那些有400年岁月痕迹的硬壳表明，当年詹姆斯河的河水盐度更高，也就是说可以补充淡水资源的降雨极其稀少。
The 400-year-old shells show that the James River was saltier back then, which shows that there was little rainfall to recharge the supply of fresh water.
曾经布满了运河水道的巴士拉——很久以前有着东方威尼斯的美誉——现在淡水正变得恶臭，堆满了垃圾。
The fresh waters that once flushed the canals of Basra — the Venice of the Middle East, it was called, though long ago — are fetid and filled with garbage.
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