At the same time, the U.S., having edged closer to energy independence with natural gas and oil shale, no longer needed Riyadh the way it once did, and was noticeably less attentive.

与此同时，随着天然气和油页的开采，美国已经逐渐接近能源独立，已经过去那样需要利雅得了，对沙特也明显那么在意了。

" They drilled a hole several hundreds metres deep and they hit a deep, black, oily shale, " he said. " It turned out to be 1.1bn years old, which is absolutely incredible" .

" 们钻出了一个几百米深的洞，然后钻到了一个很深的黑色油页，" ，" 竟曾想到它有11亿年的历史，简直令人难以置信。"

On energy, I will cancel job killing restrictions on the production of American energy, including shale energy and clean call, creating many millions of high paying jobs. That's what we want, that's what we've been waiting for.

能源方面，我将撤销那些有碍美国能源产业就业的限制，包括油页能源和洁净煤，以创造数百万的高薪工作机会。那正是我们想要的，也是我们一直翘首以待的。