1. Eletricity must be generated by the consumption of coal or oil
    发电需要消耗煤或石油.

2. By way of contrast oil can be transported large distance by pipeline.
    不同的是, 石油可以用输油管远距离输送.

3. But we do not need to send men down to get the oil out, as we must with other mineral deposits.
    但是，我们不必像开采其他矿藏那样，把人送到地下去把石油取出。

4. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
    因此，我们不时地掉过头，怀疑车后是否留下了机油和汽油的痕迹。

5. Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks.
    伯德马上命令他的助手们把两个沉重的食物袋扔掉，

6. Bits of broken glass, lengths of string, a key to a door long since decayed away, a rusty knife-blade, old shoes saved for a road that never was and never will be, a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail, a dried flower or two s
    碎玻璃块；小线头儿；一扇早已朽败的门上的钥匙；一把锈蚀的刀；一双为某条从来没有、将来也不会有的路而准备的旧鞋；一颗弯折的钉，它所承受过的重量足以弄折任何钉子；一两支干花，仍散发出几许花香。

7. For it is then almost ready to undertake heavy work and can begin to earn its keep straight away.
    这个年龄的象差不多已能干重活，可以很快挣回饲养它的开支。

8. For heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.
    因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严重的水灾。

9. When it has been decided where we are going to drill, we put up at the surface an oil derrick.
    当钻孔地点决定后, 我们就在那块地面上坚起一个井架.

10. We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.
    我们力图避免那种有关喷油井的陈旧的, 不切实际的计划, 这种计划浪费油和天然气.