The machine looks like a giant, thick, grooved vinyl record spinning at high speed to capture nearly 90 percent of the oil on the waters.

这个机器像个高速旋转中开槽的黑胶唱片，别看它又大又厚，却能清除水面上90%的油，运作时还不会漏油。

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Oil traded at record high prices.

国际石油交易价格再创新高。

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The Uganda shilling has been trading at record lows for much of this year, compounded by high inflation and dollar demand from the oil sector.

乌干达先令在今年的大部分时间里都在以创纪录的低点进行交易，这个问题更是因高通胀率和石油业界的美元需求而恶化。

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Production inputs like oil were at a record high during the third quarter of 2008 and have come down in price significantly.

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Under Chavez, Baduel believes the situation is even worse because of "exorbitant public expenditures, the recurrence of government deficits even at times of record-high oil prices, the extreme vulnerability of foreign investments, exceedingly high import tariffs, and our increased domestic consumption of fuel at laughably low prices".

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This is a complete 180-degree change from the situation at the beginning of 2008, when record-high oil prices put a big smile on the faces of oil producers while forcing oil consumers to pinch pennies.

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