大學(xué)英語綜合教程1-UNIT-5

What’stheWorldto

DoaboutWater?

MichaelE.Webber

BythesixthgroupIn2007,whenmydaughterwassevenyearsold,wewouldbrushourteethtogethereverynightaspartofourdailyritual（慣例）.Toconserve（節(jié)約使用）

water,wewouldturnoffthefaucetafterwettingourbrushesandturnitbackononlytorinse.Onenight,Ididn‘tturnoffthewaterfastenoughtoherliking.Sheturnedoffthefaucet,madeanangryfaceatme,andgrowled（嘟噥)

,“Turnoffthewater,Daddy.Thescientistsneedtime.”Paragraph11.aspartof:作為……部分

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toone’sliking:中意，稱心Thecandytasteenoughtoherliking.Mybrotherturnedonthelight,madeancomicalfaceatme,andshouted,”surprise!”Sheturnedoffthefaucet,madeanangryfaceatme,andgrowled.Vividwords她關(guān)上龍頭，對我做了個生氣的鬼臉，嘟噥著說。Thatstatementstillringsinmyearstoday,notonlybecauseofherprecociousness(早熟）butalsobecauseshewasexactlyright.Weneedtoconserveourresourcestobuyourselvestimesoscientistscanfindnewsolutionstoourproblems.Andthisisespeciallytrueforwater.Paragraph2Vivid

wordsThewordswhatmymothersaidstillringsinmyearstoday.Thatstatementstillringsinmyearstoday.這句話至今言猶在耳。buytime爭取時間Moneycan’tbuytime.千金難買寸光陰Butatbest,theplanwillbuysometimetoseekarealsolutiontothecrisis.不過，此方案充其量只是為危機(jī)尋找一個真正的解決之道爭取時間。Waterisontrack(步入……軌道；有望）

tobethemostimportantandmostcontentiousresourceofthe21stcentury.Itcouldreplaceoilasthestrategicresourcethattriggersgeopoliticalconflicts.Butwiththerightsolutions,itcouldalsobetheonethatbringsusalltogether.Paragraph3

In2003,thelateNobelLaureateRichardSmalleygavealectureatRiceUniversity‘sEnergy&NanotechnologyConferencehighlightinghumanity’stop10problemsforthenext50years.Hislist,indescendingorderofimportance,was:energy,water,food,environment,poverty,terrorismandwar,disease,education,democracy,andpopulation.Paragraph4Grammar現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語In2003,thelateNobelLaureateRichardSmalleygavealectureatRiceUniversity‘sEnergy&NanotechnologyConferencehighlightinghumanity’stop10problemsforthenext50years.著重談了人類未來五十年內(nèi)的十大問題Walkingslowlyacrossthegrass,hepointedthegunatthelionandfired.他慢慢地走過草地,把槍對準(zhǔn)獅子就射擊了.Allnightlonghelayawake,thinkingoftheproblem.他整夜躺在床上睡不著,思考著那個問題.

Thereasonenergyandwatersitatthetop,aheadoffoodandpoverty,isthataddressingthemmakessubsequentproblemseasiertodealwith.Developingabundantsourcesofclean,reliable,affordableenergyenablesanabundanceofcleanwater.Anabundanceofcleanwaterenablesfoodproductionandprotectstheenvironment.Andsoforth.Paragraph5

Inmanyways,the1900swasthecenturyofenergyconflict.Now,thedawnofanewenergyeraisjustaroundthecorner—withthepricesofsolarpowergoingdown,anddistributedgenerationandenergyefficiencyonthepointoftakingoff—andwecanforeseeatimethiscenturywhenwaterreplacesenergyasthenextgreatchallengeforhumanity.Gettingwaterrightcouldclearthepathtoafullyliberated,healthy,andpeacefulcivilization.Paragraph6Vividwordsaroundthecorner即將來臨Now,thedawnofanewenergyeraisjustaroundthecorner.現(xiàn)在，新能源時代的黎明即將到來。The

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corner.期終考試即將到來。Gettingwaterright：SolvingthewaterproblemMainfestivalWorldWaterDayisdeterminedbytheendofthetwentiethcenturythehumanandaholiday.Tosatisfypeopledailylife,commercialandagriculturalwaterresourceneeds,theUnitedNationshaslongbeencommittingitselftosolvewatercausedbyrisingdemandfortheglobalwatercrisis.Butwateriscomplicated.First,there‘snoalternative.Therearealternativestocoalandpetroleum,butwatercannotbereplaced.Second,waterisintertwined(纏繞；糾纏；編結(jié))witheveryothersectorofsociety.Energyproductionrequireswaterforcoolingpowerplantsandfracturingshale.Agricultureneedswaterforirrigation.Industryandcitiesusetrillionsofgallonsofwaterforallsortsofpurposes.Third,waterdemandsaregrowingatthesametimesuppliesarefluctuating.Climatechangeisexpectedtointensifydroughtsandfloodswhileshiftingwherewaterwillbeandwhen.Thatmeanshumanitywillbeconfrontedwithdecisionsaboutwhethertomovepeopletowaterorwatertopeople.Paragraph7FantasticExpressionThird,waterdemandsaregrowingatthesametimesu