Do you understand why the local people are opposed to the new dam up the river?

你知道为什么当地人反对在河上修建新水坝吗？

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Could you tell me why the two theme pavilions are located on the other side of the river?

这两个主题馆怎么在河的那边？

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This, Haddad says, is why people find it acceptable to get their water supply from their local river, even though that river water at one point mingled with the sewage of the town upstream.

哈达德说，这就是为什么人们发现能够接受从当地的河流中供水，即使那条河在某一个点上与上游城镇的污水汇合。

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It is still not clear why the animals were dumped in the river in the first place or who was behind it, says the BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing.

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He said after being rescued from the river Mr Oldfield was detained by police who asked him why he had jumped in the water.

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Bishop Cappio wonders why water is being exported when 3m people live along the river's course, many of them poor and without plumbing.

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