墨西哥湾石油污染现状

The public has seen for the first time the extent of the oil gushing from BP's broken pipe nearly a mile under water.

英国石油公司的输油管是在水下1左右英里处发生的破裂，石油从中喷涌而出。这是公众第一次看到漏油的严重程度。

The oil giant has released a video taken by a remote-controlled camera.

该石油巨头公开了一段由遥控摄像机拍摄的视频。

Over the past 21 days more than four million gallons of oil have been released since the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

自从在墨西哥湾发生了油井（该油井名为“深海地平线”）爆炸以来，21天里，400多万加仑的原油已泄入大海。

Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said that the flow rate looked "pretty much the same as it's always looked".

在本周三的新闻发布会上，英国石油公司的首席运营官撒特尔斯称，目前的原油泄漏速率看起来“和之前非常相近”。

"It may have a bit more of this white element to it, which may or may not mean that the flow rate is reduced slightly," he added.

他还补充到，“漏油中的白色物质增多，但并不能说明漏油的速率有什么变化。”

Meanwhile, a new containment box - a cylinder called a "top hat" - was placed on the sea floor near the well leak.

同时，一个新的控制漏油的装置-一个被称作“大礼帽”的圆筒形设备-被放置在了海底泄漏点的附近。

The 100-ton box filled up with an ice-like slush of gas and water.

这个重达100吨的装置内装满了冰状的固态水煤气混合物。

BP has another plan-it might try to siphon oil away from the unchecked well.

英国石油公司还有另外一个方案-从漏油的油井中用虹吸管把油抽走。