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三、Translate the following paragraphs into Chinese:(30 分)
Surging oil prices are beginning to cut into the profits of a wide range of businesses
around the world, pushing many to raise prices and maneuver aggressively to offset the
rising cost of merchandise made from petroleum.
Airlines, package shippers and car owners are no longer the only ones being squeezed
by the ever-mounting price oil,which has been hovering around $135 a barrel.
Companies that make hard goods using raw materials derived from oil, like tires,
toiletries, plastic packaging and computer screens, are watching their costs skyrocket, and
they find themselves forced into unpleasant choices: Should they raise prices, shift to less
costly procedures, cut workers, or all three?
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is trying to adapt. Its raw material of choice
now is natural rubber rather than synthetic rubber, made from oil. To sustain profits, it is
making more high-end tires for consumers willing to pay upwards of $100 to replace each
tire on their cars.