1: The threat of more such setbacks still hangs over the economy. 2: Europe’s crisis has not been solved. [...]113: The intensifying confrontation between Iran and the west has driven petrol prices up 25 cents per gallon since mid-December. 4: Federal austerity remains a threat: Congress is once again locked in confrontation over a payroll-tax break that expires at the end of this month and a raft of other tax increases and spending cuts will kick in next year unless it intervenes. 5: In the economy, as in football, there is no guarantee that the second half will be easier than the first.

1:更多诸如此类的阻碍仍像噩梦般笼罩在美国经济周围。2:欧债危机尚未解决。[...]113:伊朗与西方社会的紧张局势使每加仑汽油价自十二月中旬以来上涨了二十五美分。4:联邦政府的财政紧缩政策仍是一个威胁：针对本月到期的工资税减免政策，国会再一次陷入僵局。除非国会加以干涉，有关增加税收和削减开支的一系列规定将自行生效。5:总之，在复苏经济的过程中，正如橄榄球比赛一样，什么也无法担保下半场能比上半场轻松，抑或出现好兆头就意味着胜利。

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1: AMERICANS pay a federal fuel tax of 18.4 cents per gallon . [...]112: That amount was set in 1993, when the average new passenger car on American roads got 28.4 miles per gallon (mpg), and the best-selling American car got 18mpg in the city and 27 on highways. 3: In 2010 the average new passenger car got 33.7mpg. The best-selling car got 22mpg in the city and 33 on highways.

1:美国人支付每加仑18.4美分的联邦燃油税。[...]112:这一金额是在1993年定下的，那时新的乘用车每加仑油可以在美国道路上平均行驶28.4英里，最畅销的国产车在城里可以行驶18英里，在高速公路上可以行驶27英里。3:2010年时新乘用车每加仑油平均可以行驶33.7英里，而最畅销车在城里可行驶22英里，在高速公路上可以行驶33英里。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-美国高速公路 American Highways

1: That is because federal funds, mostly derived from fuel-tax revenue, account for 22% of all highway funding and 17% of mass-transit funding nationally (with the rest coming from state and local governments). 2: Fuel taxes go into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), which was created in 1956 to finance highway construction nationally. 3: The HTF still spends most of its funds on highway and bridge maintenance and construction, but in 1982 Congress created a Mass Transit account within the HTF. [...]114: Today 15.44 of every 18.4 cents in fuel-tax per gallon funds highways, while 2.86 funds mass transit and 0.1 cents funds clean-up of leaking underground storage tanks. 5: And the HTF receives some revenue from taxes on truck tyres, diesel, and other driving-related sources, but most of its money comes from petrol taxes.

1:这是因为，大部分来源于燃油税收入的联邦基金支付22%的公路经费，和17%的全国公共运输经费（余下部分由州和当地政府支付）。2:公路信托基金成立于1956年，通过征燃油税负担全国的公路建设。3:虽然公路信托基金现在大部份经费仍然花在高速公路和桥梁的养护和建设上，但是在1982年国会在其中新增了一项公共运输开支。[...]114:如今，每加仑18.4美分的汽油税中就有15.44美分资助高速公路，2.86美分资助公共运输，还有0.1美分资助地下贮槽泄漏的清洁工作。5:同时公路信托基金还会通过对轮胎，柴油和其他相关资源征税来增加部分收入，但大部分资金还是来源于汽油税。

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Marketing types can draw lessons beyond just pricing, says Mr Rao. When advertising a new car's efficiency, for example, it is more convincing to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, rather than the equivalent percentage fall in fuel consumption.

Rao先生说，这不仅对营销手段的价格方面有所启发，其他方面也是如此。比如，在宣传新车效率时，引用每加仑汽油多跑的英里数要比引用减少的耗油量的比值要更有说服力。

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The average new car sold in Britain now does 52.5 miles per gallon , up from 40.6mpg ten years ago.

现在英国出售的新车平均每加仑汽油跑52.5英里，比十年前40.6英里已经大大提高。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-汽车制造商 燃油汽车越来越环保了

"Fucking Vegas, " he muttered as he walked past Sanders with a 5-gallon jug of gas.

“该死的维加斯，”他小声抱怨着，提着5加仑灌装的汽油走过桑德斯身边。

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"Every time you purchase a gallon of gas with your credit card, that's a satellite transaction, " he said.

“每一次你用信用卡购买一加仑汽油，那就是一笔卫星交易，”他说。

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When it went up to $4 a gallon 18 months ago it affected everybody.

18个月前油价涨到4美元一加仑时，它就影响了所有人。

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His bikes sat idle until the summer of 2008 when gas prices spiked at over $4. 00 per gallon .

2008年夏，油价飙升至每加仑四美元，他又把自行车捡起来了。

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Obama will travel around London aboard Cadillac One, which does eight miles to the gallon and is described as "a panic room on wheels" .

奥巴马将乘坐凯迪拉克一号环游伦敦，这辆每加仑汽油能跑8英里的汽车被誉为“装了轮子的颤栗空间”。

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For instance, drivers pay about $90 in tolls during that one-way trip from Tokyo to Osaka, on top of $6. 50 a gallon for gas.

比如一个美国司机要走从东京到大阪这么长一段路的话，他只需要交大约90美元的通行费，每加仑汽油的价格也只有6.5美元。

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Still some worry that if gasoline prices fall below $3. 50 a gallon , Americans will leave their energy-efficient ways behind.

不过也有人担心，若汽油价格跌到了每加仑3.50美元以下，美国人恐怕又会把节能的念头抛到脑后。

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Instead of a half-gallon of Rocky Road, buy ice cream sandwiches; make cupcakes instead of cake; and buy single-serving bags of chips.

不要买半加仑的巧克力蛋糕，买冰激凌或者三明治，做杯形蛋糕而不是方糕；买单人份的薯片。

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Plug-in hybrid automobiles, nearly ready for the market, have the potential to quadruple our miles per gallon .

插入式混合型汽车不日将问世，这种新型汽车每加仑燃料可以行驶4倍于现在的里程。

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The differential in diesel is even greater, selling at $5. 04 a gallon in San Diego County and $2. 20 in Tijuana.

柴油的差价更大，圣地亚哥卖5.04美元，而在提华纳只卖2.20美元。

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Before he went, he grabbed a five-gallon bucket to bring back some fruit.

出发之前，他顺手提了一个五加仑的桶，想要摘回一些水果吃。

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That is a sharp increase from the low of $1. 62 a gallon that prevailed at the end of last year.

从去年年底通行价每加仑1.62美元的低价开始已急剧上升。

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Start drinking up to a half-gallon of green tea a day, cold or hot, caffeine be damned.

从现在开始，不管冷热，每天喝半加仑绿茶，咖啡因很不好。

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When the new Mazda 2 goes on sale in Japan next year, it's going to get 70. 5 miles per gallon there.

等明年新款马自达2在日本上市的时候，它将能够达到每加仑行驶70.5英里的能力。

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The 40 mile-per-gallon highway rating will undoubtedly catch the attention of budget-conscious consumers.

该车型具有每加仑40英里的公路燃油效率等级，无疑将受到善于精打细算消费者的青睐。

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An average-sized pilot could travel about nine minutes and 11 miles on the 5-gallon tank, the company said.

该公司说，中等身材的驾驶者用5加仑油箱内的汽油能飞行大约9分钟、距离11英里。

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The site then creates a handy log of your fuel consumption as well as graphs of things like average miles per gallon .

该网站然后创建一个你燃料消耗的简便记录，以及一些图表，像是平均英里每加仑。

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Thanksgiving airfares are up 20% this year, and the average price of a gallon of gas has risen almost 20%, according to travel tracker AAA.

根据AAA（译注：可能是美国汽车协会）对出行的追踪，感恩节机票价格今年涨了20%，每加仑的平均油价也涨了近20%。

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Guzzling a gallon of tequila may be fun for a while, but eventually, it's going to make you feel like hell.

咕噜喝下一加仑龙舌兰酒当时会感到开心，但最终，它会让你感觉如地狱一般糟糕。

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Hummers weigh up to five tons and have fuel consumption of around 15 miles per gallon .

悍马重达5吨，燃油消耗达到约15英里每加仑。

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Hoo boy. It had passed $3 a gallon and was galloping upward, no limit in sight.

好家伙，已经超过三美元一加仑，而且还在继续上升，看不到停滞的迹象。

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Ethanol, which was already rising before the floods, has nearly doubled from its low of $1. 50 a gallon in September.

洪水之前就已经开始上涨的乙醇价格与去年9月份每加仑1.50美元的低点相比已接近翻番。

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Or, you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas.

还有，你们也应该有超薄超轻的30磅的经济型汽车，每千英里仅耗油一加仑。

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Switching to ultra-low-flow means you could go anywhere from two gallons all the way down to half a gallon a minute.

换用超低水流的莲蓬头则意味着你怎么也可以降到1.5到2加仑每分钟。

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Back in the good ol' days of $2. 50-per-gallon gasoline, you could ignore simple car maintenance.

回想油价还在2.50美元一加仑的时候，你可以忽略掉简单的汽车保养。

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