If all goes well, then, Singapore's inhabitants will soon no longer feel like Coleridge's ancient mariner, that there is water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink.
如果一切顺利，新加坡居民将不会再有像柯勒律治（Coleridge，英国湖畔派诗人）笔下的古代水手那样的困境，这边是水，那边也是水，到处都是水，但却没有一滴可以饮用。
"Dear brother, do not drink," she began; but she was too late, for her brother had already knelt by the stream to drink, and as the first drop of water touched his lips he became a fawn.
“亲爱的哥哥，不要喝，”她开始喊叫；但是已经太迟了，因为他的哥哥已经跪在溪水前喝水了，当溪水刚刚碰到他的嘴唇他就变成了一只小鹿。
Wine was a very common drink, and it was easy to poison wine. To prove the wine was not poisoned, the host of a party would drink a drop of the wine of his guest to show it was safe.
为了证明酒很安全，主人会把客人杯中的酒倒一点在自己杯子里，然后喝下，以证明酒没被下药。
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