Dialogue:"Have you seen that the price of oil has gone up again?""Oh no! Does that mean that petrol is going to get more expensive?""Probably. The oil companies usually pass the increase onto ordinaryconsumers like you and me.""Oh well. Better go and fill up the car while I can still afford it."Words and phrases:the price of oil - the price at which crude oil is traded on the worldmarket.go up again - the price has either been going up and up or has fallenrecently and is not rising again.petrol (gasoline) - the fuel used in cars is called petrol in the UK andgasoline or gas in America.probably - the speaker is no doubt this will happen.pass the increase onto - the oil companies will maintain their profitsagainst the rise in the price of crude oil by increasing the price ofpetrol.ordinary consumer - compared to commercial users of petrol and other oilbased products.better - short for: I'd better which means I should.fill up the car - fill up his car's petrol tank.while I can still afford it - the speaker is making a joke by imaginingthat petrol will become too expensive for ordinary people to buy.