新概念优美背诵短文50篇：炼油（双语有声）.docVIP

新概念优美背诵短文50篇：炼油（双语有声） Oil Refining炼油 An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil war. Crude oil, or petroleum – a dark, thick ooze from the earth – had been known for hundreds of years, but little use had ever been made of it. 一种重要的新兴工业——炼油业在国内战争后成长起来。未加工的石油，或原油——一种深色的地下的稠浆——数百年来一直为大众所知，但是人们却很少使用过它。 In the 1850’s Samuel M. Kier, a manufacturer in western Pennsylvania, began collecting the oil from local seepages and refining it into kerosene. Refining, like smelting, is a process of removing impurities from a raw material.Kerosene was used to light lamps. It was a cheap s