万花筒 2012-01-22&01-24 2012油价还要涨？

 Worth of the average price of gasoline¹ is about to go on a rocket ride that could last through summer. So which cities are in for a directed hit?Is it yours? Here is ABC's Cecelia Vega.

With record pain at the pump, 2011 felt bad enough, and today drivers are already shelling out almost 30 cent more a gallon.

It's sort of like I am throwing money away, you know, each time.

But junurary's prices could soon seem like a bargain. One study says come Memorial day drivers maybe pay more per gallon than they have ever paid,460 in Atlanta, 485 in San Francisco, and in chicago a few penny shy of 5 dollars.

And suv drivers will be among the hardest hit. This Chevy Suburban² now costs about 1010 dollars to fill up, analyst³ said that could be going up in a matter of months, and drivers might want to consider driving somthing smaller.

Of course frustrated⁴, I can not  do anything about it. So what is behind the great gas spike⁵ of 2012, repeated Iranian threats to block a main oil shiping route.increased demand from china and our own unquenchable thirst for gas.

Gasoline demand rises when the economy improves, so we are going to be faced with an increased demand come the summer time.

The warning for drivers:buckle up 2012 is going to be a bumpy⁶ ride, Cecelia vega, ABC news, Washington.

1 gasoline   

n.(美)汽油

参考例句：

• This car runs 5 miles on a gallon of gasoline.这部汽车一加仑汽油可以行驶五英里。
• There is still some gasoline left in the tank.油箱里还剩下一些汽油。

2 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

3 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

4 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

6 bumpy   

adj.颠簸不平的，崎岖的

参考例句：

• I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
• The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄，成了一条崎岖不平的小径。