Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams.
在大型技术的创造中，很少有能像大型水坝那样激发人们的想象力。
Hydroelectric power and flood control and irrigation are possible without building monster dams.
水力发电、防洪和灌溉都不需要建造大型水坝。
Twelve new dams are planned for the upper Yangtze alone.
仅在长江上游，就规划再修建12座大坝。
The idea that dams can change weather patterns is not new.
大坝可以改变天气模式的提法并不新鲜。
The total price tag for those dams will exceed $1 billion.
这些水电站总金额超过10亿美元。
There are several dams across this river.
这条河上有好几个水坝。
Thee lesson from dams is that big is not always beautiful.
建造大坝的教训是：大的并不一定总是美的。
The huge complex will probably have all the usual problems of big dams.
这个大型的工程可能会出现所有大坝上的常见问题。
The building of large dams can destroy the environment for animals and plants.
建造大坝会破坏动植物的生存环境。
China has plans for more DAMS.
中国有更多的水坝构建计划。
All DAMS need sound foundations.
所有的堤坝都需要坚固的基础。
水坝是河狸筑的。
They volunteered to help us make DAMS.
他们自愿帮助我们修大坝。
Still, many new DAMS are being planned.
而一些新的大坝仍在计划之中。
冰坝为什么会形成？
However, these DAMS also cause problems.
然而这些水坝也造成了问题。
But big DAMS tend not to work as intended.
但是，大水坝往往不按预期工作。
Robin Charlwood is a world expert on large DAMS.
宾查伍德是大坝的世界级专家。
Dams were built for the generation of electricity.
建筑水坝是作发电之用。
Cracking is an important sign of aging of earth DAMS.
坝体产生裂缝是土坝老化的重要标志。
This is one of the many DAMS being built on the river.
这是沿河修筑的许多水坝之一。
It also has a good future on detecting leakages of DAMS.
在解决堤坝渗漏方面，也有着很好的应用前景。
Many DAMS and levees need seepage treatment in our country.
我国有许多大坝和堤防需要进行防渗处理。
They build large DAMS to store water in huge man-made lakes.
人们建造了巨大的水坝以把水储存在巨大的人工湖里。
The reason: in an age of global warming, DAMS are running dry.
原因是在全球变暖的年代里，水坝可能会逐渐干涸。
The group found that DAMS are, on average, in terrible disrepair.
该协会称，水坝基本处于严重失修状态。
The group found that DAMS are, on average, in terrible disrepair.
该协会称，水坝基本处于严重失修状态。
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