VOA慢速英语:'The Big Short' Explains the Global Financial Crisis

短语讲解：

1. The film points out that banking used to be a boring industry in the 1970s.

point out 指明; 指出
例句：Please don' t take it amiss, if I point out your errors.
假如我指出你的错，请别见怪。

2. They were quick to offer loans to people without making sure they could pay them back.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：Make sure the passengers are strapped in(to their seats) before driving off.
开车前请乘客务必系好安全带。

3. Bourdain says this is similar to what Wall Street did with risky mortgages as securities.

be similar to 类; 与…相似; 类乎
例句：This behavior is similar to buckling of strut.
这种状态类似于压杆的屈曲。

4. The film closes on a serious note. In the wake of the debacle, the bankers who created the crisis were not punished.

in the wake of 随着; 尾随，紧跟
例句：Traders came in the wake of the explorers.
商人紧跟着探险者而至。