Today, rivers are controlled for many reasons, primarily to maintain reliable water supplies for daily, agricultural and industrial needs, for power generation, for navigation, and to prevent flooding.

今天，河流控制的原因有很多，主要是为了维持可靠的水资源供应，以满足日常生活、农业和工业、发电、航行的用水需要，并起到防洪作用。

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The plan calls for rebuilding, moving and expanding the park's playground and bathrooms and creating gardens and pathways and a storm-water system to prevent flooding.

这个方案需要整座公园重新设计，搬迁，扩大原有的娱乐场和盥洗室，新盖一个花园和公园小路，以及一个预防海水泛滥的堤坝系统。

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Engineers are trying to prevent meltdowns by flooding the chambers of the nuclear reactors with sea water.

目前工程技术人员正准备通过向反应堆内填充海水的方式来防止反应堆内核心融毁。

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Weinberg noted that Katrina had been a Category 3 hurricane before moving up to Category 5, and there are thus still concerns about whether New Orleans' partially-rebuilt levee system can contain a sudden storm surge and prevent the city from flooding.

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