2011年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)：MarvelousMetamaterials第二篇WorldCrude

2、OilProductionMayPeakaDecadeEarlierThanSomePredict　　Inafindingthatmayspeedeffortstoconserveoil，scientistsinKuwaitpredictthatworldconventionalcrudeoilproductionwillpeakin2014.Thispredictionisalmostadecadeearlierthansomeotherpredictions.TheirstudyisinACS’Energy&Fuels1.　　IbrahimNashawiandc

3、olleaguespointoutthatrapidgrowthinglobaloilconsumptionhassparkedagrowinginterestinpredicting"peakoil"."Peakoil"isthepointwhereoilproductionreachesamaximumandthendeclines.Scientistshavedevelopedseveralmodelstoforecastthispoint，andsomeputthedateat2020orlater.Oneofthemostfamousforecastmod

4、elsiscalledtheHubbertmodel2.Itassumesthatglobaloilproductionwillfollowabellshapedcurve3.Arelatedconceptisthat4of"PeakOil."Theterm"PeakOil"indicatesthemomentinwhichworldwideproductionwillpeak，afterwardstostartonirreversibledecline.　　TheHubbertmodelaccuratelypredictedthatoilproductionwou

5、ldpeakintheUnitedStatesin1970.Themodelhassincegainedinpopularityandhasbeenusedtoforecastoilproductionworldwide.　　However，recentstudiesshowthatthemodelisinsufficienttoaccountfor5morecomplexoilproductioncyclesofsomecountries.Thosecyclescanbeheavilyinfluencedbytechnologychanges，politics，a

6、ndotherfactors，thescientistssay.　　ThenewstudydescribesdevelopmentofanewversionoftheHubbertmodelthatprovidesamorerealisticandaccurateoilproductionforecast.Usingthenewmodel，thescientistsevaluatedtheoilproductiontrendsof47majoroil-producingcountries，whichsupplymostoftheworld’sconventional

7、crudeoil6.Theyestimatedthatworldwideconventionalcrudeoilproductionwillpeakin2014，yearsearlierthananticipated.Thescientistsalsoshowedthattheworld’s56oilreserves7arebeingreducedatarateof2.1percentayear.Thenewmodelcouldhelpinformenergy-relateddecisionsandpublicpolicydebate，theysuggest.