Water shortages do not have to trouble the world — if we start valuing water more than we have in the past.

如果我们开始比过去更加重视水的价值，水资源短缺就不会给世界带来麻烦。

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Just as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic perspective.

正如我们在上世纪70年代的石油危机后开始更加重视石油一样，如今我们必须开始从一个全新的经济视角看待水资源。

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Put a frog in the water and start heating the water.

把一只青蛙放到水里，开始加热。

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Automatic faucets use an electronic sensor to start and stop the flow of water when people wash their hands.

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Of course you will notice some of the continents are painted incorrect, 'cause when they got paint in their hands, they start painting areas that should be water lands or lands that ended up to be water.

你肯定会发现,有些大陆画得不够准确，因为他们拿起刷子后，就会把,海洋画成陆地,而把陆地画成海洋。

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They say we should drink water even before we start to feel like we need something to drink.

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Then, hold the bowl above the steaming water and start your whisk-athon.

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"Every individual needs to be sensitive to the value of water and to start treating it with respect, " Cosgrove said.

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But it's the water that they're really concerned about, that if people start drinking the water that's coming out of the wells, which people has been doing, that they're going to get sick from that.

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