2011理工类职称英语教材新增文章

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1、2011年理工类职称英语教材新增文章下载阅读理解新增文章（共6篇）目录：第二篇(C级)：WorldCrudeOilProductionMayPeakaDecadeEarlierThanSomePredict第六篇(C级)：WeavingwithLight第三十四篇(B级)：BatteriesBuiltbyViruses第三十八篇(B级)：LongerLivesforWildElephants第四十五篇(A级)：SomePeopleDoNotTasteSaltLikeOthers第四十六篇(A级)：Marvel

2、ousMetamaterials第二篇WorldCrudeOilProductionMayPeakaDecadeEarlierThanSomePredict　　Inafindingthatmayspeedeffortstoconserveoil，scientistsinKuwaitpredictthatworldconventionalcrudeoilproductionwillpeakin2014.Thispredictionisalmostadecadeearlierthansomeotherpredic

3、tions.TheirstudyisinACS’Energy&Fuels1.　　IbrahimNashawiandcolleaguespointoutthatrapidgrowthinglobaloilconsumptionhassparkedagrowinginterestinpredicting"peakoil"."Peakoil"isthepointwhereoilproductionreachesamaximumandthendeclines.Scientistshavedevelopedsevera

4、lmodelstoforecastthispoint，andsomeputthedateat2020orlater.OneofthemostfamousforecastmodelsiscalledtheHubbertmodel2.Itassumesthatglobaloilproductionwillfollowabellshapedcurve3.Arelatedconceptisthat4of"PeakOil."Theterm"PeakOil"indicatesthemomentinwhichworldwi

5、deproductionwillpeak，afterwardstostartonirreversibledecline.　　TheHubbertmodelaccuratelypredictedthatoilproductionwouldpeakintheUnitedStatesin1970.Themodelhassincegainedinpopularityandhasbeenusedtoforecastoilproductionworldwide.　　However，recentstudiesshowtha

6、tthemodelisinsufficienttoaccountfor5morecomplexoilproductioncyclesofsomecountries.Thosecyclescanbeheavilyinfluencedbytechnologychanges，politics，andotherfactors，thescientistssay.　　ThenewstudydescribesdevelopmentofanewversionoftheHubbertmodelthatprovidesamore

7、realisticandaccurateoilproductionforecast.Usingthenewmodel，thescientistsevaluatedtheoilproductiontrendsof47majoroil-producingcountries，whichsupplymostoftheworld’sconventionalcrudeoil6.Theyestimatedthatworldwideconventionalcrudeoilproductionwillpeakin2014，ye

8、arsearlierthananticipated.Thescientistsalsoshowedthattheworld’soilreserves7arebeingreducedatarateof2.1percentayear.Thenewmodelcouldhelpinformenergy-relateddecisionsandpublicpolicydebate，theysuggest.　　词