| 第 1 页：听力文本 |
| 第 2 页：参考翻译 |
| 第 3 页：词汇学习 |
| 第 4 页：短语学习 |
1.To others, he is the financial industry insider who facilitated reckless corporate risk-taking that placed the national and global economy in grave peril in the first place.
in peril冒着危险
例句：The ship was in imminent peril of being wrecked.
这艘船有立即被毁坏的危险。
in the first place事先，最初
例句：Why didn't you tell me in the first place?
为什么你不先告诉我呢？
2.I think now would be a particularly bad time to send a signal to the international community and to our overall financial system by playing politics in any way with this upcoming [reconfirmation] vote.
play politics玩弄权术
3.I think the Federal Reserve would benefit from a fresh start.
benefit from受益于
例句：He will benefit from the new way of doing business.
他将从经营业务新方法中获益。
4.……rather than the monetary policy he oversaw.
rather than而不，不
例句：Now also photography is regarded more as art rather than a simple hobby.
现如今，摄影也更多地被当作一门艺术，而不仅仅是一种爱好了。
