Oil A Messy Resource

Oil a messy resource written by Ned Jensen

《石油：一种容易弄出乱子的资源》 作者：内德·延森

Introduction. Oil is a very important resource. We use oil for energy. We use it to make gas for cars. We use it to heat buildings. We even use it to make plastic things and medicines.

简介。 石油是一种非常重要的资源。 我们用石油获取能源， 用它生产汽车用的汽油， 用它给建筑物供暖， 甚至还用它制造塑料制品和药品。

Oil comes from below the ground. We use large drills to dig wells. The wells bring oil to the surface. Then we can use the oil.

石油来自地下深处。 我们用大型钻机钻油井。 油井把石油抽到地面上。 这样我们就可以使用石油啦。

How we get oil. Oil is found in many places. Some of these places are below land, but others are below the ocean floor.

我们如何获取石油 很多地方都有石油储藏。 有些石油在陆地下面， 还有一些在海底下方。

An oil rig is a machine that drills for oil. Oil rigs drill deep into the ground. Some special oil rigs can float on the ocean. They use pipes to bring the oil to the surface.

石油钻塔是用来钻探石油的机器， 它会向地下深处钻孔。 有些特殊的石油钻塔可以漂浮在海面上， 它们用管道把石油输送到海面。

Problems with drilling underwater. Problems can happen when people drill for oil. This floating oil rig caught fire. Some people were killed, and others got hurt.

水下钻探会遇到的问题 人们钻探石油的时候可能会发生意外。 这座漂浮的石油钻塔着火了。 有一些人不幸遇难，还有一些人受了伤。