huge financial burdens on the rural communities and was therefore a big relief to many. Apron drains were constructed on all wells to improve drainage and prevent stagnant water from becoming breeding grounds fo
根据Everyone knows people need water.可知水是重要的,故选B (2)题详解: 句意:也许你感觉幸运,你生活不难。 B. whether 是否; C. what 什么; 这是一个表语从句,then不能做引导词,B/C意思不合适。故选A (3)题详解: 句意:我们面临着严重的水的问题。 A events 事件; B. accidents 事故; C. ...
Abottleofwatermaynotseemlikemuchtoyou,butthousandsofbottleswillbeofgreathelpforpeoplewholiveindrought-hit(遭受旱灾)areasinChina.Lastautumn,therewasverylittlerainintheSouthwestChina.Someplaces,especiallyinYunnan,Guangxi,Sichuan,Guizhou,experienced(经历)aseriousdrought.Cropsdied,thelandcracked(裂开),andwells(井)...
"This is a Dickensian scandal in 2023, but Northumbrian Water have advised it will cost what are low-income homes over £100 each simply to give them a quote for mains water connection." About 1% of the UK population do not have a mains water supply - which ...
In 1977, villagers began building water storage wells. However, these wells did not access groundwater due to aridity; they were used for gathering rainfall and preventing evaporation. Starting in 1995, pipes were connected to the roofs of residential houses in Pinghe and two water storage wells...
Some O'odham villages were near springs and streams . Other villages dug wells in the ground . But many people lived far away from water . Young girls hiked into mountain canyons to get water. The Bedouin Can you imagine moving to a new place every week ...
根据划线单词后的“they hold less water to refill rivers and streams, thus threatening freshwater ecosystems. (它们能补充河流和溪流的水也越来越少,从而威胁到淡水生态系统。)”可知,“they”指的是地下水,所以补充河流和溪流水的是地下水,由此可知,划线单词所在句的意思应该是随着地下水的“减少”而造成了能...
解析 dig 根据问句 “How do people in the countryside get water?(农村的人们如何获取水?)”,结合首字母 “d”,这里应该是表达 “挖井取水”,“dig” 有 “挖掘” 的意思,句子描述的是一般的情况,用一般现在时,主语 “They” 是复数,所以用动词原形 “dig”。
The mountains of eastern Tennessee form the rooftop of the Tennessee River watershed. This is the highest ground upon which rainwater falls, ultimately making its way down to the river. The town of Sewanee is on that part of the rooftop known as the Cumberland Plateau. Water falling here has...
A tough environment spurs change PEOPLE in a south American desert have evolved to detoxify potentially deadly arsenic that laces their water supply. For settlers in the Quebrada Camarones region of Chile's Atacama desert some 7000 years ago, water posed