奥巴马将建立漏油调查委员会
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US President Barack Obama will set up a commission to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf1 of Mexico, officials say.

美国总统奥巴马将建立一个特别委员会,调查墨西哥湾原油泄漏事故。

They say the panel will also examine industry practices and the government's role in the disaster.

The news comes as a top coast guard official warned the leaking oil may reach the southern Florida coastline.

Separately, the oil giant BP says it plans to start pumping large amounts of mud into the damaged oil well in an effort to(试图,企图) close it altogether.

Oil has been spewing(喷涌,呕吐) into the Gulf since BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on 20 April.

BP said on Monday it was managing to funnel2 the equivalent(等价的,想等的) of 1,000 barrels a day of oil from the well to a tanker3 ship with the use of a mile-long tube.

That would amount to a fifth of the estimated daily spill of 5,000 barrels - an estimate made by the coast guard and BP.

Resignation

Mr Obama would establish a presidential commission by executive order, White House officials were quoted by news agencies as saying.

The officials, who spoke4 on condition of anonymity5(在匿名的情况下) , said the commission would be similar to panels created to investigate the space shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 and the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in 1979.

It would also study oil industry practices, rig safety, regulation and governmental oversight6, including the functions of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) - the agency responsible for regulating offshore7 oil drilling.

Meanwhile, senior MMS official Chris Oynes said on Monday that he would step down at the end of this month.

Mr Oynes has been accused of becoming too close to the industry his agency monitors, the BBC's Madeleine Morris in Washington reports.

However, there has been no official comment on the reasons for Mr Oynes' resignation.



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1 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
参考例句:
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
2 funnel xhgx4     
n.漏斗;烟囱;v.汇集
参考例句:
  • He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel.他用一个漏斗把汽油灌入汽车。
  • I like the ship with a yellow funnel.我喜欢那条有黄烟囱的船。
3 tanker xqawA     
n.油轮
参考例句:
  • The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
  • Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
4 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
5 anonymity IMbyq     
n.the condition of being anonymous
参考例句:
  • Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密,书中的人用的都是化名。
  • Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。
6 oversight WvgyJ     
n.勘漏,失察,疏忽
参考例句:
  • I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
  • Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。
7 offshore FIux8     
adj.海面的,吹向海面的;adv.向海面
参考例句:
  • A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
  • A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
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