British Petroleum's drilling accident in the Gulf of Mexico this past April is the latest of several recent disastrous events for which the country, or the world, was unprepared.

已经过去的六月中，英国石油公司在墨西哥湾发生的钻探事故是最近令我国乃至世界都措手不及的灾难事件之一。

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If there is a 1 percent annual probability of a disastrous drilling accident or financial collapse, the probability that the disaster will occur any time in the next 10 years is only 10 percent.

如果存在每年1%的钻井事故或金融崩溃的危险，则这一灾难在今后10年内发生的概率仅为10%。

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On April 30th the White House announced that new off-shore drilling would be suspended until the cause of the accident could be verified.

4月30日白宫宣称新的近海钻井作业将暂停，直到出事的原因核实出来为止。

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President Obama endorsed off-shore drilling as part of a comprehensive strategy, but he has halted new drilling projects until investigators determine the cause of the BP accident.

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Ibama estimated that 2, 300 barrels of oil oozed out of the sea bed because of the Nov. 9 drilling accident.

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He added that there were other significant claims still to be settled, including offshore oil and gas industry damages as a result of the moratorium on deepwater drilling put in place after the accident, casino losses, fisheries, financial institutions and real estate developers.

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