4. The consequences of the Israeli victory in the Yom Kippur War1 quickly spread to North America when the Organizationof Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) placed an embargo crude oil shipped to the United States. By November 1973 oil supplies were critically low, creating the most acute shortages of energy since World War II. Now the Arab oil embargo, subsequent long gas lines, and complex but fragmented energy projects and regulations demanded bolder action by the President. No longer regional, the energy shortages became nationwide threatened virtually every sector of the economy.
4、以色列在贖罪日戰(zhàn)爭中的勝利迅速影響到北美，因為以色列的勝利引起阿拉伯石油輸出國組織(OAPEC)對美國實施原油禁運。截至1973年11月，石油供應量極低，造成了二戰(zhàn)以來最嚴重的能源短缺。目前所面臨的一系列問題—阿拉伯石油禁運、由此引發(fā)的加油站前排起的長龍、以及龐大但是已經(jīng)支離破碎的能源項目和立法方案—都需要總統(tǒng)采取大膽的行動加以解決。能源短缺不再是區(qū)域性問題，它已經(jīng)威脅到全國范圍以及經(jīng)濟的各個部門。
5. In a televised address the energy emergency on November 7, 1973, President Nixon launched Project Independence to achieve energy self-sufficiency by 1980. Urging Americans to lower thermostats, drive cars more slowly, and eliminate unnecessary lighting. Nixon pledged increased funding for energy research and development. Recalling Manhattan Project, which had built the atomic bomb during World War II, and the Apollo Project, which had landed two Americans on the moon in 1969, the President expressed his faith that American science, technology, and industry could free the United States from dependence on foreign oil. Three weeks later, as winter cold began to grip the Northeast, the President reaffirmed Project Independence and announced plans to increase the production of home-heating oils, while reducing gasoline supplies and closing gasoline stations on Sundays. Communities across the Nation reduced holiday lighting and implemented various schemes for pumping short supplies of gasoline. As motorists scrambled for a place in line, in some states matching their license plates to the date on an odd-or-even system, the era of energy affluence ended.
5、1973年11月7日，尼克松總統(tǒng)就能源的緊急事態(tài)發(fā)表了電視講話，呼吁發(fā)動一場旨在1980年之前達到能源自給自足的“獨立計劃”。(他)力勸美國人民調(diào)低溫度控制器的設置、慢速駕駛和減少不必要的照明，并保證為能源研究和發(fā)展增加預算。總統(tǒng)在講話中回憶起二戰(zhàn)期間制造出原子彈的“曼哈頓計劃”以及1969年將兩名美國人送上月球的“阿波羅計劃”，并堅定地表明了自己的信心—美國憑借自己的科技和工業(yè)一定能擺脫對外國石油的依賴。三周之后，寒流襲擊了東北部，(尼克松)總統(tǒng)再次重申“獨立運動計劃”，宣布增加家庭取暖用油的生產(chǎn)同時降低汽油供應，并且在星期日關(guān)閉加油站。全國的社區(qū)減少了節(jié)日照明，并且實施了各種應對汽油短缺的方案。人們駕車在等候加油的長龍里爭搶位置，一些州也根據(jù)車牌號實行了單雙號出行的規(guī)定，這一切都表明、能源富足的時代已經(jīng)結(jié)束了。
4、以色列在贖罪日戰(zhàn)爭中的勝利迅速影響到北美，因為以色列的勝利引起阿拉伯石油輸出國組織(OAPEC)對美國實施原油禁運。截至1973年11月，石油供應量極低，造成了二戰(zhàn)以來最嚴重的能源短缺。目前所面臨的一系列問題—阿拉伯石油禁運、由此引發(fā)的加油站前排起的長龍、以及龐大但是已經(jīng)支離破碎的能源項目和立法方案—都需要總統(tǒng)采取大膽的行動加以解決。能源短缺不再是區(qū)域性問題，它已經(jīng)威脅到全國范圍以及經(jīng)濟的各個部門。
5. In a televised address the energy emergency on November 7, 1973, President Nixon launched Project Independence to achieve energy self-sufficiency by 1980. Urging Americans to lower thermostats, drive cars more slowly, and eliminate unnecessary lighting. Nixon pledged increased funding for energy research and development. Recalling Manhattan Project, which had built the atomic bomb during World War II, and the Apollo Project, which had landed two Americans on the moon in 1969, the President expressed his faith that American science, technology, and industry could free the United States from dependence on foreign oil. Three weeks later, as winter cold began to grip the Northeast, the President reaffirmed Project Independence and announced plans to increase the production of home-heating oils, while reducing gasoline supplies and closing gasoline stations on Sundays. Communities across the Nation reduced holiday lighting and implemented various schemes for pumping short supplies of gasoline. As motorists scrambled for a place in line, in some states matching their license plates to the date on an odd-or-even system, the era of energy affluence ended.
5、1973年11月7日，尼克松總統(tǒng)就能源的緊急事態(tài)發(fā)表了電視講話，呼吁發(fā)動一場旨在1980年之前達到能源自給自足的“獨立計劃”。(他)力勸美國人民調(diào)低溫度控制器的設置、慢速駕駛和減少不必要的照明，并保證為能源研究和發(fā)展增加預算。總統(tǒng)在講話中回憶起二戰(zhàn)期間制造出原子彈的“曼哈頓計劃”以及1969年將兩名美國人送上月球的“阿波羅計劃”，并堅定地表明了自己的信心—美國憑借自己的科技和工業(yè)一定能擺脫對外國石油的依賴。三周之后，寒流襲擊了東北部，(尼克松)總統(tǒng)再次重申“獨立運動計劃”，宣布增加家庭取暖用油的生產(chǎn)同時降低汽油供應，并且在星期日關(guān)閉加油站。全國的社區(qū)減少了節(jié)日照明，并且實施了各種應對汽油短缺的方案。人們駕車在等候加油的長龍里爭搶位置，一些州也根據(jù)車牌號實行了單雙號出行的規(guī)定，這一切都表明、能源富足的時代已經(jīng)結(jié)束了。