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　　今天的句子：

　　Still, the striking fact that some unlucky people had to pay to get rid of crude oil in the world’s most liquid market raised fears that there was more trouble to come. The underlying problem with the oil market，however，is inelasticity—that is, in the short term, supply doesn’t fall much and demand doesn’t rise much in response to a price decline. On the supply side, it’s expensive to close down an oil well, and producers are reluctant to curtail production and surrender market share to rivals.

　　思考题：

　　It can be learned from the text that ___.

　　A.consumers usually can get paid if they use oil

　　B.crude oil is a commodity facing liquidity crisis

　　C.crude oil market is regarded as fairly inflexible

　　D.oil wells have been closed down despite the cost

　　词汇突破：

　　Still 然而

　　striking fact 令人惊讶的事实

　　most liquid market 流动性最好的市场

　　underlying problem 根本的，潜在的问题

　　inelasticity 没有弹性

　　a price decline 价格下跌

　　curtail 减少

　　surrender 让出

　　market share 市场份额

　　rivals 对手

　　句子解析：

　　第一句：

　　Still, the striking fact that some unlucky people had to pay to get rid of crude oil in the world’s most liquid market(同位语从句) raised fears that there was more trouble to come.(同位语从句)

　　参考译文：然而，一些不幸的人必须花钱才能在全球流动性最大的市场上处理掉原油，这一惊人事实让人们担心，更多的麻烦还在后头。

　　第二句：

　　The underlying problem with the oil market ，however ， is inelasticity—that is,(也就是说，这是一个固定搭配，表示解释) in the short term,(状语) supply doesn’t fall much and demand doesn’t rise much in response to a price decline.(状语)(翻译的时候，先翻译状语)

　　参考译文：但是，石油市场的根本的问题是缺乏弹性，即在短期内，油价下跌不会带来大幅的供应下行和需求上升。

　　第三句：

　　On the supply side, it’s expensive to close down an oil well, and producers are reluctant to curtail production and surrender market share to rivals.

　　参考译文：在供应侧，关停油井的成本很高，生产商也不愿减产，将市场份额拱手让给竞争对手。

　　思考题解析：

　　A. consumers usually can get paid if they use oil

　　(使用石油的消费者通常可以得到报酬)

　　没有提及， A不对!

　　A选项错误。

　　B. crude oil is a commodity facing liquidity crisis

　　(原油是一种面临流动性危机的商品)

　　第二句说了问题是：缺乏弹性而不是流动性危机。

　　而且第二句是关键啊!这种题干没有明确指向的题目，

　　我肯定要找转折后啊!

　　B选项错误。

　　C. crude oil market is regarded as fairly inflexible

　　(原油市场被认为相当缺乏弹性)

　　对应的就是第二句中的：inelasticity

　　我加上了fairly是为了配合其他三个选项的长度。

　　不会因为加了这样一个词就认为这是错了的!

　　C选项正确。

　　D. oil wells have been closed down despite the cost

　　(不管价格油井已被关闭)

　　没有提到

　　D选项错误。

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