CCTV9英语新闻：Members to link gas with oil, eyeing price

　　The second Gas Exporting Countries Forum¹ has attracted world wide attention as the influence of the organization has grown in the world energy market.

　　World leaders like Russian president Vladimir Putin, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad all attended the two day meeting.

　　Apart from discussing the general outlook for the industry, the participants also had in-depth exchanges on the prospect² of establishing a hook between the price of natural gas and petroleum³ products, in order to balance the price difference between the two.

　　The GECF is an inter-governmental organization of natural gas exporting countries, founded 12 years ago in Tehran. Controlling the lion’s share of the worlds natural gas market, the GECF has been earning a reputation as the "OPEC for natural gas.

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

3 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。