OFFICIALS in Tampa, Florida, got a surprise recently when a local firm building the state's first ethanol-production factory put in a request for 400,000 gallons (1.5m litres) a day of city water.

佛罗里达州坦帕市的官员们最近不大不小吃了一惊：一家企业要求该市每天向他们供水四十万加仑(一百五十万升)。这家企业(US Envirofuels)正在兴建佛罗里达州第一家乙醇燃料工厂。

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OFFICIALS in Tampa, Florida, got a surprise recently when a local firm building the state's first ethanol-production factory put in a request for 400, 000 gallons (1.5m litres) a day of city water.

佛罗里达州坦帕市的官员们最近不大不小吃了一惊：一家企业要求该市每天向他们供水四十万加仑（一百五十万升）。 这家企业（US Envirofuels）正在兴建佛罗里达州第一家乙醇燃料工厂。

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Cheap transportation networks, the rise of cities, and the availability of capital and credit all stimulated the shift to factory production.

廉价的交通网络、城市的兴起以及资本和信用的普及都是促使工厂生产转型的因素。

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