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第1个回答  2014-06-01
有关水的事实 Facts about water
Here are some interesting facts
about water:
这儿是一些与水有关的有趣的事实:

About 70% of the human body is
water.
人体的70%是水。

Oceans cover about 75% of the Earth, but ocean water
is salty.
海洋覆盖了地球表面的75%,但是海水是咸的。

Therefore most of the water in the
world is not drinkable.
因此世界上大部分的水是不可饮用的。

Groundwater may be
drinkable, but it is not easy to find groundwater that is clean and safe to
drink.
地下水可能是可饮用的,但是找到清洁的、安全的、可饮用的地下水不容易的。

If water drips from your
tap every 10 seconds, you will waste about 315 litres of water a year—enough to
fill two baths!
如果每秒钟从你的水龙头中滴出一滴水,一年你就会浪费大约315升水——足够填满两个浴缸。

Having a
bath uses about twice as much water as taking a shower. Having a shower instead
of a bath can save up to 400 litres a week.
洗盆浴大约要用淋浴两倍的水,淋浴代替洗盆浴一周可节约400升水。