法律英语：121 Who Pays for the BP Oil Spill?

by Adam Freedman Todays topic: The Gulf oil spill--who pays? And now, your daily dose of legalese: This article does not create an attorney-client relationship with any reader. In other words, although I am a lawyer, Im not your lawyer. In fact, we b

路易斯安那州利用BP结算资金来恢复海岸

AS IT IS 2015-07-29 Louisiana Using BP Settlement Money to Restore Coast 路易斯安那州利用BP结算资金来恢复海岸 Five years ago, work crews successfully stopped a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The workers blocked the release of

VOA标准英语2010年-BP Replaces Chief Executive Amid Recor

Members of the British Petroleum executive, from left, outgoing CEO Tony Hayward, Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, and incoming CEO Bob Dudley, pose for the media outside their global headquarters in London, 27 Jul 2010 The international oil giant BP h

BP阿拉斯加油田再次开门

British Petroleum has put someone new in charge of their operations in Alaska, where they spilled 800,000 gallons of oil in March and where they shut down the biggest oil field in the United States in August because of pipeline corrosion. BP is the

Whose Finger Do You Want on the Button?

Whose Finger Do You Want on the Button? Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the meaning of everyday expressions in the English language. Today, we talk about a common object that appears in many express

VOA标准英语2010年-US Lawmakers Accuse BP Chief of Puttin

BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill on Capitol Hill in Washington, 17 Jun 2010 BP's chief executive officer Tony Hayward f

New Gulf Oil Spill Report Levels Most of Blame on BP

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【英文短篇小说】THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON（1）

I As long ago as 1860 it was the proper thing to be born at home. At present, so I am told, the high gods of medicine have decreed that the first cries of the young shall be uttered upon the anaesthetic air of a hospital, preferably a fashionable one

【英文短篇小说】THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON（2）

There's a great future in the dry-goods business, Roger Button was saying. He was not a spiritual man--his aesthetic sense was rudimentary. Old fellows like me can't learn new tricks, he observed profoundly. It's you youngsters with energy and vitali

奥巴马每周电视讲话 BP石油泄漏独立调查委员会

Weekly Address: President Obama Establishes Bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling 每周电视讲话：奥巴马总统成立两党联合的关于BP深海地平线（Deepwater Horizon）石油泄漏和

VOA标准英语2010年-Divers Find Oil Under Surface; BP Cont

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms that some of the oil escaping from that ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is staying beneath the surface, raising new environmental concerns about the disaster. BP says there is no

BP to create safety division after Gulf spill disaster

HOUSTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Wednesday it will create a new safety division with sweeping（彻底的） powers to oversee and audit the company's operations around the world. In a news release issued Wednesday, incoming BP

英伦广角 2010-08-01 BP总裁即将下台

He's been the focus of criticism for months. His future is uncertain since oil began gushing out from a damaged BP rig off the coast of Louisiana. Now the man, criticized for his handling, one of the world's worst oil spills, is set to leave. BP admi

每日一词【475】hot button：热门、焦点

今天我们要学的词是hot button。 Hot button, 是热门、焦点。在美国加州进行的最新民意调查发现，支持同性婚姻的选民第一次占据了多数。 The results of the survey showed the highest level of support on the h

美国习惯用语:306 button your lip; on the button

今天我们要讲的习惯词语都包括这样一个词，button。大家也许已经知道button是纽扣，但是button也可以作动词，意思你也一定猜得到，就是扣上纽扣。我们今天要讲的第一个习惯用语是: button y

学个词Learn a Word 第475期 Hot button

今天我们要学的词是hot button。 Hot button, 是热门、焦点。在美国加州进行的最新民意调查发现，支持同性婚姻的选民第一次占据了多数。 The results of the survey showed the highest level of support on the h

BP discovers new oil in Gulf of Mexico

HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP announced Wednesday it had a major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. An appraisal well the company drilled in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico found

BP计划出售上海赛科石化股权

BP is planning to sell one of its biggest Chinese investments, by disposing of the UK energy companys 50 per cent stake in the Secco petrochemicals plant near Shanghai. 英国石油(BP)正计划出售其在中国的最大投资项目之一，处置这家

BP, Russian company sign deal on share swap

LONDON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- British Petroleum（石油） (BP) signed an agreement with Russia's state-controlled oil producer Rosneft on Friday evening, under which BP will swap 5 percent of its stock, valued at 7.8 billion U.S. dollars, for 9.5 per

BP Reaches Deal for Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuits

British Petroleum has announced it has reached a multi-billion-dollar agreement with fishermen and other plaintiffs who sued over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill off the U.S. coast. BP says the $7.8 billion deal represents a partial settlement in t