VOA慢速英语:President Appoints Consumer Agency Chief

短语讲解：

1. The president used a measure known as a recess appointment to fill the position.

known as被认为是，被称为
例句：Radio, television, newspapers and magazines are known as the mass media.
广播、电视、报纸和杂志被称为大众传媒。

2. He told the crowd that the severe economic crisis three years ago did not happen because of too many financial rules.

because of因为, 由于
例句：It was because of the job that he had taken the flat.
他因为工作的原因租了那套公寓。

3. That makes no sense. Does anyone think the reason why we got into such a financial mess, the worst financial crisis since the great depression, the worst economic crisis in a generation, that the reason was because of too much oversight of the financial industry?

make sense明智
例句：It would make sense to leave early.
还是早点走好。
get into陷入
例句：This mistake may get him into difficulties.
这一错误将使他陷入困境。

4. They also want a group of people to lead the agency instead of a single director.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.
他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。

5. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resulted from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of twenty ten.

result from产生于…, 由…引起
例句：His failure resulted from not working hard enough.
他的失败是工作不够努力造成的。

6. The agency’s budget is expected to be around five hundred million dollars.

be expected to预计
例句：The death toll is expected to rise.
预计死亡人数还会增加。

7. Richard Cordray served as Ohio’s Attorney General for two years.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中, 这位将军曾当过士兵。

8. He has earned praise for bringing legal action against banks and financial companies accused of harming homeowners and borrowers.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：He was accused of murder.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪。