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the cost of heating oil at home

Chinese translation: 民用燃料油费用

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English term or phrase:	the cost of heating oil at home
Chinese translation:	民用燃料油费用
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04:01 Aug 18, 2008

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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / gas crunch

English term or phrase: the cost of heating oil at home

Many state athletic associations reported steep crowd drops at winter and spring tournaments. In West Virginia, the boys' basketball championships drew an estimated 62,000 fans over four days, down more than 21,000 from 2007 — a reality administrators blamed partly on gas prices. Maine officials also reported several thousand fewer fans at the state basketball tournament. "One thing we heard through the week was that the price of gas to get to the tournament and {the cost of heating oil at home} left people with less discretionary funds to get to the games," Dick Durost, executive director of the Maine Principals' Association, told the Bangor Daily News.
文章讲述学校体育队去异地参加比赛因而面临油价高升、导致费用增加的难题。

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家庭用燃油費用

Explanation:
在冬天，美國人的溫氣，大部份是用燃油產生的，這是一個極大的家庭開支，因此會減少出外，節省汽車用汽油，去支付家庭用燃油。家中的油缸存油開支大概是$280X12，這是全年的預定開支計劃，如在冬天才存油，每次可能會是$600-800，如有小孩子，溫度要調更高，每月家庭燃油開支會高達$1000。