假如世界上没有石油

凝雨云

1.Have you ever stopped to think how your life would change if the world ran out of oil? Take a look at your day. The roof of your home is probably made waterproof by an oil product, bitumen. The same product is used for the road surface outside your home. Before you leave to go to work or school, just examine your surroundings. Is the room warmer than the cold air outside? Oil, or electricity from oil-fed generators may be keeping you comfortably warm. If you are comfortably cool in a tropical climate, your air conditioning unit may also depend on oil-fed generators.

　　你曾经想过地球上的石油用光后世界会怎样改变吗？看看你的日子吧。你的屋顶可能是用一种叫沥青的石油制品做成防水的。同样的产品也用作你屋外道路的路面。在你上班或上学前，请检查一下周围的环境。房间里是否比户外的空间暖和？油，或者是燃油发电机发出的电使你感到暖和舒适。如果你在炎热的季节里能享受到舒心的凉快，你的空调机大概也是依赖燃油发电机吧。

　　2. In the kitchen and the bathroom you will probably see some plastic fittings such as tiles and working surfaces; polystyrene cups; curtains made from synthetic materials; disinfectants and detergents. All owe their origin to the oil known as petroleum (Latin/Greek 'petra', rock, and Latin 'oleum', oil), found deep in the earth. Look inside the medicine cupboard for more petroleum products, medical paraffin and petroleum jelly. Cosmetics such as face creams, lipsticks and hair preparations are often based on prtroleum.
　　在厨房或洗手间里，你可以见到一些如瓷砖和台面这样的塑料制品；塑料杯；合成材料的窗帘；消毒剂和清洁剂。都来自于地球深处的所谓的石油（拉丁语/希腊语 "petro" ，石头，而拉丁语 "oleum" ，油）。看看药柜里面，找找更多的石油产品，药用蜡和石油膏。比如面霜，唇膏和发蜡等化妆品通常也是基于石油的。

　　3.When you're out, notice the fields and gardens. Fertilizers and insecticides made from petroleum can improve crop production. Recently protein feeds for animals have been developed by growing yeast in a petroleum based stock.. As you head for your bus, train or car, all of which use petroleum in the form of fuel to move them and lubricants to keep them in working order. Take a look in the mirror. What are you wearing today? A polyester shirt or dress, nylon socks or stockings, and acrylic sweater - a raincoat of PVC(polyvinyl chloride)? All of these are based on petroleum products.

　　若你出外，注意田野和花园。来自于石油的肥料和杀虫剂提到了作物的产量。最近基于石油原料发酵生长的动物蛋白质饲料也开发出来了。当你走向你的车，所有这些车都以驱动燃料或保证正常运转的润滑油的形式使用着石油。看看镜子。你今天穿什么呢？一件合成纤维的衬衫或衣服，尼龙短袜或长袜，氰纶毛衣还是塑料雨衣？

　　4.Scientists predict that the world's known oil resources will run out early in the next century. But long before then the world will have to decide on its priorities. Can we afford to use so much of our limited petroleum supplies for private motoring? Should airlines compete on similar routes allowing planes to fly long distances with empty passenger seats? What alternative energy resour ces can be developed?

　　科学家们预测地球上已知的石油资源大约在下一世纪初用完。但远在那个时候之前世界就应该优先作出它的决定。我们能在有限的石油供应中用去这么多消耗在私人汽车上吗？由于航空竞争而允许飞机空着这么多的座位在同一条航线上飞行那么长的距离吗？能开发出什么样的替代能源呢？

　　5. There is an old English saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention." which means that when you are faced with a need you will discover some way of fulfilling it. Already scientists are proposing some fascinating solutions. There is one suggestion that the wheeled traffic and the footsteps of crowds walking the streets in major cites could generate energy. One company has parented an idea in which metal strips inserted in pavements and roads operate flywheels by means of a piston action using hydraulic fluid. They say the human and wheeled traffic in a busy city centre could provide enough energy to light the streets of an entire town or power the heating system for a hospital or school. Some people are developing sophisticated versions of windmill. Engines can run on alcohol, so surplus sugar cane could be used to produce energy. An air ship powered by energy from the sun has been suggested. Such 'sun ship' would have a large enough surface area to carry the enormous number of solar cells necessary to move any appreciable load. Such 'sun ship' might travel at over one hundred kilometres an hour. In such circumstances, of cause, the tropical parts of the world would have a head start in the race to find new energy sources.

　　有句英国谚语说："需要是发明之母。"它的意思是当你面对需要时你就会找到解决它的方法。已经有些科学家提出了迷人的解决办法。一种建议是利用大城市街道上的汽车轮子和人群的脚步来产生能量。一个公司提出一个想法，在街道下面放置金属带，利用液压动力推动活塞来驱动飞轮。他们说繁忙的城市中心的人们和车轮能够提供足够的能量来点亮整个城市的街道，或为一个医院或学校提供采暖系统的能量。一些人发明了复杂的风车。引擎能用酒精驱动，使得可用过剩的甘蔗来产生能量。也有人提出了用太阳能的飞艇。这样的太阳飞艇有足够大的表面来装置数量巨大的太阳能电池，使它具有一定的载货量。这样的太阳飞艇每小时能飞一百公里。当然，在这样的环境里，地球的热带地区将在开发新能源的竞赛中走在前头。

凝雨云

:lol

zhousdan

那就世界变成另外一个样子了，感觉会比现在好

lugangupc

其它动物活得也不错

北极

加入世界上没有石油，我将会做什么工作呢:o :o

yinxiang_love

呵呵，不得不回帖啊！

wycan_112

楼主
没有油
我们这些人干吗啊

黑色流体

假如世界上没有了石油，就不会有小汽车，就不会有污染，曾经的作文，很雷！！！

zbh_2pp

我们将会更有事情做了，去找石油啊

huangqing

没有石油很多人失业