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6. the statement that oil originated in the sea is confirmed by a glance at a map showing that chief oilfields of the world； very few of them are far distant from the oceans of today. 　　石油原于大海的这种观点是被人们所认可的，你要看一眼世界主要油井的分布图就一目了然了， 几乎没有远离现在海洋的油井。 　　7. the rocks in which oil is found are of marine origin too. 　　石油存在处的岩石也都有海洋的渊源。 　　8. A very common sedimentary rock is called shale， which is a soft rock and was obviously formed by being deposited on the sea bed. And where there is shale there is likely to be oil. 　　一块极普通的沉积岩叫页岩，这种页岩质地松软，很明显是通过海底沉积作用形成的。 有页岩的地方，极有可能有石油。 　　9. the drill may just miss the oil although it is near； on the other hand， it may strike oil at a fairly high level. 　　有时石油虽就在附近，但因为没钻准地儿，结果还是一无所获。有时呢，就这么一钻，石油就喷出好高好高。 　　10. when the crude oil is obtained from the field， it is taken to the refineries. Gas that comes off the oil later is condensed. 　　从油田获得的原油要被送到炼油厂进行处理。接下来再将获得的汽体浓缩后成为煤油。 　　11. We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost‘s familiar poem， they are not equally fair 　　我们正处在两条道路分岔的地方。但是并不像我们所熟悉的罗伯特。佛罗斯特诗中所说的，这两条路是同样的好。 　　12. right to know 　　知情权 　　13. A truly extraordinary variety of alternatives to the chemical control of insects is available. 　　除了用化学方法控制昆虫以外，还有其他各种非常奇妙的方法可以利用。 　　14. All have this in common： they are biological solutions， based on understanding of the living organisms they seek to control， and of the whole fabric of life to which these organisms belong. 　　所有这些方法都有一个共同点：他们都是生物的解决办法，其基础是人们对所要控制的生物体的了解，以及对这些生物体整个生活状况的了解。 　　15. It has its obscure and unpretentious beginning； its quite stretches as well as its rapids； its periods of drought as well as of fullness. 　　其源头，隐隐约约，并不引人注目；其流势，时而平缓，时而湍急；其水情， 有汛期，也有枯谒期。 　　16. Dr. Knipling was ready for a full-scale test of his theory. 　　尼普林教授已在佛罗里达岛进行了一些实地预备性实验， 并计划大规模地实践其理论。 　　17. the resounding success of the Curacao experiment whetted the appetities of Florida livestock raisers for a similar feat that whould relie