oil then cost just over $60 a barrel. it is now almost double that, so if prices were to stay at the same level regional fuel subsidies would rise to almost $300 billion this year.
当时,每桶石油的价格才刚过60美元,而如今油价则几乎翻番,因此,燃料价格若是保持在原有水平上,则该地区的燃料补贴将在今年升至近3000亿美元。