The supply of oil can be shut off unexpectedly at any time, and in any case, the oil wells will all run dry in thrty years or so at the present rate of use.

石油供应可能会随时意外中断；不管怎样，以目前这种消费速度，只需30年左右，所有的油井都会枯竭。

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I shut him up in no time.

只不过我很快就让他闭嘴了。

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Barack Obama admitted for the first time this week that the detention camp would not shut in January, as he had planned.

巴拉克·奥巴马本周首次承认关塔那摩监狱无法按照他所计划的于明年一月关闭。

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They really,I think, represented us very well." Among the American highlights - alpine skier Bode Miller, a two-time overall World Cup champion, ended the frustration of being shut out in the last Olympics by winning a set of medals, a gold,silver and bronze.

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In the midst of the mayhem, they must also shut down an unexpected threat in the nick of time - prevent five tons of weapons-grade plutonium from falling into the wrong hands.

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Moreover, bank regulators are becoming tougher with banks about loose lending practices, which could mean that less credit is available at just the same time as the bond market is shut in sharp contrast to the last junk-bond freeze in 1998.

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