CNN 2010-09-20

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is one of the central aspects of financial reform, will empower all Americans with the clear and concise¹ information they need to make the best choices,the best financial decisions, for them and their families. Never again will folks be confused or misled by the pages of barely understandable fine print that you find in agreements for credit cards or mortgages or student loans.

A year  ago  about, so  three people crossed our  borders, in  every country, of course you know, there're very heavy strict rules when you cross a boarder, especially if they were also  condemed the activities that they also did in addition, collecting information, spying. You  know，this is very heavy, heavy crimes. This is how Americans know where they are,  they made  a lot  of noises around,  they all  got what  this happened  that haven't, come on, they've crossed our  boarders.  When  she was  here, she never complained that the conditions were hard on her.We did it as a  humanitarian² gesture, anyone in the latter of the decision on our part, for now, we have to see what they will do .

Lady Gaga has decided³ to enter this debate. I haven't seen her get involved in another political debate quite like this. A few days ago, she tweeted Senate Majority Leader Harry⁴ Reid and said you better move forward on this. He tweeted back,actually, I think, his staff did -- saying, look, we're moving forward, there's going to be a vote in the Senate in a few days. Now she's got a YouTube video where she's going after Senator McCain. And at one point, she called into Chuck Schumer's office from New York. Take a listen to what she did.

" I am a constituent⁵ of the senator,  my name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, also known as Lady Gaga.I'm calling to ask the senator to vote with Senators Harry Reid and Carl Levin to repeal⁶ 'Don't Ask.Don't Tell' and oppose John McCain's shameless filibuster⁷. We need to do this for our gay and lesbian soldiers, and finally repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'."

Just pumping and pumping, and he was enormous. I mean, look at him. You can see this part of him coming out of the water. His big belly⁸, and then you saw his head because his head had to come out for me to shoot him.
 

1 concise   

adj.简洁的，简明的

参考例句：

• The explanation in this dictionary is concise and to the point.这部词典里的释义简明扼要。
• I gave a concise answer about this.我对于此事给了一个简要的答复。

2 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

5 constituent   

n.选民；成分，组分；adj.组成的，构成的

参考例句：

• Sugar is the main constituent of candy.食糖是糖果的主要成分。
• Fibre is a natural constituent of a healthy diet.纤维是健康饮食的天然组成部分。

6 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

7 filibuster   

n.妨碍议事，阻挠；v.阻挠

参考例句：

• A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
• The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。

8 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。