One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing boiling water down on enemies attacking a castle.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

The ideal audience for the book," he says "should be the preachers, the gentry, the lawyers, men of affairs, who drawing such water as they find from the book can use it," he says, "to sprinkle the same both from the pulpit and from their conversation upon the people."

他还说，像传教士，贵族，律师，当政者,这样的人就更应该读这本书，因为他们有能力,把从书中汲取的思想认识，通过礼拜或与他人的交谈,有效地传播出去“

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The World Health Organization says more than one billion people live in areas where renewable water resources are not available.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Professor Roark says knowing the age of the corals might help scientists understand earlier water conditions and ocean surface productivity.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Pieter Hoff says the nice thing about the siphons is that, once collected, the water is not able to evaporate anymore.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

However,he says, many plants are not closing their pores in order to hold in more water.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

He says water also holds some of the major wavelengths that identify asbestos.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

Mister Zundt says the vehicle releases only water vapor and is "totally clean."

VOA: special.2009.09.07

He says the spots are usually caused by too much water.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

John Masiunas says water management is extremely important.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

A World Bank report issued this year says the average Israeli gets four times as much water as the average Palestinian.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

A storm destroyed his house in 2007, he says.And worse, storm surges have tainted the water supply with salt.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

The World Meteorological Organization says 90 percent of all natural disasters are related to weather, water and climate events.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Without drinking water, Victoria Switzer says, the house she hoped her grandchildren would visit won't be livable or saleable.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

She says lower costs have eased her family's financial burden because they used to spend much more on water.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

He says there is nothing to harvest. In the nearby village of Qattana, no water has been pumped for days.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

Gab says the town's population is growing every day and he fears Docol could begin experiencing a severe water shortage.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

He says reports of water contamination occur wherever there is hydro fracking, perhaps because the process uses such great pressure.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

For example, she says millions of people will suffer from either too much water or too little water under climate change.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

BP Vice President Kent Wells says the method will reduce the amount of oil spewing into the water.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Osman says long-term residents like her were already struggling to find enough food and water for thousands of recent arrivals from Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Bennett says clean drinking water is the next big concern, especially to prevent an outbreak of diseases such as diarrhea or cholera.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

She says she fears the water is not fit for drinking, but there is nothing else to drink.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Ibu Rosecta, who makes sweet frozen popsicles to sell to neighborhood children, says access to clean,running water has saved her family money.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

And editor Robert Coontz says the top 10 breakthroughs also included the discovery of water on the moon by the LCROSS mission.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

She says it also will pay for shelter for homeless families, clean water and training to upgrade skills for people without jobs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Environmentalist Gidon Bromberg says a joint Israeli-Palestinian water commission that was supposed to address water issues has not been doing its job.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

The report says food is a big concern for most of the displaced and water too is emerging as a growing problem.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

He says the agencies are supplying water, distributing farming supplies, setting up cooperatives and implementing food-for-work projects.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

A spokesman says relief workers hope to improve the process of water distribution, and that they desperately need more food,tents, and medical supplies.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02