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1，When the word water appears in print nowadays, crisis is rarely far behind.

Paraphrase: Today, whenever people mention the word “ water” in books or newspaper, you know they are going to talk about water crisis.

2，Water, it is said, is the new oil:…… to be overwhelmed by insatiable demand.

Paraphrase: Like oil, water, a natural resource, which has for a long time been stupidly wasted, is becoming an expensive commodity, and will soon be exhausted by the excessive consumption of humanity.

3，Everyone must use less water if famine,…… are not to sweep the globe.

Paraphrase: All of us must use less water to avoid such disasters as famine, epidemic, and mass migration throughout the world.

4，The language is often overblown, and the remedies……but the basic message is not wrong. Paraphrase: The language used in these books and articles are often exaggerated, and the solutions suggested sometimes do not sound sensible

5，Bringing supply and demand into equilibrium……to cause trouble.

Paraphrase: It is extremely difficult to balance people’s demand for more water and the amount of water that is available.

6，To carry on with present practice would indeed be to invite disaster.

Paraphrase: If people maintain their present lifestyle and continue wasting water the way they do, they would head for disaster.

7，One reason is that the supply of water is finite.

Paraphrase: One reason is that the amount of water available is limited.

8，The world will have no more of it in 2025 or 2050……at the sides of Noah’s Ark.

Paraphrase: In 2025 or 2050, the world’s water supply will be the same as it is today, or in the days of Noah.

9，Flooding is routine, and may become more frequent and damaging with climate change.

Paraphrase: Flooding has become a regular phenomenon, and become more frequent and destructive when climate changes.

10，Scarce or plentiful, water is above all local…….and to carry silt out of sea.

Paraphrase: Whether there is little or a lot of it, most importantly, water is found in particular areas, not everywhere on Earth

11，As it nears the sea, ……wetlands and to carry silt out to sea.

Paraphrase: As the river comes closer to the sea, its water becomes less and less useful except

finally to sustain deltas wetlands and to carry silt out to sea.

12，The point is, though, that even within a basin water……in some places than in others.

Paraphrase: However, the current issue is that even within the same basin, the values of water are different in its various places.

13，… as the demands of farmers have outgrown their supplies of rain and surface water.

Paraphrase: … as farmers need more fresh water than they can get from rivers, lakes and reservoirs as well as rainfalls.

14，Part of the beauty of the borehole is that it requires no elaborate apparatus.

Paraphrase: Obtaining water out of the ground by drilling deep holes is easy, requiring no complicated equipment.

15，That is why India and China are now perforated……drawing on the common resource.

Paraphrase: That is why millions of irrigation wells have been dug in India and China, both using the supply of water belonging to or shared by the whole community.

16，But even big aquifers are not immune to the law of physics.

Paraphrase: However, even big aquifers have limited storage of groundwater which sooner or later can be exhausted, which is determined by the laws of physics. 17，But almost nowhere will the price reflect scarcity…

Paraphrase: Many countries are faced with the problem of water shortage, but the resource is free almost everywhere. Its low price does not show the scarcity of it.

18，Priced or not, water is certainly valued, and that value depends on the use to which it is harnessed.

Paraphrase: Whether it is reasonably priced or not, water is a valuable resource, and the value is determined by the purpose it is made to serve.

19，… and for this there is no substitute.

Paraphrase: …and no other stuff can replace water.

20，That is why many people believe water to be a human right,…… or a roof over the head. Paraphrase: That is why many people believe that water is a right every human being is entitled to. It is a necessity more important than food and shelter

21，From this much follows.

Paraphrase: The belief that water is a human right… results in / leads to mant other consequences

22，… has proved so difficult to organize.

Paraphrase: … has proved so difficult for people to work out ways so that it is used sensibly and

efficiently because this is bound to meet with opposition.

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