影片對(duì)白
At any rate, we land, we meet my guy, and even if we don't find the person who
tipped off the cops, we find his phone. The paper trail
begins.
我觀之我見
似乎繼父母與繼子女的關(guān)系都是比較難處的……
考考你
一展身手
2. Tip off
在口語中的意思是“Supply with secret or private information; also, warn or
alert”，例如：
The broker often tipped her off about stocks about to go down in
price.
They were tipped off and left the country before the police could
catch them.
Tip off 還可以表示“透露內(nèi)部信息，給出內(nèi)行人的建議”，例如：He tipped off the police about the
terrorist plot.
3. Paper trail
這是一個(gè)法律術(shù)語，意思是“the documentary evidence of one's
actions”，可以是手寫的，也可以是打印的，包括有書面檔案、文檔、記錄等等，我們來看幾個(gè)例子，體會(huì)一下這個(gè)術(shù)語的含義：
Judges leave a
paper trail, a track record of opinions that tell, literally, where they are
coming from.
This paper trail consisted mainly of electronically stored
information.
4. Make a scene
這個(gè)片語也寫作create a scene，意為“make a public disturbance or excited emotional
display(當(dāng)眾吵鬧或興奮得大喊大叫等)”，例如：Joan made a scene when the restaurant lost her dinner
reservation.
5. You got no clue.
意思是：You have no idea.
文化面面觀
美國的石油產(chǎn)業(yè)與石油政策
Oil was an integral part of U.S. foreign policy in
the twentieth century, and its influence has shown no sign of diminishing in the
twenty-first century. Oil has been and continues to be central to military power
and to modern industrial society, and possession of ample domestic oil supplies
and control over access to foreign oil reserves is a significant, and often
overlooked, element in the power position of the United States relative to its
rivals.
美國是世界第一大石油消費(fèi)國，也是世界上已探明石油探明儲(chǔ)量最多的國家之一。美國的石油煉制加工行業(yè)主要集中于得克薩斯州、路易斯安納州、加利福尼亞州、伊利諾伊州、賓西法尼亞州、新澤西州、華盛頓州、俄亥俄州和印第安納州。目前美國市場(chǎng)上占主導(dǎo)地位的油公司主要是埃克森美孚公司、飛利浦大陸石油公司、雪佛龍德士古公司、殼牌石油公司、Frontier
Oil, Marathon
Oil等公司。對(duì)于國內(nèi)的石油開采與生產(chǎn)，美國用法律形式明確了石油資源的所有權(quán)、勘探權(quán)和開采權(quán)，然后用市場(chǎng)競(jìng)標(biāo)方式確定開采權(quán)的租讓價(jià)格。政府不直接干預(yù)私人企業(yè)的石油生產(chǎn)和經(jīng)營(yíng)，油品價(jià)格由市場(chǎng)供求決定。戰(zhàn)略儲(chǔ)備石油的采購、儲(chǔ)存、釋放基本上采取市場(chǎng)招標(biāo)機(jī)制，政府運(yùn)用金融衍生品工具和期貨市場(chǎng)來分散和回避國際石油價(jià)格激烈波動(dòng)的影響，或者降低儲(chǔ)備成本。另外，政府還通過補(bǔ)貼、技術(shù)援助和融資手段支持國內(nèi)能源企業(yè)參與國際競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。
Control of oil has been intimately linked to
broader political, military, and economic objectives. These larger foreign
policy concerns have shaped the issue of control and have, in turn, been shaped
by it. For example, all the major postwar doctrines of U.S. foreign policy-the
Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, Carter, and Reagan doctrines-relate, either directly
or indirectly, to the Middle East and its oil.
The oil industry has been one of the most modern and best-organized sectors
of the U.S. economy, and both domestic and international companies have opposed
policies that reduce the demand for their products. Domestic producers have
argued that greater incentives for domestic production are the answer to U.S.
oil needs, while companies with interests overseas have argued that they can
supply U.S. oil needs, provided they receive government protection and support.
