Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country's natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on.

一国财富在很大程度上受其自然资源影响，比如：煤炭、黄金或其他矿物质、水源等等。

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I am very sorry to make your mouth water, but these, as you know, are five new gold pieces.

我很抱歉让你流口水了，但你知道，这是五个新金币。

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Water is much more expensive than gold and diamonds.

水比黄金和钻石贵得多。

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First a gold miner put dirt in a metal pan and added water.

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Bobo Simbo stands thigh-high in a pool of orange water, sifting the mud for traces of gold dust.

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This jagged sentinel sliced the nation's watersheds into east and west, the Atlantic and the Pacific and out west, water was gold, and where the water went, people followed.

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"In many parts of the country, water is absolutely more valuable than gold, " says fish habitat and water consultant Shannon Skelton, who runs CFI Global Fisheries Management, a company that helps landowners manage their water assets.

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Murrin's other bets imply that after a hiatus during the recession, a Malthusian shortage of grains, irrigation water, gold and oil will reassert itself.

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