I heard the sound of taps one night.

我在一个夜晚聆听水龙头的流水声。

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Regular checks ensure that sufficient number of taps are functional for use by people living in the camps.

工作人员经常检查水龙头，以确保有足够的水龙头供难民们使用。

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There was no wall of water, no howling winds; just the sound of taps drying up and toilets ceasing to flush.

没有滔天巨浪，也没有狂风大作；只有水龙头干涸和厕所无水冲刷所发出的声音。

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However,signs of the shortage are much less visible in cities like Jerusalem, where taps have yet to go dry.

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This is one of the few days of the week that water flows from the taps.

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Intifar Sabre Abu Hassan, one of the women of the family, says she knows the taps will run dry by the afternoon, and then stay dry for several days ahead.

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What happened next was perhaps the loudest crescendo of the blowing of taps ever performed.

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William Strong and his wife, Virginia, were buried here amid rifle volleys and a plaintive playing of taps.

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