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Introduced to help enforce price controls in the fuel-hungry 1970s,
America’s ban on crude-oil exports was all but forgotten when the economy boomed
and imports soared. Now it is in the news again. It keeps American Crude around
$10 below the price. Cash-strapped oilmen would like to sell their product
abroad and are lobbying to lift the ban. (这样做还有一堆的好处，我就不摘录了。)But politicians are
fearful. Sooner or later, the petrol price will go up again--and anyone who
voted to allow precious hydrocarbons to be sold to foreigners will be in the
firing line.
词汇突破：
1.fuel-hungry油荒
2. crude-oil 原油=Crude
3. boom 繁荣
4. soar 上升
5. Cash-strapped 资金短缺
6. lobby 游说
7. lift the ban. 取消限制
8.firing line 处于容易受到攻击的地位
9. hydrocarbons 碳氢化合物(在这篇文章中就是指石油哦，这帮逗比的歪果仁为了表示多样性也够拼的，接着说石油要死啊!)
10. all but 几乎; (还有个结构是but all too 也是表示程度，删除就好了)
句子解析：
第一句：Introduced to help enforce price controls in the fuel-hungry 1970s,
America’s ban on crude-oil exports was all but forgotten when the economy boomed
and imports soared.
主干识别：America’s ban on crude-oil exports was forgotten.
其他成分：Introduced to help enforce price controls in the fuel-hungry1970s,
状语部分(独立成句)
整理后：
(America’s ban on crude-oil exports was) introduced to help enforce price
controls in the fuel-hungry 1970s.
when the economy boomed and imports soared. 状语部分(独立成句)
参考译文： (注意语序的调整哦!)(被动译为主动)(注意加上句间的关联词让中文更通顺。)
1970年代石油紧缺的时候，美国制定了对原油出口的限制以控制油价。但是，当经济繁荣，石油进口猛增的时候，这项政策几乎被忘记了。
第二句：Now it is in the news again.但是现在这条规定有上新闻了。
第三句：It keeps American Crude around $10 below
theprice.这项政策使美国原油的价格比国际油价低了十美元。(美国的水比油贵很多的。当然现在中国也是这样了。一瓶好的矿泉水比石油贵很多的。)
第四句：Cash-strapped oilmen would like to sell their product abroad and are
lobbying to lift the ban.资金短缺的石油商希望将自己的产品卖到海外去，而且开始游说取消这一限制。
第五句：But politicians are fearful.但是政客都很害怕。
第六句：Sooner orlater, the petrol price will go up again--and anyone who voted
to allowprecious hydrocarbons to be sold to foreigners will be in the firing
line.早晚，油价是要上去的，这样一来任何一个允许出口石油的人都将有可能受到攻击。 |
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发表于 2017-8-6 16:06:46