Imagine you're on an ocean liner when a wall of water ten stories tall RACES toward you like an unstoppable freight train.

想象一下你正呆在一艘远洋轮船上，这时一道十层楼高的水墙像一列不可阻挡的货运列车冲向你。

youdao

There was no point telling stories because there was no one to listen, except the wind and the waves. But then the boy saw something in the water ahead of him.

这一路上，他一点讲故事的兴致也没有，因为一个人也没有，除了风声就是海浪。

youdao

At Niagara Falls, more than 500, 000 gallons (1, 892, 705 liters) of water crash down 18 stories into the Niagara River every second-enough to fill nearly 50 Olympic-size swimming pools in a minute!

在尼亚加拉大瀑布，每秒至少有50万加仑(1,892,705升)的水冲下十八层楼高的断崖坠入尼亚加拉河中——如此丰沛的水量足以在一分钟内注满50个奥运会标准尺寸的游泳池！

youdao

Lockwood retired in 1986 as managing editor of the Milwaukee Journal, where he worked for 30 years and where he supervised the team of reporters and photographers who were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1967 for a series of stories on water pollution.

WSJ: Former editor at Milwaukee Journal dies

Participants in the conference include stakeholders, representatives of UN-Water members and partners, representatives and experts of the UN Global Sustainability Panel, members of UNSGAB, representatives of UNDESA, representatives of the success stories and initiatives in water and green economy.

UNESCO: All Events | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

The stories move at India's water-buffalo pace but do not reflect its vivid colours.

ECONOMIST: Indian fiction: Disconnected | The