With no water or electricity, and scant food, survivors keep each other company at one of three emergency shelters on the outskirts of what remains of the town.

没水、没电、缺少食物，在郊外的三所避难所里，灾民们互相照应。 “不能洗脸洗澡。”

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Surviving on the scant rain that falls on the high desert, the surrounding natural scrubland USES far less water. The scrubland, shown in the upper left corner of the image, is tan and pale blue.

为了在降水稀少的高地沙漠存活下来，周围自然形态的灌木丛则消耗很少的水分，可以看到这些分布在图片左上部的灌木丛是黄褐色和灰蓝色的。

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A scant 700 feet off the water, the flight engineer was able to restart a second engine.

直到距离水面700英尺的高度时，飞行工程师才能将第二个引擎重新启动。

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In general, scrutiny of China's water projects is scant, and the government is in a hurry.

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It doesn't take much MTBE to impart a foul odor to drinking water, but still there is scant evidence that tiny amounts of MTBE pose a health risk.

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Usually the water problem is a natural one of scant rainfall or the absence of topographical means of collection and retention, such as mountains for snowpack or lakes and flowing rivers.

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