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万花筒:油价下跌,众人欢喜
日期:2008-10-20 09:49

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Rejoice at low gas prices


consumers are happy as gas prices continue to fall

So are you feeling some relief that the prices come down a little bit?

Umm, yes, I am. Hmm coz it was really hard like going to work. I work out here and I live in Baldwin, so the commute was killing me like gas rise, so I’m glad it’s going down.

Literally for the pump, but it’s sort of latent to affect because I think you know, the price per barrel has been coming down, so finally it’s refluxing to the consumer. That’s a good thing. And the market is still unsteady, so I’ll factor that this/ whether anything else is going on.

I certainly think it’s better. Do I think it gonna to last? I don’t think so. I think this is all due to the stock market.

It’s a relief, but it not a relief for the Average Joe , you know what I mean, relief for everybody else, so you can, you know, drive around and add some money in the bin and they can fill up .But you know for (an) average guy with a company vehicle, it’s still a lot.

That’s a low I’ve seen in a long time to be honest with you. I know it was up for a half around 4 and now it’s come to this low. It’s a good thing.

And people were happy when the price’s going down. So before they are angry and they come to the cage shield of the year. You raise the prices and these things. But now and slowly, slowly the(/) price went down. So everybody’s happy. You know what I mean?

And have you been cutting anything else, so you can now pay for your gas?

Yes, I bring my own lunch now. I don’t buy lunch out any more, cause’ I can't afford it, cause’ you know…

Ok, let me see your nails if there is any manicure, yes or no?

No, nothing.

Yeah, you and me both.

So we are not gonna / Starbucks after this, right?

Definitely not. I’m going home and I’m gonna make a pot of coffee.

Did you just fill your whole tank?

No.

How much did you put in?

$20.

And what did that get you?

Half a tank.

That’s edgy. You have a nes Chevy there? That’s not too bad, right?

No,it’s pretty good on gas.

How much does it take to fill a limo?

Er, it’s gotta be around $80.

Yeah.

Yeah, that’s a lot of money.

Even at the $3.29?

Well now, it’s now line I haven’t filled// wouldn’t be this low yet. So I don’t know just yet.

Right now, I am doing half a tank. I usually go to BJ’s, and I fill my tanker up there because it is cheaper. But I’m running low and I have somewhere to go. So I’m trying to fill it up.

Well, for these prices, I will properly fill.

It/ look like tomorrow will go more down. You know what I mean, tomorrow, today we are $2.19, hopefully it’s come back, you know by $2.50 a gallon, and now economy got better, everybody, you know what I mean, they have it, they can spend some more money on…

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重点单词
  • gallonn. 加仑(容量单位)
  • affectvt. 影响,作用,感动
  • tankn. 坦克,箱,罐,槽,贮水池 vt. 把 ... 储于
  • latentadj. 潜伏的,潜在的 n. 隐约的指印,指纹
  • stockn. 存货,储备; 树干; 血统; 股份; 家畜 adj
  • reliefn. 减轻,解除,救济(品), 安慰,浮雕,对比 adj
  • shieldn. 盾,防卫物,盾状物 vt. 保护,遮蔽
  • pumpn. 泵,抽水机,打气筒,抽水,打气 v. 打气,抽水,
  • vehiclen. 车辆,交通工具,手段,工具,传播媒介
  • tankern. 油轮,坦克中一员