VOA标准英语2012--Worries Boost Gasoline Prices and Stir Up US Politics

Worries Boost Gasoline Prices and Stir Up US Politics U.S. gasoline prices are rising to a level that angers many motorists. American Petroleum Institute chief economist John Felmy blames rising gasoline prices on rising demand for oil by major emerg

SSS 2008-08-25

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By Nico Colombant Port Harcourt, Nigeria 29 May 2007 Many Nigerians hope their new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, will urgently address the issue of gasoline scarcity after he is sworn in today. Even though Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer, mass

VOA标准英语2008年-High Gasoline Prices Cause Hardship in US

By Mil Arcega Washington 16 May 2008 Oil prices continued to break new records this week, trading briefly above $126per barrel on Monday. American consumers fear prices will go even higher as the summer driving season gets underway. Some say they are

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Hurricane Irma Nears, Gasoline Is In Short Supply For Floridians

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a gasoline shortage in Florida, and it's getting worse. As Hurricane Irma heads towards the state, a lot of people are on highways, trying to get away from the storm's path. Even those that are staying put are filling their

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2006年VOA标准英语-Gasoline Shortages Frustrate Iraqis

By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 06 July 2006 It is an irony of Iraqi life, that the country with the world's second-largest proven oil reserves must import petroleum products, and has a thriving black market for gasoline. The high cost of gas is dri

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Residents of southern California are trying to get used to skyrocketing prices for gasoline. The average price for 87 octane economy gas is $2.22, almost 30 percent higher today than it was 12 months ago. The lowest gas price in the Southland right n

VOA常速英语2008年-Gasoline Prices Climbing in US

By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 26 February 2008 Gasoline prices in the U.S. are at a seven-month high after oil prices spiked above $100 a barrel last week. The latest survey shows the national average for gasoline is now about four cents higher per

China to raise gasoline, diesel prices

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China will raise the retail prices for gasoline and diesel by 300 yuan (47.53 U.S. dollars) per tonne starting Feb. 8, the country's top economic planner said Tuesday. The benchmark retail price of gasoline will be lifted

Man drinks gasoline for 42 years

BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Gasoline powers vehicles all around the world, but a sick Chinese man has been drinking the sticky liquid for 42 years under the illusion that it can relieve his physical pain. Chen Dejun, 71, lives by himself in shabb

Iran starts exporting gasoline: official

TEHRAN, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran has started exporting gasoline（汽油）, an official was quoted by the local satellite Press TV as saying on Tuesday. The first shipment of Iran's gasoline has been exported（出口 ）, Ali Asghar Arshi, manager

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Forget flip flops and sun tan lotion, it's coffee and ketchup that holidaymakers consider their packing essentials, according to a new study. 一项最新研究显示，度假行李中的必备物品根本不是人字拖和防晒霜，而是咖啡和番

Vast water vapor beyond solar system found

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影视歌曲：《邪恶力量》S01E01插曲Gasoline：所有的一切燃烧吧

Houses haunted 屋子不干净 i just want to go for a ride out an on 我只是想出去兜兜风 thought i'd set this room a light 想着给这个屋子留个光 left alone 仅仅留个光 forever and for crimes unclear 和未解案件一起直到永远

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There are 320 million cubic miles of water on Earth and that is all we're ever going to get. 地球上有13亿立方公里水，这是全部。 The system is closed: practically speaking, nothing can be added or subtracted. 系统已经关闭，说得明

英语听书《白鲸记》第785期

I know not that any other author has hinted of the matter; 我不知道是否有其他作家提及此事， but by inference it seems to me that the sturgeon must be divided in the same way as the whale, 不过据我推断，鲟鱼也一定是按大鲸

你是否还会坚持原来的样子

Surmounting Life's Obstacles - Do You Cling to What You Were Before? 跨越生命中的障碍 您还坚持原来的样子吗? A little stream flowed down from a high mountain far, far away through many villages and forests, until it reached a desert.

英语听书《白鲸记》第324期

He was going on with some wild reminiscences about his tomahawk-pipe which, it seemed, had in its two uses both brained his foes and soothed his soul, 他是在对他那烟斗斧发狂思,那东西,在我们直接注意这个熟睡的索匠的时候,好