And they say lifting the veil of secrecy is one important step toward lifting the "oil curse."

他们还说，掀开保密的帷幕是解除“石油诅咒”的重要一步。

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Brazilians know oil can be a curse as well as a blessing. How it USES its new wealth will determine whether it becomes a 21st-century force.

巴西人知道石油可以是祸根，也可以是恩赐。巴西如何利用自己的新财富，将决定它是否能够成为21世纪的强国。

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As America's latest efforts suggest, and Mr Ahmadinejad's energy-saving reforms implicitly acknowledge, Iran's oil is both a blessing and a curse.

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And God gazed upon the vastness of the Canadian oil sands and pronounced them to be a curse.

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