CCTV9英语新闻：中国页岩气资源调查报告

For more analysis, we are joined in the studio by Liu Baocheng, Dean of the Center for International Business Ethics¹ at the University of International Business and Economics.

 

Q1. Why has China put so much effort and emphasis on the exploitation of shale² gas? What kind of role does it play in the country's energy structure?

 

Q2.  The price of oil is experiencing a long-term depression this year. Will this exert influence on the development of shale gas? 

1 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

2 shale   

n.页岩，泥板岩

参考例句：

• We can extract oil from shale.我们可以从页岩中提取石油。
• Most of the rock in this mountain is shale.这座山上大部分的岩石都是页岩。