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20 A World without Oil 假如世界上没有石油 1. Have you ever stopped to think how your life would change if the world ran out of用完，用尽 oil? Take a look at your day. The roof of your home is probably made waterproof防水的 by an oil product, bitumen沥青. The same product is used for the road surface outside your home. Before you leave to go to work or school, just examine your surroundings周围的环境. Is the room warmer than the cold air outside? Oil, or electricity电力 from oil-fed generators燃油发电机 may be keeping you comfortably warm. If you are comfortably cool in a tropical climate, your air conditioning unit空调器 may also depend on oil-fed generators. 1.你曾想过没有，如果世界上用尽了石油，你的生活会发生什么样的变化呢？请看一看你的日常生活。你家的屋顶可能是用一种叫沥青的石油产品做成防水的。沥青同样可用来铺你家外面的路面。在你离家去上班或上学之前，请观察一下你周围的环境。房间里会比外面冷空气暖和吗？这是石油或由燃油发电机发出来的电使你感到舒适温暖。如果你在炎热的气候里感到舒适凉爽，那么你家的空调器可能也是靠燃油发电机工作的。 2. In the kitchen and the bathroom you will probably see some plastic塑料的 fittings器具 such as tiles瓷砖，瓦片 and working surfaces; polystyrene聚苯乙烯 cups; curtains门帘 made from synthetic合成的 materials; disinfectants消毒剂 and detergents去污剂. All owe their origin to the oil known as petroleum (Latin/Greek petra, rock, and Latin oleum, oil), found deep in the earth. Look inside the medicine cupboard for more petroleum products, medical paraffin石蜡 and petroleum jelly凡士林. Cosmetics化妆品 such as face creams, lipsticks唇膏 and hair preparations are often based on petroleum. 2、在厨房和浴室里你可能看到一些塑料器具，如塑料地板和塑料操作台面、聚苯乙烯杯子、合成材料的浴帘、消毒剂和去污剂。所有这些都是来自称为“Petroleum”的石油，（“Petroleum”(石油)是由拉丁或希腊文petro(岩石)和拉丁文oleum(油)组成），深埋在地下。向药厨里看看，你可以找到更多的石油产品，如药用石蜡和凡士林。化妆品如雪花膏、唇膏、洗发剂等，常用石油作为基本原料。 3. When youre out, notice the fields and gardens. Fertilizers化肥 and insecticides杀虫剂 made from petroleum can improve crop production. Recently protein feeds蛋白质饲料 for animals have been developed by growing yeast酵母 in a petroleum based stock基本原料. As you head for走向，朝…进发 your bus, train or car, all of which use petroleum products in the form of fuel to move them and lubricants润滑油 to keep them in working order, take a look in