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通过更好的建设和管理可以缓解印度水危机
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考研英语外刊:通过更好的建设和管理可以缓解印度水危机

Bangalore gets between 800 and 900 millimeters (32-36 inches) of rain in a year, which is hardly a meager amount. If the city were to catch half of that, it would translate to more than 100 liters (27 gallons) per capita per day, far more than adequate for domestic and drinking purposes. Rainwater harvesting has been slow to catch on in the city, in spite of laws requiring it, but it’s now steadily picking up.

The next step would be to funnel some of the harvested rain via “recharge wells” back into groundwater, to begin to restore it. Two Bangalore NGOs, Biome Environmental Trust and Friends of Lakes, have launched a citizens’ initiative to dig a million recharge wells in the city—that’s about one every 90 feet. The idea is that these wells will pump back 60 percent of the rainwater into the shallow aquifer that has been depleted by overuse—and by the fact that only around 10 percent of rainwater currently can seep through cracks and gaps in the city’s pavement.

单词笔记:

1. meager    英 [ˈmiːgə]   美 [ˈmigər]  

adj.贫瘠的;不毛的;瘦的

2. capita    英 [ˈkæpɪtə]   美 [ˈkæpɪtə]  

n.头部;头,首,(英)地方首脑;人格;章,节

caput的复数

3. domestic    英 [dəˈmestɪk]   美 [dəˈmestɪk]  

adj.本国的;国内的;家用的;家庭的;家务的;喜爱家庭生活的;享受家庭乐趣的;乐于操持家务的

n.家佣;佣人;家庭纠纷;家庭矛盾

复数: domestics          派生词: domestically adv.

4. steadily    英 ['stedɪlɪ]  

adv.稳定地;坚定地;坚固地;不断地

5. harvest    英 [ˈhɑːvɪst]   美 [ˈhɑːrvɪst]  

n.收获季节;收割;收获;收成;收获量

v.收割(庄稼);捕猎(动物、鱼);采集(人体的细胞或组织,以供医学实验等)

第三人称单数: harvests 复数: harvests 现在分词: harvesting 过去式: harvested 过去分词: harvested

6. groundwater    英 [ˈɡraʊndwɔːtə(r)]  美 [ˈɡraʊndwɔːtər]  

n.地下水

7. initiative    英 [ɪˈnɪʃətɪv]   美 [ɪˈnɪʃətɪv]  

n.倡议;新方案;主动性;积极性;自发性;掌握有利条件的能力(或机会);主动权

复数: initiatives

8. pump    英 [pʌmp]   美 [pʌmp]  

n.抽水机;泵;打气筒;轻软舞鞋;轻便帆布鞋

v.用泵(或泵样器官等)输送;涌出;涌流;奔流;上下(或内外)快速摇动;急速摇晃

第三人称单数: pumps 复数: pumps 现在分词: pumping 过去式: pumped 过去分词: pumped

9. deplete    英 [dɪˈpliːt]   美 [dɪˈpliːt]  

v.大量减少;耗尽;使枯竭

第三人称单数: depletes 现在分词: depleting 过去式: depleted 过去分词: depleted

派生词: depletion n.

10. pavement    英 [ˈpeɪvmənt]   美 [ˈpeɪvmənt]  

n.(马路边的)人行道;石板铺的地面;路面

复数: pavements

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