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1、听力课堂,开放式英语学习平台！www.TingClass.net解读石油价格(Gettingrealaboutgasprices)Woe!Woetothepoliticianwhoisperceivedtobefailingtodosomethingaboutthesoaringpriceofgasoline,whichhasjumpedabout20percentinthepastsixmonths.AAAestimatestheaveragetwo-carhouseholdwillconsume
2、morethan1,200gallonsofgasolineayear.Thatmeansthe50-cents-a-gallonincreaseoverthepastyearhasfamiliesspendinganextra$600ofafter-taxmoneyeachyear,squeezingmiddle-andlow-incomefamiliesthemost.可悲!在过去的六个月，政客们对石油价格骤升20%束手无策真是可悲。每星期，当司机加油时,总感觉被宰了。AAA估计平均有两部车的家
3、庭一年要消耗1200多加仑汽油，也就是说，每加仑汽油升价50美分就使这个家庭在交税以后，还要多付600美元，这使得中下收入的家庭更加拮据。Chinesedrivers.Thistimenobodyissurethatthespikeinoilpriceswillbeshort-lived.ForAsia.,whocouldhaveimaginedthatIndiaandChinawouldbecomesuchbigconsumers?Chinesedemandgrewby33percentlasty
4、earandbyanadditional20percentthisyear,pushingconsumptiontoover6millionbarrelsaday.Chinaisonthevergeofanexplodingdemandforautomobiles.Gasolineconsumptionwillhaverisenfromabout10percentofChina'soilneeds10yearsagotoanestimated40percentbytheendofthisdecade
5、,whenprivatecarownershipisexpectedtosoartoalmost28million.ThosepeoplewithincomeshighenoughtoaffordautosinIndiaandChinaaregrowingbyabout12percentayear.Nolongerwill80percentoftheworld'senergybeusedbyonly20percentoftheworld'spopulation.在中国，司机都认为这次石油价格骤升不会
6、是短期的。对于亚洲，谁曾想得到印度和中国会成为这么大的消耗国。中国需求去年增长33%，今年还要再增加20%，使得消耗量每天超过600万桶。中国对汽车的需求很快就要激增，当私人汽车增加到2800万时，汽油的消耗也要从十年前的10%增加到这个年代底的估计的40%。在中国和印度能买得起汽车的人以每年12%增加。世界能源的80%不再是只被20%的人口所使用。Andwhataboutsupply?Nooneispayingattentiontotheexperts'warnings,anymorethanth
7、eydidnearly50yearsago.Backthen,theUnitedStateswastheworld'sbiggestoilproducer,pumpingmorethanhalfasmuchagainastheSovietUnionandtwiceasmuchasmanyMiddleEasterncountries.ButtheCassandras,asitturnedout,wereright.U.S.productionpeaked,in1970,atabout10million
8、barrelsadayandisnowatleast30percentbelowthat.AsfortheOPECcountries,weknowverylittleabouttheirpotentialfornewenergysources.Mostoftheiroilcomesfromahandfulofoldoilfields,concentratedinasmallareacalledthe"goldentriangle."Ithasbeen学英语，练听力，上
