It means knowing where your water comes from and where it goes, where your electricity is generated and where your rubbish ends up.

这意味着你应该知道，你的自来水是哪里来的，废水又要流到哪里去； 你用的电能是怎么产生的；

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Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'you must be born from above.' the wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.

我说，你们必须重生，你不要以为希奇，风随着意思吹，你听见风的响声，却不晓得从哪里来，往哪里去？

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