In the western United States, mountain snow provides up to seventy-five percent of all surface water supplies.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

And I was just in the water which is the place I feel most comfortable as a swimmer all my life.

那一刻我在水中,感到这是我一生中最舒适的游泳环境。

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And if that's the case, why in the world would--can we justify all that shipping, all the excess energy to taste, to ship water in from France, rather then just buying something local or drinking water out of the tap?

既然如此,为什么还会有世界范围的进出口呢,为什么还要浪费能源,从法国进口呢,而不是买当地的品牌,或是直接喝水龙头里的水呢

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Health experts say adults should drink about two liters of water a day to replace all the water lost in liquid wastes and perspiration.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

"All what we've been able to gain in the past with the access to clean water, expanded immunization programs were totally reversed with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.

VOA: special.2011.07.20

All six crew members were unharmed and were rescued as the boat began taking on water near Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Mr.Ban said the needs in Haiti are huge and immediate above all medical supplies, food,water,tents,shovels and heavy equipment.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

"There is a lack of water in all the region, especially in Jordan and for the Palestinians."

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

This man said at about five o'clock in the morning, he heard the dam collapse and all of sudden the water rushed towards the houses.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

In the end,all there will be is a giant puddle of water, the bronze skeleton and plaques a kind of testimony to the crisis of climate change.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

"I am not worried about quality at all. Because again I count on not only on the regulatory agencies that determine the quality of the water in which these products are grown.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

The United Nations estimates that nearly 200,000 people, half of the region's population, are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and they may all soon be on the move in search of towns with food and water.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06