An oil tanker ran aground and lost about 15,000 gallons of gas into the sea.
一般油轮搁浅,把 15000 加仑油倾泻在海里了。
an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
人们情愿拿出大笔的钱,也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手。