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Now that President Obama’s whirlwind（旋风） visit to New York last night, he was actually here to raise money for the Democratic Party, but he used the trip to send a message to Wall Street. NBC’s Savannah Guthrie is at the White House this morning. Good morning, Savannah.

Good morning, Ellen, well, the President is gonna be in campaign（运动） mode again today. He will travel to New Jersey¹ for a rally for New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine. And as you mentioned, he was on the fundraising circuit last night, a pair of lavish² fundraisers in the New York City and the timing³ of that got some criticism because his aides of course have been blasting Wall Street for bonuses and about a third of the attendees there were from Wall Street. Well, the President decided⁴ to use the opportunity（机会） to send a message.

“So if there are members of the financial industry（金融业） in the audience today? I would ask that you join us in passing what are necessary reforms. Don’t fight them, join us on them.”

The White House has been angry because the financial industry is fighting regulatory reform. Later today, the President’s gonna announce some tax credits focusing on Main Street, trying to increase lending to small businesses. One more thing about those bonuses, Ellen, I talked to a Bank of America official the other day who said when we see these eye-popping figures, first of all, they are only projections⁵ and you should keep in mind, this is all of compensations. So what include? Salaries, wages, bonuses（奖金）, health insurance, dental, all of those kinds of benefits anything that’s in perspective that we are all missing here. Nevertheless, the White House has really been blasting them for it.

All right Savannah Guthrie, thanks so much. (本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 lavish   

adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍

参考例句：

• He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
• The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。

3 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

4 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。

5 projections   

预测( projection的名词复数 )； 投影； 投掷； 突起物

参考例句：

• Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
• The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。