你们国家出口很多自然资源吗？有很多石油和煤炭吗
今天的这段对话，在讨论自然资源，
你们国家出口很多自然资源吗？有很多石油和煤炭吗
来听今天的讲解:
beginner
A: does your country export a lot of natural resources?
你们国家出口很多自然资源吗？
B: we export some coal to European countries, but our biggest exports is copper, which we export to Europe, north America, and china.
我们向欧洲国家出口一些煤炭，但我们最大的出口是铜，我们出口到欧洲、北美和中国。
A: which resources do you have to import?
您必须导入哪些资源？
B: we import a little oil from Venezuela, but we are fairly self-sufficient. We import some iron and a lot of aluminium from neighouring countries.
我们从委内瑞拉进口少量石油，但我们相当自给自足。我们从邻国进口一些铁和大量铝。
A: I heard that you country recently discovered deposits of precious stone.
我听说贵国最近发现了宝石矿藏。
B: yes, that’s right. So far, only small deposits have been found. Engineers in my country are focusing on drilling for oil. The government is keen to exploit our natural resources to get money to import our country.
是的，没错。到目前为止，只发现了少量矿床。我国的工程师们正专注于石油钻探。政府热衷于开采我们的自然资源，以获得进口我们国家的资金。
A: if your government invests in your country’s infrastructure, it will be money well spent.
如果你们的政府投资于你们国家的基础设施，这些钱会花得很好。
B: yes. We need to put the money into long-term projects rather than wasting it on short-term ones.
是的。我们需要把钱投入长期项目，而不是浪费在短期项目上。
Intermediate
A: is there a lot of oil and coal in your country?
你们国家有很多石油和煤炭吗？
B: there is some, but my country is not amongst the leading producers. The oil and coal deposits are in the north of my country. Your country is a big oil producer, isn’t it?
有一些，但我国不是主要的石油生产国之一。石油和煤炭储量在我国北部。你们国家是一个石油生产大国，不是吗？
A: yes, it is. My country is famous for having that natural resources. We also have a lot of natural gas.
是的。我的国家以拥有那样的自然资源而闻名。我们也有很多天然气。
B: we have some too. Do you have a lot of coal?
我们也有一些。你有很多煤吗？
A: no coal has been discovered in my country, but there may be undiscovered deposits. We don’t have many metal deposits.
我国还没有发现煤，但可能有未发现的矿床。我们的金属矿床不多。
B: there are a few in my country. We have deposit of gold, but they are very small.
在我的国家有一些。我们有黄金储备，但数量很少。
A: when I traveled around your country, I bought some jewellery made from gold form your country. The jewellery told me that there are few gold mines in your country. The gold was found in mountain steams.
当我在贵国旅行时，我从贵国买了一些黄金首饰。这些首饰告诉我，贵国几乎没有金矿。这些黄金是在山火中发现的。
B: that’s right. A few people go panning for gold in rivers.
没错。有几个人去河里淘金。
A: you have many trees in your country. That’s another natural resources.
你的国家有很多树。那是另一种自然资源。
B: it’s a natural resources that we hardly use. Government policy is to conserve those forests.
这是一种我们很少使用的自然资源。政府的政策是保护这些森林。
A: I see. That’s probably a good idea. Too many forest are being destroyed.
我明白了。这可能是个好主意。太多的森林被破坏了。
B: is your country’s environment being damaged by the oil industry?
你们国家的环境受到石油工业的破坏了吗？
A: we have some inspections, but it is very hard to avoid pollution when extracting oil. There has been some damage, but it is under control.
我们进行了一些检查，但在开采石油时很难避免污染。虽然有一些损坏，但已经得到控制。
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