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Water is important. We all need water.
水很重要。我們都需要水。
Most people drink about two liters every day.
大多數人每天要喝約兩升的水。
Water helps us stay clean, cook and grow food.
誰能夠幫助我們清潔、做飯以及種植糧食。
In some countries, there is a lot of clean water.
在一些國家，有許多潔凈的水資源。
In other places, clean water is hard to find. This is a big problem.
但在其他一些地方，潔凈的水資源很難找到。這是一個大問題。
Today, 2.7 billion people don't always have enough water.
如今，有27億的人口不總是擁有充足的水資源。
By 2025, two-thirds of the world's people might not have enough water.
到2025年，世界上三分之二的人口可能不會擁有充足的水資源。
Some places are always very dry. There is not a lot of rain.
一些地方總是非常干旱。那里沒有充足的降水。
Sometimes people make cities in dry places. That is not a good idea.
有時候人們會干旱的地區建造城市。這可不是個好主意。
Other places do have enough water.
而其它地方確實擁有充足的水資源。
But these places are not always wise about using water.
但是這些地方卻不一定能夠明智地用水。
People waste water. They water yards and golf courses too much.
人們會浪費水資源。他們為院子和高爾夫球場澆了太多水。
They water at the wrong time in hot weather.
他們在大熱天的錯誤時間澆了水。
We can help save water, too. We can save water at home.
我們也可以幫忙節約水資源。我們可以在家中節約水資源。
We can take shorter showers. We can turn off the water when we clean the dishes or brush our teeth.
我們可以洗時間較短的澡。我們可以在洗盤子或刷牙的時候，把水先關掉。
We can clean our cars less often.
我們可以降低洗車的頻率。
Can you think of other ways we can save water?
你能想到其它節約水資源的方式嗎？
Let's be wise. Then we can always have enough water.
讓我們聰明一點。這樣我們就能一直有水資源了。
