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英语课

By Kent Klein
White House
22 October 2009


 
President Barack Obama, 22 Oct 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama is welcoming the Treasury 1 Department's order to slash 2 top executives' pay at seven big companies that have not paid back their government bailouts. The U.S. central bank will also examine the way bankers are paid.


The government is telling the seven companies that have received the most federal aid to drastically cut the pay of their 25 highest-paid executives.


President Obama says the Treasury Department made the right decision.


"This is America," said President Obama. "We do not disparage 3 wealth. We do not begrudge 4 anybody for doing well. We believe in success. But it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms-firms that are struggling-pay themselves huge bonuses, even as they continue to rely on taxpayer 5 assistance to stay afloat."


Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, says the executives' salaries will be cut by as much as 90 percent, and their average total compensation will drop by about half, starting in November.


Mr. Obama says Feinberg's actions are a step toward greater accountability in the financial industry.


"I believe he has taken an important step forward today in curbing 6 the influence of executive compensation on Wall Street, while still allowing these companies to succeed and prosper," said Mr. Obama.


The seven companies affected 7 by the order are Bank of America, American International Group and Citigroup, as well as Chrysler, General Motors and their financing arms.


The president is asking Congress to approve greater regulation on executive pay.


"More work needs to be done, which is why I urge the Senate to pass legislation that will give company shareholders 8 a voice on the pay packages awarded to their executives," he said. "And I urge Congress to continue moving forward on financial reform that will help prevent the crisis we saw last fall from happening again."


At the same time, the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, is considering new rules on bankers' pay.


The proposal would not limit bankers' pay, but would allow the Fed to review, and possibly veto, pay policies that cause too much risk-taking at banks.


Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says some misaligned pay systems encouraged executives to take excessive risks.



n.宝库;国库,金库;文库
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩
  • The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
  • Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
v.贬抑,轻蔑
  • Your behaviour will disparage the whole family.你的行为将使全家丢脸。
  • Never disparage yourself or minimize your strength or power.不要贬低你自己或降低你的力量或能力。
vt.吝啬,羡慕
  • I begrudge spending so much money on train fares.我舍不得把这么多钱花在火车票上。
  • We should not begrudge our neighbour's richness.我们不应该嫉妒邻人的富有。
n.纳税人
  • The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。
  • The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。
n.边石,边石的材料v.限制,克制,抑制( curb的现在分词 )
  • Progress has been made in curbing inflation. 在控制通货膨胀方面已取得了进展。
  • A range of policies have been introduced aimed at curbing inflation. 为了抑制通货膨胀实施了一系列的政策。
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
  • The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
  • the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
学英语单词
administrative readjustment
alaudidaes
arshile gorky
Balagne
Biver
Bulzi
buzzes in
cardmember
castlemaine
certified instrument
colletotrichum rhoinum tassi
complection
concentrate feed
configuration data control
constrained kinematic chain
consummateth
continuous casting
curly-haired
cutaway dive
depth-chargeds
Dictyoclostus
Domodossola
doxing
El Higuerón
electrically-operated platform truck
erosion mountains
erythroblastotic
erythropoeisis
feeler spring pin
Finucane Ra.
fix point
garment leather
generator unit stator
gourlie
greywacke schist
H.D.L.W.
hartnell
herdmate comparison
high volume sampler
hollow packing
hoogenband
humetted
incisiver suture
inviters
language data
line frequency generator
link-local address
long-term government bonds
Länsi-Suomen Lääni
marine atmosphere corrosion-resisting structural steel
maritime buoyage system agreement
methylone
middleburgh
mindelo
Mošnov
nanningensis
non-pensionable supplements
nondeterministic finite automation
Orthosiphon spicatus
overrunner
Parophidion
perfumes
pilosis
plaster jeckets
Podkarpackie
posthabit
power-downs
presidentiables
proportional intensifier
pyridizin
pyrometric cone equivalent value
rail cambering machine
regular surface gauge
Roundwood Res.
scarlatina latens
shanghaiing
skin irritation assay
spaghetti strap
St. Gervasius' disease
stantly
steam turbine rotor
strong gluten
subfamily Triglinae
Sud, Pte.
thalamic medullary stria
the shakes
thermometer dial
thoracispinal
three-dimensional model
timeframes
tractor mounted
transposition pin
Tyssedal
u-tube hydrometer
ulcerable
vault money
Wanner optical pyrometer
water-carrying
wavelength spectrometer
whelping
yekke
yellow globe lily