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WBR: US becomes top oil producer 04 July 14

Fri, 4 Jul 14

The US overtakes Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world's top oil and natural gas producer, according to a Bank of America report. The Tour de France starts in northern England this weekend. We ask what the world's most famous cycle race will mean for the region's economy. And we hear from our reporter, Shilpa Kannan, in India where poor investment in cold storage and distribution problems mean the country wastes about $7 billion worth of food every year. We also take a look back over some of the week's key events in business with Jason Karaian, European correspondent at the website Quartz¹.com, and Matthew Bishop², US business editor with the Economist³.

1 quartz   

n.石英

参考例句：

• There is a great deal quartz in those mountains.那些山里蕴藏着大量石英。
• The quartz watch keeps good time.石英表走时准。

2 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

3 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。