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Friendship

One family, which had emigrated from Japan and settled at the turn of the century near San Francisco, had established a business in which they grew roses and trucked them into San Francisco three mornings a week. The other family was a naturalized family from Switzerland who also marketed roses, and both families became modestly successful, as their roses were known in the markets of San Francisco for their long vase-life. For almost four decades the two families were neighbors, and the sons took over the farms, but then on December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Although the rest of the family members were Americans, the father of the Japanese family had never been naturalized. As they planned to leave the country, his neighbor made it clear that, if necessary, he would look after his friend's nursery. It was something each family had learned in church: Love thy neighbor as thyself.“You would do the same for us,” he told his Japanese friend. It was not long before the Japanese family was transported to a barren landscape in Canada. A full year went by. Then two. Then three. While the Japanese neighbors were in Canada, their friends worked in the greenhouses, the children worked before school and on Saturdays, and the father's work often stretched to 16 and 17 hours a day. And then one day, when the war in Europe had ended, the Japanese family packed up and boarded a train. They were going home. What would they find? The family was met at the train station by their neighbors, and when they got to their home, the whole Japanese family stared. There was the nursery, intact, scrubbed and shining in the sunlight — neat, prosperous and healthy. And the house was just as clean and welcoming as the nursery. And there on the dining room was one perfect red rosebud, just waiting to unfold — the gift of one neighbor to another.

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Encouragement

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those onehour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. When all was arranged, the other asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse made the switch. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The nurse said: “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”

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Small Crowds at Texas Oil Technology Conference

德州石油技術會議參會人數減少

Low oil prices have reduced oil exploration and development activity around the world.

低油低迷影了全球油氣勘探活動和石油產業的發展活力。

Tens of thousands of workers have lost jobs with oil companies and in the oil service industry in recent months.

石油公司和支持油氣勘探生產的服務產業在近幾個月裁掉了數萬人。

So it was no surprise that attendance was down at the recent Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas.

因此德克薩斯休斯頓海洋石油技術展會參會人數銳減也在意料之中。

The conference has been a meeting place for oil and gas industry representatives for the past 47 years. In other years, large crowds attended the event.

在過去的47年中，石油和天然氣行業代表聚集於此召開會議。那些年參會人數規模龐大。

A number of oil services companies were represented at the conference this month. That is because these businesses know that oil prices will one day rise and their services will be needed.

這個月許多服務公司參展。那是因爲這些企業知道有一天石油價格會漲，那時就會有人需要他們的服務。

Milo Lu works for the Chinese company HuangHua Group. He told VOA that low prices have reduced oil exploration activity almost everywhere.

宏華集團的麥洛・盧(Milo Lu)告訴voa，油價低迷使得幾乎全球各地的石油勘探活動減少。

“The only area that we still have something going on is probably (the) Middle East -- everywhere else its pretty dead.”

“目前公司還有業務的只有中東地區，其餘地方基本沒有生氣。”

But he said it was important for his company to attend the conference this year.

但她說參加該月的會議對其公司具有重要意義。

“You just have to show your face. You still gotta let people know that you're still here.”

“你需要露臉，讓人們知道你還在堅持。”

Service companies attending the conference offered things like large ships, exploration platforms and small devices that measure oil flow through pipes.

出席會議的服務公司展示了像大型油船，開採平臺和測量石油流經管道的小型設備等。

Richard Nott works for Lloyd’s Register Energy, which has offices in London. He admits many companies have stopped looking for oil. But he says they will someday need his company’s help.

總部在倫敦的勞埃德註冊能源公司(Lloyd’s Register Energy)的理查德・諾特說，他承認許多企業已停止勘探石油的項目，但是他說那些關停的項目最終將需要他們公司的幫助。

“Many of these projects that have been cancelled or deferred, they've not gone away. They have gone away for a rethink as to how we can do this more cheaply, how we can maybe do it quicker, and how we can maybe do it more effectively.”

“許多項目暫停或延期，當並沒有完全停止。我們停下來重新思考如何降低成本，如何提高速度，如何提高效率。”

Steve Kosch represented 3M Corporation at the Offshore Technology Conference. He demonstrated a safety system that helps workers escape from tall structures in a fire or building collapse.

在3M公司的展位，史蒂夫・科施正在演示一款爲在高聳的油井塔上作業的人員設計的安全揹帶和逃生系統。

“You still have employees working for you. They're gonna be out there working atheights. And so you have to protect those workers. Obviously, we're trying to find solutions for the employers, to try to find low-cost solutions to their, their needs.”

科施說：“你仍然還有在高空作業的員工。所以你要保護他們。我們嘗試爲僱主找到成本低廉但又滿足他們需求的解決方案。”

In recent weeks, world oil prices have stopped their sharp drop. But most people at the conference said they are preparing for low prices through next year and beyond.

雖然油價最近有所回升，但是大多數參加展會的人都說，他們做好了市場低迷持續到明年乃至更久的準備。