The oil futures market is very significant because it represents the price of energy on dates into the future.

石油期货市场对我们来说意义重大,因为它代表,未来的能源价格

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With the recent spike in food prices around the world that you've all heard of because of rising energy costs.

大家都听说了,由于能源价格上升,导致了全球食品价格的飞涨

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There are other factors involved too like high energy prices, but certainly U.S. policy is affecting that, but we're also affected by the rest of the world.

还有诸如能源价格高昂等其它因素,但美国的政策肯定是有影响,但世界其它地区的情况也影响了我们

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