Fortunately — and unexpectedly — the demand for water is not rising as rapidly as some predicted.
一个意外的惊喜在于，人们对水的需求并没有像一些人预测的那样快速增长。
During the industrial revolution and population explosion of the 19th and 20th centuries, the demand for water rose dramatically.
在19世纪和20世纪的工业革命和人口激增期间，人们对水的需求急剧上升。
There is an urgent need for food and water.
有着对食品和水的迫切需要。
Lack of food and water provided much of the impulsion for their speed.
缺少食物和水促使他们加快了速度。
Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water.
袋鼠与绵羊和牛争夺为数不多的食物和水的供应。
I will pick up the rubbish, offer water to the runners and take photos for them.
我将捡起垃圾，给运动员提供水，并为他们拍照。
People have figured out how to use water more efficiently, and communities are rethinking their priorities for water use.
人们已经找到了更高效利用水的方法，并且社区正在重新考虑他们用水的优先顺序。
Making meat out of plants uses less water and land than raising animals for meat.
从植物中提取肉类所消耗的水和土地比饲养肉食动物要少。
Adjustable wrench for turning off gas and water.
可调扳手，用于关闭煤气和自来水。
They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals depend on the desert plants for their food and do not need much water.
他们有骆驼、绵羊和其他动物。这些动物以沙漠植物为食，不需要太多的水。
For centuries, the annual floods of the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates, for example, have brought fertile silts and water to the inhabitants of their lower valleys.
比如，几个世纪以来，尼罗河、底格里斯河和幼发拉底河每年的洪水给下游山谷的居民带来了肥沃的淤泥和水源。
Several men wash their hands and faces with water from teakettles and kneel toward Mecca for evening prayers.
一些人用水壶里的水洗手和脸后，朝麦加方向跪下，进行晚间祈祷。
Pipes and ducts for electricity, water and waste are threaded through each floor module while it is still in the factory.
每个楼层模块仍在工厂里的时候，电力、水和废弃物的管道将他们接通。
People in many parts of the world are desperate for water, and more people will need more water in the next century.
世界上许多地方的人们都迫切需要水，下个世纪将有更多的人需要更多的水。
The best prevention for cholera is to boil or filter water, and eat only well-cooked food.
预防霍乱最好的方法是把水煮沸或过滤，并且只吃煮熟的食物。
She gasped for air and drew in a lungful of water.
她倒吸气，吸了一大口水。
In Australia, the government has encouraged people to collect rainwater and recycle water from showers for a second use.
在澳大利亚，政府鼓励人们收集雨水，从淋浴回收水用于第二次使用。
These dams generate low-cost electricity and store water that is needed for agriculture and industry.
这些水坝能产生低成本的电力，并储存农业和工业所需的水。
It has been proved that Low Till Farming increases harvests and reduces water use, and this method reduced the need for chemical products because there are fewer unwanted plants.
实践证明，低耕农业提高了作物产量，减少了用水量；而且，由于有害植物变少了，这种农业对化工产品的需求也降低了。
If an earthquake, hurricane or other disaster strikes your community, you might not have access to food, water, and electricity for days or even weeks.
如果地震、飓风或其他的灾害突袭你的家园，你可能会好几天甚至好几个星期都无法获得食物、水和电。
The potential to provide 60-100% more food by simply eliminating losses, while simultaneously freeing up land, energy and water resources for other uses, is an opportunity that should not be ignored.
仅仅通过减少损失就有可能增加60%-100%的粮食供应，同时腾出土地、能源和水资源用于其他用途，这是一个不应被忽视的机会。
They use the camels for carrying water, food, tents and something else.
他们用骆驼运水、食物、帐篷和其他东西。
Now make the fire, and put on water and cook my supper, for I am very tired.
现在，生火，烧水，做晚饭吧，因为我很累了。
Teri and Kim head for the water tower alone with Jack and Rick not far behind.
泰瑞和金姆独自向水塔方向行进，杰克和里克就在不远处。
Her answer is "the spacesuit is really a small spacecraft with room for food and water containers, and a waste-collection system."
她的回答是:“宇航服其实就是一个小宇宙飞船，里面有放食物和水的空间，还有一个垃圾收集系统。”
The information says she'll need just a jar for water—and some pencils for drawing.
有消息称说她只需要一个装水的罐子和一些画画用的铅笔。
Her answer is "the spacesuit is really a small spacecraft with room for food and water-containers, and a waste-collection system."
她的回答是“宇航服其实就是一个小宇宙飞船，里面有放食物和水的空间，还有一个垃圾收集系统。”
Water ice could be melted and purified for drinking.
结冰的水可以融化后净化以供饮用。
She stood outside with a water jug and served water to pedestrians every day for the next several weeks.
在接下来的几周里，她都拿着水壶站在外面，每天给行人提供水。
The towers will stick out of the water and be lit, to warn shipping, and also be designed to be lifted out of the water for maintenance and to clean seaweed from the blades.
这些塔会升出水面并且亮灯，用以警示船只避让，同时也能够完全升到水面以上，以方便维修螺旋桨和清理叶片上的水草。
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