时态。

    I”d rather you went home now.

    我宁愿你现在就回家。

    注意:

    would rather是英式英语,美式英语用had rather。


    rather than

    一、用作连词

    用作连词,相当于but not,意为“而不”、“不是……(而是)”、“与其……(不如)”,前后连接的成分应该是平行的。如:

    He ran rather than walked. 他不是在走而是在跑。

    He is a writer rather than a teacher. 与其说他是教师还不如说他是作家。

    You are doing this for yourself rather than for others. 你做这件事不是为别人而是为你自己。

    It was what he meant rather than what he said. 这是他的意思,而不是他说的话。

     二、用作介词

    用作介词时,也表示but not,其意为“而不”、“不是……(而是)”、“与其……(不如)”,正如一般介词要后接动名词作宾语一样,rather than后也可接动名词作宾语。如:

    I decided to write a cheque rather than using the last of my cash,  我决定开张支票而不把现金用光 

    三、特别说明

    由于既可视为并列连词也可视为介词,所以连接不定式时,后面一个不定式可带to或不带to(视为准并列连词时),也可用动名词(视为介词时)。如:

    I decided to stay at home rather than (to) go [going] to the cinema. 我宁愿呆在家里也不愿去看电影。

     四、语法上的提醒

    1. 若 rather than 位于句首,其后的不定式通常不带to(也可用动名词)。如:

    Rather than go there by air, I’d take the slowest train. 我宁可乘最慢的火车去也不愿坐飞机去。

    Rather than waste [wasting] your time doing it yourself, why don’t you call in a builder? 你为什么宁愿浪费时间自己去干而不去请一个包工的呢?

    2. 连接两个成分作主语时,其谓语动词的数通常与前面一个主语保持一致。如:

    The teacher rather than the students is to blame. 应受责备的是老师而不是学生。