Hotel occupancy in the Gulf area started to slowly pick up in 2008.

直到2008年，墨西哥湾地区的旅馆客房使用率才慢慢开始回升。

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U. S. involving in Gulf affairs has somehow kept a balance of power in the Gulf area.

美国插手海湾事务，客观上使海湾各种力量重新趋于平衡。

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You see, Mr. Wang, the fuel oil comes from the Gulf Area. Its sulphur content is very low, so we ignore it.

你知道，王先生，这种油产于海湾地区，硫含量非常低，所以我们忽略了。

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President Obama also spoke about the difficult time people in the Gulf area were going through as a result of the oil spill.

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So the gulf of Aden may well become a more safer area in the near future,".

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The threat,made on December 31 in a message posted on an extremist Internet Web site, prompted the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to elevate the risk for all U.S.military and commercial ships sailing through an area stretching from Somalia to the Persian Gulf.

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And that aid extends way beyond the Gulf area that was affected by the hurricanes.

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That means vessels in the Gulf area have a much harder time staying away from pirate-infested waters.

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Two months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf area, crews of Latino workers are helping to rebuild the region.

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