VOA标准英语10月-Brown Presses Hard for Banking Crisis Agreement a

Speaking in Brussels at the start of a two-day summit of European leaders, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was hopeful the 27-member group could unanimously agree on a banking-system rescue package based on the British model of recapitalizing financial institutions to get money moving again. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London reports.
　

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Winning the argument against each country trying to take care of its own financial crisis independently, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's coordinated-action approach appears to have won over his colleagues in Europe. Others around the world are watching as well.

His financial plan has been a guidepost for U.S. officials implementing¹ the $700-billion bank bailout. On Monday, German Chancellor² Angela Merkel announced a plan that closely resembles the British model.

Mr. Brown, who just a month ago was facing calls from within his own ruling Labor³ party to step aside before the next general election, has risen to the occasion in facing the global financial meltdown head on.

His decade as British Treasury⁴ Secretary appears to have prepared him for this moment. In Brussels for the European summit to hammer out an agreement on a common plan, Mr. Brown is leading the call to bring liquidity⁵ back into the system, to recapitalize the banks to strengthen them for the future, and to get banks to start lending money once again for things like mortgages and small business operations.

"Today is an important moment for the European Union, all 27 countries meeting together," Mr. Brown said. "I hope we will find agreement also from the whole of Europe on what needs to be done. That all countries within the European Union will feel part of the program that is necessary to stabilize⁶ the financial system and then to move the economy of Europe forward."

In addition to these initial goals, Mr. Brown says much stronger oversight⁷ is required if these financial problems are not to be repeated.

"Stage two is to make sure that the problems that developed in the financial system, problems that we know started from America, that these problems do not recur⁸ again and we give people the confidence that we have taken the action that is necessary to root out the irresponsibilities and excesses in the system, and to make sure that the rules of the system are such that we have proper disclosure and proper transparency, that we have supervision⁹ in areas where supervision was previously¹⁰ not required, but we now know is necessary," Mr. Brown said.

What Brown calls an early warning system needs to be established to identify financial problems before they get out of hand and he says better international coordination¹¹ in needed to handle crises that may arise in the future.

Compared to just a month ago, the prime minister today looks like a man brimming with new found self-confidence. And while this will undoubtedly¹² help him in the polls, more pain in Britain's domestic economy in the form of rising unemployment, increasing national debt, and a higher cost of living may temper the political gains he has made in leading Britain and other nations through these difficult economic times.

1 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

2 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

5 liquidity   

n.流动性，偿债能力，流动资产

参考例句：

• The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
• The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。

6 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

7 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

8 recur   

vi.复发，重现，再发生

参考例句：

• Economic crises recur periodically.经济危机周期性地发生。
• Of course,many problems recur at various periods.当然，有许多问题会在不同的时期反复提出。

9 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

10 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

11 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

12 undoubtedly   

adv.确实地，无疑地

参考例句：

• It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
• He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。