Billionaire space tourists have flown to the space station at a reputed price of $20 million per head.

著名的亿万富翁空间站旅行项目，每人的价格是两千万美元。

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Have you ever wondered why when you go to the gas station to fill up the family car, the price of gas at the pump has just jumped 25 cents a gallon over the past three days?

当你在加油站为了的爱车加油的时候，你是否意识到从油泵出来的汽油在短短3天内就上涨了25美分？

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Perhaps it would be better if gas station attendants filled the tank for us, as they used to, so we did not stand at the pump watching the rising price of our gasoline.

也许如果加油站的工作人员帮我们加油会好些，就像他们过去那么做的一样，这样我们就不用在油罐旁站着，一直看着价格的飞涨。

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But that is not likely to do much to stop the steep increase in the price of gasoline at the filling station down the street.

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But he is also honest about the fact that there is no magic wand you can wave to suddenly reduce the price of gasoline at your local station.

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Imagine filling up at the gas station with a pump that showed neither price nor quantity, but the gas station sent you a bill five weeks later.

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