'It belonged to Demaine the oil man.'

" 这地方原来属于石油大王德梅因。"

He is educated to be an oil man.

他所受的教育是要成为一个石油人。

And, you know, he started his path as an oil man.

而且，你知道的，他是作为一名石油人开始他的道路的。

The oil man's answer is that common sense can definitely be developed.

这位石油商人的回答是你当然可以培养你的常识判断力。

White oil men are blowing fortunes and going bankrupt.

白油商人正在发财并破产。

In these days a haunting fear pursued the oil men that the Pennsylvania field would be exhausted and that their business would be ended.

在这些日子里，一种挥之不去的恐惧笼罩着石油工人，他们担心宾夕法尼亚油田会枯竭，他们的生意也会结束。

By the early 20th century, because of this kind of clash of cultural forces, so many whites were coming into the area because of the well, so many oil workers and oil men.

到了20世纪初期，由于这种文化力量的冲突，大量的白人因为这口井而进入该地区，大量的石油工人和石油人。

Moore and Reid would have purchased his interest for $157,000,000; when Rockefeller came along the price had risen to $250,000,000; when the oil man shook his head and retired, Carnegie immediately raised his price to $500,000,000.

摩尔和里德本可以以 1.57 亿美元的价格购买他的权益；当洛克菲勒出现时，价格已经上涨到 250,000,000 美元；当石油人摇头退休时，卡内基立即将价格提高到 5 亿美元。