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BBC News with Sue Montgomery.

A meeting of five of the world's leading energy consuming countries is calling for an end to oil price subsidies¹ to try to stand this soaring cost of oil. Representatives of Japan, China, India, South Korea and the United States said the measures distorted the market, causing higher oil prices. From Tokyo, Chris Hogg.

Heavy fuel subsidies are used throughout the developing world to try to ease burden on the poorest in society. The five countries meeting here, who between them consume half the world's energy resources, issued a statement, saying there was a need to phase out the subsidies gradually to help stem demand. But they differed over how fast this should be done. India insisted there was no agreement to remove the subsidies altogether. Its representative at the talks said the country was not ready to move to a position where the market decided² the price its citizens should pay for oil. China also made clear it had no time frame for moving towards lower subsidies, saying they needed to consider carefully how removing them might affect the country's social and political stability.

1 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。