VOA慢速英语:Financial Reform Law Aims to Change Some of the Ways of Wall Street

1.At the heart of the two thousand three hundred pages in the bill are promises to protect average Americans.

At the heart of介词短语前置起强调作用。to protect average Americans是动词不定式做后置定语，修饰promises。

2.But the Federal Reserve will pay for it.

pay for为…付钱

例句：How much did you pay for the book?
      那本书你付了多少钱?

      I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
      我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

相关词组：

pay back偿还

例句：I am sure that he will pay back every cent he owes you.
      我敢肯定他会分文不差地把欠款还给你。

pay off使得益; 有报偿

例句：The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.
      这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
 
3.Last week the Senate voted final approval with the aid of three Republican senators.

with the aid of借助于…,在…的帮助下

例句：They seized power with the aid of the armed forces.
      他们靠武装夺取了政权。

4.Under the new law, banks can no longer own or invest in certain trading operations.

no longer和no more区别

用作副词表示时间上的“不再”，可用no longer, not…any longer, not…any more：

He knows that he is no longer young. 他知道自己不再年轻。

She could no longer go to school. 她不再能上学了。

This is no longer a distant dream. 这已不再是遥远的梦。

I can’t wait any longer. 我不能再等了。

I am not concerned with that matter any longer. 我不再和这事有关。

You won’t ever see her any more. 你不会再见到她。

I just can’t stand this life any more. 我简直受不了这种生活。

We won’t have any more discussion about it. 我们将不再作更多讨论了。

We don’t live here any more [longer]. / We no longer live here. 我们不住在这里了。

He once knew her, but they are no longer friends. 他过去认识她，但现在不再是朋友了。

no longer 通常位于句中的实意动词之前，动词be、助动词和情态动词之后，有时也可位于句末或句首(用于句首时，其后用倒装语序)：

He no longer loves her. / He loves her no longer. / No longer does he love her. 他再也不爱她了。

【注】原来no more 也可表示时间上的“不再”(但要与非延续性动词连用，且位于句末)，但在现代英语中，no more 一般不这样用。