许多人试图通过减少灌溉频率或改种需水量更少的作物来节约用水。

Many have been attempting to conserve water by irrigating less frequently or by switching to crops that require less water.

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因此，许多农场主让土地休耕，或不再种植棉花一类需水量大的作物，而改种那些需水量更小的作物。

As a result, many farmers are letting their fields lie fallow or switching from thirsty crops, such as cotton, to those that need less.

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人类理所当然地认为使用水是人与生俱来的权利，所以亚利桑那州的市镇广场上公共喷泉还冒着泡、那里农民们选择种植需水量大的农作物。

But such is the human inclination to take water as a birthright that public fountains still may bubble in Arizona's town squares and farmers there raise thirsty crops.

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