澳洲罢工风波发酵，欧洲天然气价格“受惊”跳涨（朗读版）|E0824

▍原文

The prospect of a possible strike at a liquefied natural gas plant in Australia has pushed wholesale gas prices up in Europe.

The Offshore Alliance union warned that a strike at the North West Shelf facility could start as early as 2 September if no deal on pay is reached.

Benchmark gas prices for the EU and UK rose around 10% on Monday, according to Bloomberg.

▍语言点

1. the prospect of sth. 某事发生的可能性，对某事的预期

· There is no immediate prospect of peace.

短期内没有和平的可能。

· The prospect of becoming a father filled him with alarm.

一想到将为人父，他就满怀忧思。

2. strike /straɪk/ n. 罢工

3. liquefied natural gas plant 液化天然气工厂

· liquefied natural gas 液化的天然气

· plant /plænt/ n. 工厂

· a nuclear reprocessing plant 核物质再处理厂

· a chemical plant 化工厂

4. push the price up 抬高价格

5. wholesale gas prices 批发天然气价格

· wholesale /ˈhoʊlseɪl/ adj. 批发的

6. the Offshore Alliance union 离岸联盟工会

· Offshore Alliance 离岸联盟(包括澳大利亚工人联盟和澳大利亚海事联盟)

· union /ˈjuːnjən/ n. 工会

7. facility /fəˈsɪləti/ n. 工厂(plant)

8. reach a deal 达成协议(a deal is reached)

· deal on pay 关于薪酬的协议

9. benchmark gas prices 基准天然气价格

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