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1、2011年理工类职称英语教材新增文章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)：MarvelousMetamaterials第二篇Wo

2、rldCrudeOilProductionMayPeakaDecadeEarlierThanSomePredict　　Inafindingthatmayspeedeffortstoconserveoil，scientistsinKuwaitpredictthatworldconventionalcrudeoilproductionwillpeakin2014.Thispredictionisalmostadecadeearlierthansomeotherpredictions.TheirstudyisinACS’Energy&Fuels1.　　IbrahimNashawiandcol

3、leaguespointoutthatrapidgrowthinglobaloilconsumptionhassparkedagrowinginterestinpredicting"peakoil"."Peakoil"isthepointwhereoilproductionreachesamaximumandthendeclines.Scientistshavedevelopedseveralmodelstoforecastthispoint，andsomeputthedateat2020orlater.Oneofthemostfamousforecastmodelsiscalledt

4、heHubbertmodel2.Itassumesthatglobaloilproductionwillfollowabellshapedcurve3.Arelatedconceptisthat4of"PeakOil."Theterm"PeakOil"indicatesthemomentinwhichworldwideproductionwillpeak，afterwardstostartonirreversibledecline.　　TheHubbertmodelaccuratelypredictedthatoilproductionwouldpeakintheUnitedState

5、sin1970.Themodelhassincegainedinpopularityandhasbeenusedtoforecastoilproductionworldwide.　　However，recentstudiesshowthatthemodelisinsufficienttoaccountfor5morecomplexoilproductioncyclesofsomecountries.Thosecyclescanbeheavilyinfluencedbytechnologychanges，politics，andotherfactors，thescientistssay.

6、　　ThenewstudydescribesdevelopmentofanewversionoftheHubbertmodelthatprovidesamorerealisticandaccurateoilproductionforecast.Usingthenewmodel，thescientistsevaluatedtheoilproductiontrendsof47majoroil-producingcountries，whichsupplymostoftheworld’sconventionalcrudeoil6.Theyestimatedthatworldwideconven

7、tionalcrudeoilproductionwillpeakin2014，yearsearlierthananticipated.Thescientistsalsoshowedthattheworld’soilreserves7arebeingreducedatarateof2.1percentayear.Thenewmodelcouldhelpinformenergy-relateddecisionsandpublicpolicydeba