时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:访谈录2010


英语课

And now we turn to the drama unfolding here in Washington. Tomorrow marks the first public meeting of what's called the Financial Crisis Inquiry 1 Commission, a panel set up by Congress, a lot like the 9/11 Commission was, to get to the bottom of last year's financial meltdown. The CEOs of the nation's biggest banks will be there, just as they are about to reward their employees with what could be some record-breaking bonuses. CNBC's David Faber, here in Washington to cover everything that happens tomorrow, is here with us tonight.


-David, I heard somebody on the air today say that for the banking 2 industry, this is like the start of the old Watergate hearings. It’s correct or hyperbole?


-Well, perhaps a bit of hyperbole. It's not clear we'll have quite that drama or that much on the line, but no doubt tomorrow when you have Lloyd Blankfein from Goldman Sachs, John Mack, the chairman of Morgan Stanley, Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan, and the new CEO of Bank of America, all in front of this commission, there are going to be a lot of questions asked. It may not be quite as combative 3 as sometimes it is in front of Congress. This commission is going to be operating for quite some time, trying to truly get some answers as to what underpinned 4 that financial collapse 5 that took place in the fall of '08.


-And who's the investigator 6? Who's running things here? And what will the actual outcome likely be for taxpayers 7 who would love to hear some answers?


-Well, you know, we won't know the outcome for quite some time. This is often the case with these commissions that a final report is sometime away, probably far away from when we, of course, suffered such a blow in our financial markets. Nonetheless, Phil Angelides is running the commission, former state treasurer 8 at California. And it has a number of significant people on it who actually will be able to understand some of the answers they're getting from the people they're asking the questions to. We'll see. We may actually get some deeper understanding of exactly what went on, and there may even be some law enforcement that gets involved, as well, down the road if they really do their work.


-All right, David Faber, we'll look for your coverage 9 of it among others tomorrow. David, thanks for being with us tonight.



1 inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
2 banking
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
3 combative
adj.好战的;好斗的
  • Mr. Obama has recently adopted a more combative tone.奥巴马总统近来采取了一种更有战斗性的语调。
  • She believes that women are at least as combative as are.她相信女性至少和男性一样好斗。
4 underpinned
v.用砖石结构等从下面支撑(墙等)( underpin的过去式和过去分词 );加固(墙等)的基础;为(论据、主张等)打下基础;加强
  • The report is underpinned by extensive research. 这份报告以广泛的研究为基础。
  • The statue of Diana was underpinned with charred piles. Diana雕像是建造在炭化了的木桩上的。 来自辞典例句
5 collapse
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
6 investigator
n.研究者,调查者,审查者
  • He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
  • The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。
7 taxpayers
纳税人,纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
8 treasurer
n.司库,财务主管
  • Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
  • The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。
9 coverage
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
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actinyl group
actual mean pressure
american national screw thread
anaerobic bacillus
annular die
arch-demon
aziridines
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bituminous plastic
bohr van leeuwen theorem
book gift
cardinal trait
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chicken head
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chloranocryl
clustered aggregates
command and data-handling console
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complete observability
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Coptis japonica Makino
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counter response
cryotrimming
cuproproteins
cystoscopic lithotrite
darutin-bitter
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directorate of civil aviation (dca)
dl-lupanine
dpm (decade per minute)
fambe
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first level message member
function of n-variables
Gargallo
gather fresh way
genus naiass
geracomium
Godφysund
Gravensteins
griboyedov
grouse-moors
half-sane half-insane offender
hamals
Haughley
Hubble's parameter
hydroxyimino
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java tobacco survey clause
killoran
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membrana quadrangularis
missionary stations
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myles standishes
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overdue arrival
Pickering, William Henry
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polar coordinate manipulator
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principal shearing stress
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reciprocal of chain-derivation
schan
season-low
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semiinsulated
Shell Rock
single-wire feeder
sleak
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Solusediv
squidward
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thryssa kammalensis
titanium ingot
to become worse
Toxocara canis
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