CNN 2010-06-22

They don't know any of them which is very important to understand. Another things to know is that a lot of these local gas station owners have locked into this very, very long term contract, years years with which ever company, ah, basically their brand, so they just jump out that with cost of tons of money; they can't just give up, being BP without giving up their livelihood¹ and paying a lot of money that day. Let me talk to you through this because I was looking online to see where is there a great article that can lay this out for you; the Chicago Tribune flooded to them, they did great job. I will show you something then in the article that they have um, they put kind of boycotting³ BP gas station just as there were, just does not hurt BP’s coffers much at least directly, then they point out where we’re just talking about. It doesn’t own the BP stations; now I was looking the numbers; it’s about 11,000 BP stations in America. BP like a lot of oil giants gave up owning those local stations directly a while back; so you’re not directly hitting their coffers that way.

 

Now here is another important point, because  oil is a globally traded commodity⁴, there is no easy way to confirm which company is responsible for the gas you buy, meaning you go to a quick trip,  you go to another station you’re  maybe getting oil that was  from one of BP’s oils anyway or you might be not from a BP station and um, one of the point at the other side here because they also in this article talked to a guy who was a republican⁵ citizen; he says the target here is the image of the company. So they are those who say yes we understand exactly how the money works but we feel that boycotting makes a lot of sense at this point because it sends message to the company which ultimately⁶ hurts the company and its image in general; so that debate continues, that said it’s also a fact that financial you got some of this local station owners now for taking the brunt of this, just help you understand I have got the story linked for you, it’s up on Facebook and Twitter, on my page Josh Levs CNN hearing from you as well your thoughts and all sides of this. So TJ, hopefully people have a pretty good sense now how this works, how that oil gets to your station and just know that even if you skip BP station, you might still have oil from BP well wherever you go.

 

And a very important point to make and I know people admittedly want to lash⁷ out at BP, that is the quickest and easiest way to do it with a boycott², but again Josh, it's still important to know BP doesn't now own a single one of those gas stations. It’s owned by your neighbor, your friends, your teachers and everybody in your community, um but Josh we appreciate that breakdown⁸, very necessary this morning.
 

1 livelihood   

n.生计，谋生之道

参考例句：

• Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
• My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。

2 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

3 boycotting   

抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike. 他们抵制那家商店，因为那里的店员在罢工。
• The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. 主要反对党都抵制此次选举。

4 commodity   

n.日用品，商品，物品

参考例句：

• The authorities took measures to roll commodity price back.当局采取措施使物价全面回降。
• Commodity prices remain stable and there are plenty of goods on the market.商品价格稳定，市场货源充足。

5 republican   

n.拥护共和政体的人； adj.共和政体的，（Republican）共和党人，（Republican）共和党的

参考例句：

• Some families have been republican for generations.有些家庭世代都支持共和党。
• A third candidate has entered the contest for the Republican nomination.第三个候选人已经加入角逐共和党提名的行列。

6 ultimately   

adv.最后地，最终地，首要地，基本地

参考例句：

• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience.那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。
• Vitamin C deficiency can ultimately lead to scurvy.缺乏维生素C最终能道致坏血病。

7 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

8 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。