农业是水资源密集型产业，占全球淡水消耗的近70%。

Agriculture is a water-intensive business, accounting for nearly 70% of global fresh water consumption.

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他说，人类不愿意正视全球变暖、迅速消耗有限资源带来的巨大威胁。

He says humanity is living in denial about the severity of the threat it faces from global warming and its rapid use of finite resources.

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最新调查表明，与很多贫穷国家的居民相比，英国人对生活更加不满，消耗的地球资源也过多。英国幸福指数在全球排名第74位，落后于格鲁吉亚和缅甸。

British people are less satisfied with life than many in poorer countries and use too many of the earth's resources, according to a poll that ranks Britain 74th in the world below Georgia and Burma.

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