英语情景口语[87]:natural resources自然资源

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　　87 natural resources
        　　words
        　　coal metal iron ore oil water precious metal diamond export import refine
mine mining miner drill(ing) engineer supply infrastructure wood stone pure
natural aluminium
        　　oil well
        　　phrases
        　　drill for oil
        　　explore for oil
        　　discover gold
        　　mine precious metals
        　　refine oil
        　　dig a mine
        　　exploit resources
        　　beginner
        　　a: does your country export a lot of natural resources?
        　　B; we export some coal to European countries, but our biggest exports is
copper, which we export to Europe, north America, and china.
        　　A: which resources do you have to import?
        　　B: we import a little oil from Venezuela, but we are fairly
self-sufficient. We import some iron and a lot of aluminium from neighouring
countries.
        　　A: I heard that you country recently discovered deposits of precious
stone.
        　　B: yes, that’s right. So far, only small deposits have been found.
Engineers in my country are focusing on drilling for oil. The government is keen
to exploit our natural resources to get money to import our country.
        　　A: if your government invests in your country’s infrastructure, it will be
money well spent.
        　　B: yes. We need to put the money into long-temp3 projects rather than
wasting it on short-temp3 ones.
        　　Intemp3ediate
        　　A: is there a lot of oil and coal in your country?
        　　B: there is some, but my country is not amongst the leading producers. The
oil and coal deposits are in the north of my country. Your country is a big oil
producer, isn’t it?
        　　A: yes, it is. My country is famous for having that natural resources. We
also have a lot of natural gas.
        　　B: we have some too. Do you have a lot of coal?
        　　A; no coal has been discovered in my country, but there may be undiscovered
deposits. We don’t have many metal deposits.
        　　B: there are a few in my country. We have deposit of gold, but they are
very small.
        　　A: when I traveled around your country, I bought some jewellery made from
gold fomp3 your country. The jewellery told me that there are few gold mines in
your country. The gold was found in mountain steams.
        　　B: that’s right. A few people go panning for gold in rivers.
        　　A: you have many trees in your country. That’s another natural
resources.
        　　B: it’s a natural resources that we hardly use. Government policy is to
conserve those forests.
        　　A: I see. That’s probably a good idea. Too many forest are being
destroyed.
        　　B: is your country’s environment being damaged by the oil industry?
        　　A; we have some inspections, but it is very hard to avoid pollution when
extracting oil. There has been some damage, but it is under control.