With the fast-growing demand, the reserve of the world's oil resources has become less and less.

与快速增长的需求相比，世界石油资源的储备量越来越少。

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It's the world's last, great wilderness rich in natural resources, like oil and gas.

这是世界上最后的一块富含石油天然气自然资源的未开垦的土地。

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Scientists predict that the world's known oil resources will run out early in the next century.

科学家预言世界上已探明的石油资源将在下个世纪初用尽。

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Yet demand for air travel, and energy generally, is rising quickly in China and other developing countries - something likely to push up prices for the rest of us in future, as the world's oil resources deplete.

BBC: The great London airport debate

BP's annual review of the world's energy resources showed that proven oil reserves were big enough to meet current consumption rates for another 40 years.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

While Africa is a continent rich in resources, with 12% of the world's oil reserves and 42% of its gold, we cannot follow too narrow a path to development.

WSJ: Paul Kagame: Rwanda and the New Lions of Africa