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Water feels ordinary because it comes from taps so easily in daily life.
水在日常生活里来得太方便了,所以它常常会让人觉得理所当然。
Water feels ordinary because it comes from taps so easily in daily life.
水在日常生活里来得太方便了,所以它常常会让人觉得理所当然。
But clean usable water does not appear by magic. It takes natural sources, treatment, pipes, energy, and care.
可是,干净可用的水并不是凭空出现的,它需要水源、净化、输送、能源和很多人的维护。
People need water for drinking, cooking, farming, cleaning, and making many things we use every day.
人们喝水、做饭、种植、清洁,甚至制造很多日用品时,都离不开水。
When water is wasted, it is not only the water itself that is lost. The energy and effort used to deliver it are also wasted.
当水被浪费掉时,失去的不只是水本身,连同把它送到我们面前的能源和努力也一起被浪费了。
Some places have less fresh water than others, and drought can make water even harder to get.
有些地方本来就缺少淡水,遇到干旱时,用水还会变得更加困难。