时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(六)月


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BP is planning a new line of attack to contain the oil spill in the Gulf 1 of Mexico after efforts to plug the leak using mud and cement failed.  The so called  "top kill" procedure was declared a failure Saturday, prompting company officials to talk about a new technique. There's no guarantee the new plan will work and experts say it could temporarily increase the amount of oil spilling into the gulf. 


Six weeks and six failed attempts later to contain the worst oil spill in US history, BP says it will try again.


On ABC News, BP managing director Bob Dudley said underwater robots will move in tosaw off the top of the broken pipe.


"We're going to go in and put a cap on it and we'll be able to produce the fluids [the oil] and the next step is to make sure that we minimize the oil and pollution going into the Gulf," said Bob Dudley.


But experts say the plan will temporarily increase the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf.


White House energy advisor 2 Carol Browner on CBS News:


"When they cut the riser, our experts are telling us it may be as much as 20 percent more oil," said Carol Browner.


The U.S. government estimates between 70 and 150 million liters of oil have already spilled into the Gulf, much larger than BP's earlier estimates.


Democratic strategist and Louisiana resident James Carville:


"I know this: every piece of information we have gotten to the size of this, or things that were going to work, none of it has turned out to be true," said Carville.


Some say the military should take over operations to stop the spill.  But the Pentagon's top commander, Admiral Mike Mullen says the private sector 3 has the greater expertise 4.


"In fact, the technology that the… the best technology in the world with respect to that, exists in the oil industry," said Admiral Mullen.


 


BP CEO Tony Hayward apologized again for delays and missteps.  He insisted the company is doing everything possible to contain the spill.


"We are doing everything we can to contain the oil offshore 5, defend the shoreline and return people's lives to normal as fast as we can," said Hayward.


The White House says it is preparing for the worst.  Experts say the most effective solution involves drilling relief wells to reroute oil, a process that could take months.

 



n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
n.顾问,指导老师,劝告者
  • They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
n.专门知识(或技能等),专长
  • We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
  • You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。
adj.海面的,吹向海面的;adv.向海面
  • A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
  • A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
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