Directly and indirectly, these rising economic powers are competing with the rest of us for scarce resources, including oil and farmland, driving up prices for raw materials of all sorts.

直接或者间接地，这些日渐崛起的经济强国正在和其他国家进行资源(包括石油和农场)抢夺，原材料的价格也因此被全面推高。

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These resources include fuel, raw materials paper. and money.

此类资源包括燃料、原材料、纸张和货币。

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The biodiesel is prepared by chemical, physical and biological technology using renewable resources such as vegetable oils and animal fats as raw materials.

生物柴油是以植物油和动物脂肪等可再生资源为原料，通过化学、物理、生物等技术手段而制成的。

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But China is not the only power interested in securing greater access to Latin American raw materials and other resources.

BBC: China signs trade deals with Cuba

Securing the prodigious raw materials, natural resources, and energy reserves that it needs to do so leaves it with little choice but to scour the world and negotiate agreements wherever it can.

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And you need resources to turn those raw materials into Olympic-level gold medal winning athletes, and that's income.

NPR: Using Economics To Predict Olympic Medal Standings