六级听力

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　　GRANDE ISLE, LOUISIANA— Five years ago,technicians capped a well in the Gulf of Mexicothat had been spilling oil for 87 days, pollutingbeaches, estuaries and fishing zones along theU.S. Gulf of Mexico coastline. Earlier this month,the British company judged responsible for thedisaster, BP, agreed to pay $18.7 billion to coastal states.

　　That money will help fund restoration projects, but full recovery could still take manymore years.

　　Nearly 70 percent of the shrimp consumed in the United States has traditionally come from theGulf of Mexico. However, large areas were closed to fishing after the oil spill, and seafooddistributors had to look elsewhere.

　　Coastal fishing zones are now open, but the owner of Blanchard Seafood, said many of hisformer customers never came back.

　　“We are probably losing, I would say, probably $20 million a year worth of sales,” he said.

　　Blanchard is still angry at BP and said oil companies in general are lax about maintainingequipment in the Gulf.

　　“We fix our stuff to get ready for next season, but they don’t fix nothin’. They just let it sit outthere until it deteriorates to nothin’ and just keep the profit — keep the profit and don’t careabout the environment," he said.

　　Port Fourchon, a short drive from Blanchard’s operation on Grande Isle, has one of thecountry’s largest oil and gas operation centers.

　　While the energy industry has had a clear impact on Louisiana's natural areas, it is the state’smost important source of jobs and income. Refineries and storage facilities line the MississippiRiver in the state capital, Baton Rouge.

　　Kyle Graham, head of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, "if you look atthe permits that are issued for oil and gas activity, in the near shore, the ones that the stateissues, they now require mitigation activity and for all of the fill material to be beneficiallyutilized.”

　　He said the state’s share of the BP settlement money would allow Louisiana to address specificproblems.

　　“As we continue to learn more about the effects of this spill, there is money there that wewould be able to utilize to come up with a restoration action,” Graham said.

　　Visitors are returning to the sunny Louisiana coast to fish and swim in Gulf waters. Althoughtourists are attracted to the scenery on the Gulf Coast, there are many effects from the BP oilspill deep under the water that are not so noticeable to the naked eye.

　　Multiple scientific studies have found oil and other chemicals on the sea floor of the Gulf and inthe shells and flesh of various aquatic species.

　　Opinions on how serious this is vary, but Graham said a full recovery would require morestudies and more work.

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