经过1973年、1979年两次严重危机之后,石油自今年初以来再度成为各国政府和公众关注的对象。与前两次不同的是,这一次石油价格不是暴涨而是暴跌:由每桶原油30美元以上跌至10美元左右。西方有人称之为石油反危机。一些专家则担心这次石油大幅度降价会强烈刺激需求,孕育着第三次石油危机。 After two serious crises in 1973 and 1979, the oil has once again become the object of concern to all governments and the public since the beginning of this year. Unlike the previous two, this time the price of oil was not soaring but plummeting: it fell from about $ 30 a barrel to about $ 10 a barrel. Some people in the West call it an oil crisis. Some experts are worried that this sharp oil price cut will strongly stimulate demand and breed the third oil crisis.