Fighting Financial Crisis 2019-0

former chairman of the Federal Reserve 美联储前主席

treasury secretaries 财政部长

op-ed 专栏

co-authored 联合撰写

co-authored an op-ed on the New York Times 

The global economy teetered in the face of a classic financial panic. 

teeter totter 跷跷板 (he is about to fall)

precarious 危险的

in very precarious position 

hindsight is 20/20 事后诸葛亮

in sync with 与.....一致

conflict of interests 利益冲突

Wallstreet firms 

in some respects 在一些方面

The gap in regulatory oversight have largely been closed. 监管缺口、漏洞

make the system more resilient 

conflagration 灾难

as memory of the crisis fades 

congress (legislative branch of government who make the law) vs  senate 

FDIC= federal deposit insurance cooperation  

solvent 有偿付能力的

danger of gambling 

level off 趋于平稳

attuned 灵敏的

Doctors must be attuned to the symptoms in the patient. (means doctors watch them carefully)

foreseeable future 可预见的未来（短期的未来）

We have put the appropriate safeguards in place. (n. 保障措施)

safeguard against disease 预防疾病 (v. )

Teachers must take criminal background checks to safeguard children in schools. (v. )

Federal regulators are making tighter restrictions. 

end with a fire metaphor 

we always doom to repeat the past.