Welcome to the Voice of America's “News Words”, where we talk about words you hear in the news.
欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”，我们在这里为你讲解你在新闻中听到的词汇。
This word is about the oil industry: crude.
这个单词是有关石油工业：原油。
U.S. gasoline prices are at the lowest level in years, thanks to falling crude oil prices.
由于原油价格下降，现在美国的汽油价格处在近年来最低水平。
Crude prices plunged because slowing economies in Europe and Asia reduced demand for energy, just as surging crude production in the United States increased the oil supply.
原油价格下降是因为欧洲和亚洲的经济放缓，减少了能源需求，并且美国的原油产量增加，提高了石油的供给。
Here, crude means oil that is unprocessed.
在这里，“原油”的意思是未经处理的石油。

Oil is shipped in crude form and finished at refineries, or factories.
石油以原油的形态被运到提炼厂或工厂加工。
Crude can also describe people's behavior. It means they are rough, and have bad manners.
“粗鲁的”这个单词还可以用来描述人的行为，意思是他们很粗暴，行为不礼貌。
So the next time you hear the word crude, you will know what this News Word means.
那么下次你听到单词“原油”，你就知道这个新闻词汇的意思了。