In other words, the merit of virtual water is not to give precise figures but to alert people that they might be better off growing different crops, or moving their manufacturing to another country.

换句话说，虚拟水的价值不是提供确切的数据，而是让人们意识到种植不同的作物可能使境况更好，或者把他们的工业转移到其它国家。

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Residents living near Warsak Dam on the outskirts of Peshawar in northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were put on alert as water levels rose.

位于巴基斯坦西北部开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦省白沙瓦郊区的沃尔瑟格大坝的水位不断上升，大坝附近居民处于戒备状态。

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Drinking coffee, having a shower or splashing cold water on your face may make you feel more alert, but won't change your BAC.

喝咖啡、淋浴或用冷水泼脸可能会使你感到更加清醒，但不会改变你的BAC。

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China issued a second water-pollution alert within a month, when phenol, a dangerous chemical, leaked into the Yangzi river near Shanghai.

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John Sullivan of the Boston Water and Sewer Commission testified that since September 11 the nation's drinking water utilities have been on a heightened state of alert to protect against the potential disruption of water service and biological or chemical contamination of drinking water.

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"I don't know why everyone says that about my work, " replied the 77-year-old Mr. Graves, who famously decorated the Walt Disney headquarters with a frieze of seven dwarfs and topped an Alessi teakettle with a red bird that tweets an alert when the water boils.

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