美国有线新闻 CNN 黑客攻击致美国东南部地区汽油短缺

The cost of crude oil is the biggest factor in what we pay for a gallon of gasoline.

原油价格是影响我们购买一加仑汽油的费用的最大因素。

The ripple¹ effects continue to spread.

连锁反应持续蔓延。

Last week's cyber attack on America's largest fuel pipeline² has led to shortages of gasoline in several U.S. states.

美国最大的输油管道上周遭到网络攻击，导致美国多个州出现汽油短缺。

According to GasBuddy, an application that tracks fuel demand, there were outages in nearly a quarter of all gas stations in North Carolina.

据跟踪燃料需求的应用程序GasBuddy称，北卡罗来纳州近四分之一的加油站汽油供应中断。

Fifteen percent of stations in Georgia and Virginia were dry. South Carolina saw significant outages.

佐治亚州和弗吉尼亚州15%的加油站供应中断。南卡罗来纳州出现严重汽油短缺。

This is all as of Wednesday morning and GasBuddy says the problem was much worse around major Southeastern cities.

这是所有截至周三上午发生的情况，GasBuddy还表示，东南部主要城市的问题更为严重。

Several governors have declared states of emergency, relaxing some gas rules and encouraging cooperation to address the problem.

有些州长已宣布进入紧急状态，放宽了一些天然气规定，并鼓励合作解决这一问题。

The Federal government's telling consumers not to panic buy and hoard³ gasoline and stations not to price gouge⁴ or overcharge people for it.

联邦政府告诉消费者不要恐慌性购买和囤积汽油，加油站也不要哄抬价格或向消费者漫天要价。

Outside the Southeast, there's reportedly plenty of fuel.

据报道，东南部以外地区的汽油供应充足。

Colonial Pipeline, the company that was hacked⁵, said it was restarting its operations on Wednesday afternoon

遭到黑客攻击的科洛尼尔输油管道公司表示，其将于周三下午重新开始运营，

but it could still be several days before supplies are fully⁶ restored in the Southeast.

但东南部地区的石油供应可能仍需数天才能完全恢复。

1 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。

2 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

3 hoard   

n./v.窖藏，贮存，囤积

参考例句：

• They have a hoard of food in the basement.地下室里有他们贮藏的食物。
• How many curios do you hoard in your study?你在你书房里聚藏了多少古玩？

4 gouge   

v.凿；挖出；n.半圆凿；凿孔；欺诈

参考例句：

• To make a Halloween lantern,you first have to gouge out the inside of the pumpkin.要做一个万圣节灯笼，你先得挖空这个南瓜。
• In the Middle Ages,a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.在中世纪，惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛。

5 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。