广播电视英语短句 第 68 课：医学研究机构-2

Elias Zerhouni left at the end of October after six and a half years as director. 在担任6年半的主任之后，Elias Zerhouni将在十月末离开研究院。

For now, the acting director is Raynard Kington. Doctor Kington has been deputy director for the past five years. 现在，Raynard Kington是研究院的代理主任。Kington博士在过去5年里一直是副主任。

Directors are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. 主任是有总统委派，参议员来批准的。

The National Institutes of Health had strong financial support during Doctor Zerhouni's first two years. 在Zerhouni博士出任主任的头两年，美国国立卫生研究院拥有强大的经济支持。

But Congress did not increase the budget very much after that. 但是那之后国会并没有增加太多预算。