translation of“oil”

Oil

(Excerpt l)

by G.C. Thornley

There are three main groups of oils: animal, vegetable and mineral.

Great

quantities

of

animal

oil

come

from

whales,

those

enormous

creatures of the sea which are the largest remaining animals in the world.

To

protect

the

whale

from

the

cold

of

the

Arctic

seas,

nature

has

provided it with a thick covering of fat called blubber. When the whale is

killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down, either on board ship

or on shore. It produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into

food for human consumption. A few other creatures yield oil, but none

so much as the whale. The livers of the cod and the halibut, two kinds of

fish, yield nourishing oil. Both cod liver oil and halibut liver oil are given

to sick children and other invalids who need certain vitamins. These oils

may be bought at any chemist's.

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油主 要有三种：动物油，植物油和矿物油。其中大量动物油取

自鲸鱼。

这些巨大的海生物是在世界上现存最大的动物。

为了抵御北

极 海的寒冷，

鲸鱼天生就长有一层厚厚的脂肪

—

< br>鲸脂。

当鲸鱼被杀害，

鲸脂就会被剥除并进行熬煮。

这些操作会在船上或岸上进行。

鲸脂可

以生 产大量的油，

这些油被制成食品供人类消费。

其他一些生物也出

产油，但没有鲸鱼这么多。

鳕鱼和比 目鱼，这两种鱼的肝脏出的油营

养丰富

。这两种鱼肝油可以提供 生病的儿童和其他残疾人某些维生

素。这些鱼肝油可以在任何药店买到。

Vegetable oil has been known from antiquity. No household can get

on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the

oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from vegetable and animal oils.

植物油从古代就 为人所知。因为它用于烹饪，家中不能没有它。

香水可能由某些花的油提炼而成。肥皂是 由植物和动物油加工制成

的。

To

the

ordinary

man,

one

kind

of

oil

may

be

as

important

as

another. But when the politician or the engineer refers to oil, he almost

always

means

mineral

oil,

the

oil

that

drives

tanks,

aeroplanes

and

warships,

motor-cars

and

diesel

locomotives,

the

oil

that

is

used

to

lubricate all kinds of machinery. This is the oil that has changed the life of

the

common

man.

When

it

is

refined

into

petro

it

is

used

to

drive

the

internal combustion engine. To it we owe the existence of the motor- car,

which has replaced the private carriage drawn by the horse. To it we

owe

the possibility of flying. It has changed the methods of warfare on land

and sea.

及油时，

他几乎总是指矿物油。

矿物油，

可以驱 动坦克、

飞机、

军舰、

电机车和内燃机 车，可以用来润滑各种机械。正是矿物油，改变了普