The rain harvesting systems mean that a family member no longer has to walk long distances to get water.

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In fact, I do this as well, I mean I have water with me and I have no idea why because I'm not particularly dehydrated.

事实上,我也整天带着水壶,我是说我随身带水,但又不知道为什么要带,因为我并没有特别的脱水症状

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I mean, they're surrounded by water everywhere you look.

我是意思是,那儿四面环水

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We shouldn't, just because there are biases and mistakes that potentially can be made, it doesn't mean we need to throw out the baby with the bath water and stop studying ourselves.

我们不应该，只是因为会有潜在的偏颇和错误，这并不意味着我们要因噎废食,停止探究自己。

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It used to be the case that-- well I mean my guess is that very few of you probably go through a day without interacting with a water bottle at some point.

以前的情况是,我是说,我猜在座很少有人经历过,一整天不带水壶的日子

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And if I think back to my own childhood again, not that that was the glory days by any means, but I mean people weren't falling over hour after hour from dehydration because they didn't have a water bottle with them.

如果我回忆一下自己的童年,不是说我的童年有多光辉灿烂,而是我想说当时人们也没有因脱水而倒下,而因为他们没有随身携带水壶

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