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智课网TOEFL备考资料托福阅读机经背景—莫桑比克发现大量天然气资源 International energy companies say they have discovered potentially massive natural gas fields off the coast of Mozambique. 国际能源公司表示，在莫桑比克沿海发现了潜在的大规模天然气田。 The Italian energy firm ENI last month announced two major finds in the Mamba South gas fields off Mozambiques northeastern coast. The company said the field, located 45 kilometers off Cabo Delgado province, could yield more than 22 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. 意大利能源公司埃尼上个月宣布说，在莫桑比克东北部沿海南梦巴发现了两座巨型天然气田。埃尼公司说，这个气田有可能蕴藏着22万亿立方英尺的天然气。 The announcement follows that of the American oil company Anadarko, which said its gas fields in the same area could yield up to 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. And, Britains Cove Energy PLC estimates it exploration field in the same area could eventually yield 40 trillion cubic feet of gas. 在意大利埃尼能源公司公布这一消息之前，美国阿纳达科(Anadarko)石油公司已经宣布说，他们在同一地区拥有的天然气田有可能出产多达10 万亿立方英尺的天然气。与此同时，英国一家能源公司预计他们在这一地区有可能开采出40万亿立方英尺的天然气。 Gas flows are expected to come on line between 2014 and 2016. 预计，这一地区的天然气管道将在2014到2016年间正式开通。 It is big, noted Tony Twine is director and senior economist at Econometrix, South Africas largest independent macro-economic consultant firm. It would provide about $150 billion at 2010 gas prices, it really is a significant find. Incidentally, $150 billion is equivalent to ten full years of Mozambique gross domestic product. So relative to their other sources of income, this is massive. 提怀恩说：“规模真的很大。用2010年的价格来算的话，这些天然气价值一千五百亿美元，相当可观。很巧的是，一千五百亿美元正好等于是莫桑比克目前整整十年的国内经济总产值。所以说，和该国的其他收入来源比起来，这一收入可以说是庞大的。” Twine says the fields are huge by any standards and promise an enormous financial windfall for the country. Mozambique is one of the worlds poorest countries, having emerged from a 15-year civil war in 1992 with its infrastructure devastated and its economy shattered. The country has made many gains since then and continues to be one of the continents fastest growing economies. Even so, economists note this