中国石油大学石油英语初级教程课后答案Unit 3 Key to Exercises

Unit 3 Regional Development of Petroleum Industry

Engineering Communicative Focuses

I Language

Task 1 Glossary Match

Match the expressions on the left with its corresponding definitions on the right.

1 f

2 a

3 b

4 d

5 g

6 c

7 h

8 e

Task 2 Words or Expressions Check

Select one word or expression for the ten blanks from the twelve choices given in the table, and get it derived if necessary.

1 profile

2 volatility

3 extricate

4 vexing

5 artificial

6 surged

7 perpetual

8 acquisition

9 contriving 10 consolidation II Oral Presentation

Task 1 Questions and Answers

Answer the following questions according to the information from Text A, B or

C.

1 In order to satisfy its growing consumption and higher oil imports, China is diversifying its suppliers and encouraging its national oil companies to invest in Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere. China is pursuing a long-term policy of energy security rather than following the approach of Western companies that tends to emphasize short-term profits. (Text A, para16)

2 It is true that African oil, minerals, and timber are important to maintaining China’s economy and they constitute nearly all of Africa’s expor ts to China. But the argument is disingenuous. The same argument could be made for the United States, Europe, and Japan. China purchased only 9 percent of Africa’s petroleum exports in 2006 while the United States took 3

3 percent and Europe 36 percent. The four major African suppliers to China in 2006 in order of importance were Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, and Sudan. The four largest African exporters of oil to the United

States were Nigeria, Angola, Algeria, and Gabon. ( Text A, para19)

3 After World War II, there were two price levels that were maintained by the major oil companies. One was a domestic price in the United States and the other was an international price. (Text B, para4)

4 Since the oil crisis had not been the result of a real shortage of oil, but an artificially-contrived shortage for political reasons, when the above-described measures of conservation and increased reserves began to take effect, there would be a large surplus of oil. The increase in supply, and the increased variety of sources of oil made it impossible for OPEC to sustain the high prices that had been achieved. (Text B, para14)

5 CNOOC’s acquisition of the stake in Bridas earlier marked the company’s entry in Latin America and topped the $2.7 billion it paid in 200

6 for a share in a Nigerian oilfield. The latest acquisition takes total Chinese investments in the South American oil industry to more than $13 billion this year after China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, in October agreed to pay $7.1 billion for a 40 percent stake of Repsol YPF SA’s Brazilian unit. In March, Ecuador announced a $500 million deal with Sinopec to develop an oil bloc. (Text C, para11-12)

Task 2 Discussion and Debate

Discuss or debate the following questions about the texts in pairs or groups.

The following three questions come from some related hot issues. In this section students are expected to express their opinions freely based on their understandings of the three passages in this unit, and to appreciate multiple perspectives during the discussion.

Task 3 Critical Thinking Enhancement

Present your idea about the following topic.

This task is designed to discuss what strategies should be taken to defend the territorial integrity and show our stance in the world?

The core of the South China Sea issue rests with the territorial disputes on islands and reefs, and overlapping claims on maritime rights and interests in waters of the South China Sea, which are caused by the illegal occupation of some islands and