每座大楼都有防火干板墙保护其楼梯井。
Each building had fireproof drywalls to protect the stairwells.
在27个新钻的井中，16个已被证明是可开采的。
它往井里一瞧，大喊。
一千年前，梯级井是印度最干旱地区的生活基础。
A millennium ago, step-wells were fundamental to life in the driest parts of India.
狐狸跳入井中。
睡鼠又想了一两分钟，然后说：“这是一口糖浆井。”
The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, "It was a treacle-well."
从井中泄漏的石油比油轮事故中泄漏的加工过的石油要浓稠得多。
Oil from well leaks is much thicker than the processed oil that spills during tanker accidents.
在奥加拉拉钻的第一口井是在20世纪30年代早期的干旱年代。
The first wells were drilled into the Ogallala during the drought years of the early 1930s.
这意味着一些井甚至在开采后还需要进行海水淡化，这增加了成本。
This means that some wells may even need to undergo desalination after extraction, thus increasing the cost.
位于斋浦尔以南200公里的古城邦迪以其建筑闻名，包括阶梯井。
The ancient city of Bundi, 200 kilometres south of Jaipur, is renowned for its architecture, including its stepwells.
他最终筹到了2000多美元。这些钱被用来挖第一口“瑞安的井”。
Finally he collected over $2,000. That money was used to dig the first of "Ryan's wells".
有些井是露天的巨坑，每个斜边都有几百级台阶，通常是一层一层的。
Some wells are vast, open craters with hundreds of steps paving each sloping side, often in tiers.
在许多国家，数以百万计的灌溉井现在从地下水源抽水的速度，超过了降雨所能再次填满的速度。
Millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.
由于地下水位下降，灌溉井干涸，居于世界之首的中国小麦产量，已经从1997年1.23亿吨的峰值下降了8%。
As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry, China's wheat crop, the world's largest, has declined by 8% since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997.
它有许多隧道、房间和井。
农夫高兴地买下了这口井。
1975年，田部井淳子成功登顶珠峰。
Junko Tabei succeeded reaching the top of Qomolangma in 1975.
一天，公主把球抛得太高，球掉进了井里。
One day, the princess tossed the ball too high, and it landed in the well.
邻居回答说：“我卖给你的是井，不是水。”
他无权从井里取水。
既然你卖的是井而不是水，你就没有权利把水留在农夫的井里。
Since you sold the well not the water, you have no right to keep the water in the farmer's well.
其他的井设计更加精巧，长长的台阶延伸好几层然后到达水源处。
Others are more elaborate, with long stepped passages leading to the water via several storeys.
阶梯井是该地区特有的，通常建筑结构复杂，大小和形状差异很大。
Unique to the region, stepwells are often architecturally complex and vary widely in size and shape.
他去找他的邻居，问他能不能把他的井卖给自己。他的邻居同意了。
He went to his neighbor and asked him if he could sell his well to him. His neighbor agreed.
邻居回答说：“我确实把井卖给了农夫，但没有把井里的水卖给他。”
The neighbor replied, "I did sell the well to the farmer, but not the water in it."
邻居回答说：“我确实把井卖给了农夫，但没有把井里的水卖给他。”
The neighbor replied, "I did sell the well to the farmer, but not the water in it."
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