VOA标准英语2008年-High Gasoline Prices Cause Hardship in US

By Mil Arcega
Washington
16 May 2008
 

Oil prices continued to break new records this week, trading briefly¹ above $126 per barrel on Monday. American consumers fear prices will go even higher as the summer driving season gets underway. Some say they are desperate and many are calling on U.S. lawmakers to do something - fast. VOA's Mil Arcega reports.

1 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。