Scientists are continually learning more about sleep, but one thing they know for sure is this—for humans, it is as important as food and water.

科学家正在不断加深对睡眠的研究，他们对其中的一件事实确信无疑：对于人类来说，睡眠与食物和水一样重要。

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They require attention and love as much as food and water.

他们除了需要足够的食物和饮水，也很需要主人的关心。

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Not surprisingly, these neurons respond to primitive rewards, such as food and water.

不出意料，这些神经元对食物和水等原始的奖赏反应。

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The money will be used to meet emergency needs, such as water,food and shelter for homeless people in Haiti.

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The report says food is a big concern for most of the displaced and water too is emerging as a growing problem.

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"More challenges must still be addressed before the returnees enjoy the same conditions as other Mauritanian citizens, including deficiencies in health, education,water,and food security,"

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For them, the key is making sure they get basic needs such as food and water and some kind of return to a routine.

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Building enterprises and creating new jobs, improving health and education, and providing basic needs such as food and water in an economical and sustainable manner require a balanced energy mix that is suited to the economic, social, and resource conditions of individual countries and regions.

UNESCO: Sustainable Energy Strategies in Low and Middle-Income Economies | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Some Oreck employees are still unaccounted for, and the plant is still trucking in basic supplies, such as food and drinking water.

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