水的短缺是一个大问题。
水的短缺已经影响到各大洲以及地球上超过40%的人口。
Water scarcity already affects every continent and more than 40 percent of the people on our planet.
难以接入电网以及因水的短缺而致难以清理太阳能板是常见的忧虑。
The difficulty of getting plugged into the grid and a shortage of water to clean panels are common worries.
对于近东这样的区域来讲，这是极为必要的，在这里，水的短缺限制了农业的扩展。
This is indispensable in a region like the Near East, where the scarcity of water prohibits further agricultural expansion.
同时更要考虑的另一个事实是，洁净饮用水的短缺，是当前迫切需要解决的全球问题之一：每年有200万人由于得不到适于饮用的水而死去，另有5亿人患病。
Also consider the fact that access to clean drinking water is one of the world's most pressing problems, every year 2 million people die and half a billion become sick from a lack of drinkable water.
如果我们开始比过去更加重视水的价值，水资源短缺就不会给世界带来麻烦。
Water shortages do not have to trouble the world — if we start valuing water more than we have in the past.
考虑到人类是这些生态系统的一部分，你可能听说过，水资源短缺可能会限制你可以使用多少水，特别是近些年夏天的时候，
Consider humans as part of these ecosystems, you've probably heard about water shortages or restrictions on how much water you can use, especially in the summer time, in recent years.
然而，水权并没有为水资源短缺提供一个简单快捷的解决办法。
Yet water rights do not provide an easy or quick fix to water shortages.
那么解决水短缺问题的办法是否在于农业？
Shouldn't the solution to water scarcity lie in agriculture?
研究人员编制了“水威胁”综合指数，其中包括水短缺和污染之类的问题。
Researchers compiled a composite index of "water threats" that includes issues such as scarcity and pollution.
建筑物的损坏，加上燃料、电力、水和用品的短缺，对服务提供产生重大影响。
Damage to buildings, combined with shortages of fuel, power, water and supplies has a major impact on service delivery.
在许多地区符合水质标准的水短缺。
未来几年的决断将决定能否避开一个主要的全球性的水和食物短缺危机。
The decisions of the coming years will determine whether a major global crisis of water and food shortage can be avoided.
而匮乏的主要诱因是水及食物短缺、人口结构变化和国家政策的失败。
The main problems of scarcity are water and food shortages, demographic change and state failure.
在南加州，水是一件大事，需求一直在持续上涨，而相关专家担心一场大地震可能会引发饮用水短缺的危险。
Water is a big deal in Southern California, where demand for it continues to climb, and experts fear a major earthquake could trigger a dangerous shortage of drinking water.
我们粮农组织认为，农业部门必须带头，通过确定雨育田保墒和农田灌溉的更有效办法来应对水短缺问题。
We at FAO recognize that the agriculture sector must take the lead in coping with water scarcity by finding more effective ways to conserve rain-fed moisture and irrigate farmlands.
五已经遭受重大的结构性短缺，这一地区内，能够从自然资源中获取的水将日益减少。
Five already suffer major structural shortages, it said, and the amount of water being taken from dwindling sources across the region cannot continue much longer.
首先，没有任何法宝或神奇的办法能够在瞬间消除水短缺问题，但是有具体的方法来扭转水短缺趋势。
First of all, there is no magic wand, no flip of the switch that is going to suddenly eliminate water scarcity. But there are concrete ways to turn the tide against water shortages.
整个受灾的沿海城市，人们很少谈论食物、水与能源的短缺，但却急切的想要重建家园。
All along the coast, the urgent talk is not just about survival in the face of shortages of food, water and fuel. Stricken communities are desperate to start rebuilding their towns (see article).
这些友善的阿富汗势力抱怨弹药、水与燃料的短缺(虽然一些指挥官似乎不缺上过甲彩的男孩陪伴)。
These friendly Afghan forces complain of being low on ammunition, water and fuel (though some commanders seem to have no shortage of boys with painted nails for company).
这些友善的阿富汗势力抱怨弹药、水与燃料的短缺(虽然一些指挥官似乎不缺上过甲彩的男孩陪伴)。
These friendly Afghan forces complain of being low on ammunition, water and fuel (though some commanders seem to have no shortage of boys with painted nails for company).
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