for want of a drink译文
旅游常用英语口语
旅游常用英语口语旅游常用英语口语900句境外旅行时，许多人因为语言问题而烦恼重重。
的确，语言是沟通的基础，不能进行良好的沟通势必会给出行带来许多问题。
下面是店铺整理的旅游常用英语口语900句，希望能帮到你!►机场英语篇1. 托运行李- 递给对方护照和机票，对方可能会问：How many luggages are you checking in? (有多少件托运行李?) Do you have a carry on? (有手提行李没?)Can you place your baggage up here? (请把行李放上来(传送带/小盒子))- 出票前可能会问：Do you prefer window or aisle? (想靠窗还是靠走廊)如果对方不问你，但是你想找个靠窗座位，可以说Can I have a seat closest to the window?- 最后，对方给你登机牌，会告诉你登机门号和时间：Here are your tickets. The gate number is on the bottom of the ticket.They will start boarding 20 minutes before the departure time. You should report to gate C2 by then.C2 is around the corner and down the hall. Thank you."* 如果你行李超重，对方会说 Your luggage is overweight.以上问题回答都可以用yes或者no来回答。
2. 飞行过程中的英语- 其实没什么好说的，无非是让你选餐时，你选chicken还是beef 此类的.....你就说Chicken please 一切OK. 如果想要东西时，句型很简单，就是Excuse me, Could I have a cup of orange juice, please 这种.* 如果冷想多要一个毯子可以说Could I get another blanket, please, I'm a little cold.* 如果要在飞机上填入境表，没有笔可以说：Could you lend me a pen to fill out this immigration form?* 如果要找个人换座，可以说：Would it be possible to change seats with someone?* 如果有人坐在你椅子上了，可以说： I'm sorry, I think you are in my seat.* 机场广播一般.....不用听懂.....空乘可能会提醒你的就是：Please fasten your seat belt (请系紧安全带)这类。
Unit 5 For Want of a Drink教案(综英二)
任教课程：《综合英语》（二）年月日Unit 5一、授课时间：第11—12周二．授课类型：课文分析10课时；习题讲解2课时三．授课题目：For Want of a Drink四．授课时数：12五．教学目的和要求：通过讲授课文使学生了解人类正在面临水资源严重匮乏的事实，给每一个人敲响了警钟，学会用英语解释句子以达到学以致用的目的。
要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。
六．教学重点和难点：1）背景知识的传授：The Earthquake in Port-au-Prince; Noah’s Ark; The Byzantine emperor Justinian; Osiris; the Jordan; the Ganges;2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分；3）语言点的理解：Word study: apparatus; aquifer; arid; breed; capacious; category; chronically; deity; delta; desalination; diminish; distribute; diversion; endangered; equilibrium; ethanol; evaporate; extinct; extract; famine; finite; flush; girder; glacierGrammar Focus: Learn to use how to denote implied condition.七．教学基本内容和纲要Part One Warm – up1.1 Warm-up Questions1. What is the author trying to tell people in this essay? Is he addressing any particular target audience?2. How does the author explain the importance of water to human beings? Do you agree with the author that water is at least as important to us as oil?3. Do you agree that humanity is now facing a serious water crisis? Why does the author say “Everyone must use less water if famine, pestilence and mass migration are not to sweep the globe”? How do those countries with abundant water resources affect global water shortage?4. Has the author said anything new to you in this essay? Are there any lines in this essay that you find particularly thought-provoking and feel particularly deserve our attention? Underline them and share with your classmates.5. Have you found anything important that the author has left untouched on this topic? How would you improve upon this essay if you are to write a similar piece?6. Do you find the essay hard to follow because it is technical and scientific? Are you bored with these endless discussions of environmental problems? Can you explain why you feel the way you do when you read this essay?Part Two Background Information2.1 Author任教课程：《综合英语》（二）年月日2.2 Noah’s Ark; Port-au-Prince; The Byzantine emperor Justinian; Osiris; the Jordan; the Ganges Part Three Text Appreciation3.1 Text Analysis3.1.1 Theme of the text3.1.2 Structure of the text3.2 Writing Devices3.2.1 The development of this essay by giving some figures3.3 Sentence ParaphrasePart Four Language Study4.1 Phrases and Expressions4.1.1 Word list:4.1.2 Phrases and expressions list:4.1.3 Word Building4.2 Grammar4.2.1 ObjectPart Five Extension5.1 Group discussion5.2 Debating八、教学方法和措施本单元将运用黑板、粉笔、多媒体网络辅助教学设备等教学手段，主要采用以学生为主体、教师为主导的任务型、合作型等教学模式，具体运用教师讲授法、师生讨论、生生讨论等方法进行教学。
现代大学英语精读4第二版unit5aforwantofadrink课文原文
现代大学英语精读4第二版U n i t5A F o r W a n t o f a D r i n k课文原文-CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-Company One1For Want of a Drink1.When the word water appears in print nowadays, crisis is rarely far behind. Water, it is said, is the new oil: a resource long squandered, now growing expensive and soon to be overwhelmed by insatiable demand. Aquifers are falling, glaciers vanishing, reservoirs drying up and rivers no longer flowing to the sea. Climate change threatens to make the problem worse. Everyone must use less water if famine, pestilence and mass migration are not to sweep the globe.2.The language is often overblown, and the remedies sometimes ill-conceived, but the basic message is not wrong. Water is indeed scarce in many places, and will grow scarcer. Bringing supply and demand into equilibrium will be painful, and political disputes may increase in number and intensify in their capacity to cause trouble. To carry on with present practice would indeed be to invite disaster.3.WhyThe difficulties start with the sheer number of people using the stuff. When, 60 years ago, the world's population was about 2.5 billion, worries about water supply affected relatively few people. Both drought and hunger existed, as they have throughout history, but most people could be fed without irrigated farming. Then the green revolution,in an inspired combination of new crop breeds, fertilizers and water, made possible a huge rise in the population. The number of people on Earth rose to 6 billion in 2000, nearly 7 billion today, and is heading for 9 billion in 2050. The area under irrigation has doubled and the amount of water drawn for farming has tripled. The proportion of people living in countries chronically short of water is set to rise from 8% at the turn of the 21st century to 45% by 2050.4.Farmers' increasing demand for water is caused not only by the growing number of mouths to be fed but also by people's desire for better-tasting, more interesting food. Unfortunately, it takes nearly twice as much water to grow a kilo of peanuts as a kilo of soybeans, nearly four times as much water to produce a kilo of beef as a kilo of chicken. With 2 billion people around the world about to enter the middle class, the agricultural demands on water would increase even if the population stood still.5.Industry, too, needs water. It takes about 22% of the world's withdrawals. Domestic activities take the other 8%. Together, the demands of these two categories quadrupled in the second half of the 20th century, growing twice as fast as those of farming.6.Meeting that demand is a difficult task. One reason is that the supply of water is finite. The world will have no more of it in 2025 or 2050 than it has today, or when it lapped at the sides of Noah's Ark. This is because the law of conservation of mass says, broadly, that however you use it, you cannot destroy the stuff. Neither can you readily make it. If some of it seems to come from the skies, that is because it has evaporated from the Earth's surface, condensed and returned.7.Most of this surface is sea, and the water below it—over 97% of the total on Earth—is salty. In principle, the salt can be removed to increase the supply of fresh water, but at present desalination is expensive and uses lots of energy.8.Of the 2.5% of water that is not salty, about 70% is frozen, either at the poles, in glaciers or in permafrost. So all living things, except those in the sea, have about 0.75% of the total to survive on. Most of this available water is underground, in aquifers or similar formations. The rest is falling as rain, sitting in lakes and reservoirs or flowing in rivers where it is, with luck, replaced by rainfall and melting snow and ice. There is also, take note, water vapor in the atmosphere.9.The value of water as a commodity of course varies according to locality, purpose and circumstance. Take locality first. Water is not evenly distributed—just nine countries account for 60% of all available fresh supplies—and among them only Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Indonesia and Russia have an abundance. America is relatively well off, but China and India, with over a third of the world's population between them, have less than 10% of its water.10.Even within countries the variations may be huge. The average annual rainfall in India's northeast is 110 times that in its western desert. And many places have plenty of water, or even far too much. Flooding is routine, and may become more frequent and damaging with climate change.11.Scarce or plentiful, water is above all local. It is heavy—one cubic water weighs a tonne—, so expensive to move. Surface water—mostly rivers, lakes and reservoirs—will not flow from one basin into another without artificial diversion, and usually only with pumping. Within a basin, the water upstream may be useful for irrigation, industrial or domestic use. As it nears the sea, though, the opportunities diminish to the point where it has no uses except to sustain deltas, wetlands and to carry silt out to sea.12.These should not be overlooked. If rivers do not flow, nothing can live in them. Over a fifth of the world's freshwater fish species of a century ago are now endangered or extinct. Half the world's wetlands have also disappeared over the past 200 years. The point is, though, that even within a basin water is more valuable in some places than in others.13.Almost anywhere arid, the water underground, once largely ignored, has come to be seen as especially valuable as the demands of farmers have outgrown their supplies of rain and surface water. Groundwater has come to the rescue, and for a while it seemed a miraculous solution: drill a borehole, pump the stuff up from below and in due course it will be replaced. In many places, however, from the United States to India and China, the quantities being withdrawn exceed the annual recharge. This is serious for millions of people not just in the country but also in many of the world's biggest cities, which often depend on aquifers for their drinking water.14.The 20 million inhabitants of Mexico City and its surrounding area, for example, draw over 70% of their water from an aquifer that will run dry within 200 years, maybe sooner.Already the city is sinking as a result. In the Hai river basin in China, deep-groundwater tables have dropped by up to 90 meters.15.Part of the beauty of the borehole is that it requires no elaborate apparatus. A single farmer may be able to sink his own tube well and start pumping. That is why India and China are now perforated with millions of irrigation wells, each drawing on the common resource. Sometimes this resource may be huge. But even big aquifers are not immune to the laws of physics. Many places are seriously overdrawn. In those places, farmers probably have to pay something for the right to draw groundwater. But almost nowhere will the price reflect scarcity, and often there is no charge at all and no one measures how much water is being taken.16.Priced or not, water is certainly valued, and that value depends on the use to which it is harnessed. Water is used not just to grow food but to make every kind of product, from microchips to steel girders. The largest industrial purpose to which it is put is cooling in thermal power generation, but it is also used in drilling for and extracting oil, the making of petroleum products and ethanol, and the production of hydroelectricity. Some of the processes involved, such as hydro power generation, consume little water(after driving the turbines, most is returned to the river), but some, such as the techniques used to extract oil from sands, are big consumers.17.Industrial use takes about 60% of water in rich countries and 10% in the rest. The difference in domestic use is much smaller, 11% and 8% respectively. Some of the variation is explained by capacious baths, power showers and flush lavatories in the rich world. All humans, however, need a basic minimum of two litres of water in food or drink each day, and for this there is no substitute. No one survived in the ruins of Port-au-Prince for more than a few days after January's earthquake unless they had access to some water-based food or drink. That is why many people in poor and arid countries—usually women or children—set off early each morning to trudge to the nearest well and return five or six hours later burdened with precious supplies. That is why many people believe water to be a human right, a necessity more basic than bread or a roof over the head.18.From this much follows. One consequence is a widespread belief that no one should have to pay for water. The Byzantine emperor Justinian declared in the 6th century that "by natural law" air, running water, the sea and seashore were "common to all." Many Indians agree, seeing groundwater in particular as a "democratic resource." In Africa it is said that "even the jackal deserves to drink."19.A second consequence is that water often has a sacred or mystical quality that is invested in deities like Gong Gong and Osiris and rivers like the Jordan and the Ganges. Throughout history, man's dependence on water has made him live near it or organize access to it. Water is in his body and in his soul. It has provided not just life and food but a means of transport, a way of keeping clean, a mechanism for removing sewage, a home for fish and other animals, a medium with which to skate and sail, a thing of beauty to provideinspiration, to gaze upon and to enjoy. No wonder a commodity with so many qualities, uses and associations has proved so difficult to organize.。
新概念第一册精讲第47课：一杯咖啡 A cup of coffee
新概念第一册精讲第47课：一杯咖啡 A cup ofcoffeelesson 47 A cup of coffee听录音，然后回答问题。
How does Ann like her coffee?安想要什么样的咖啡？MRS YOUNG：Do you like coffee, Mrs Price?MRS PRICE：Yes, I do.MRS YOUNG：Do you want a cup?MRS PRICE：Yes, please. Mrs Young.MRS YOUNG：Do you want any sugar?MRS PRICE：Yes, please.MRS YOUNG：Do you want any milk?MRS PRICE：No, thank you. I don't like milk in my coffee.I like black coffee.MRS YOUNG： Do you like biscuits?MRS PRICE：Yes, I do.MRS YOUNG：Do you want one?MRS PRICE：Yes, please.New Word and expressions 生词和短语likev. 喜欢，想要wantv. 想参考译文克里斯廷：你喜欢咖啡吗，安？安：是的，我喜欢。
克里斯廷：你想要一杯吗？安：好的，请来一杯，克里斯廷。
克里斯廷：你要放些糖吗？安：好的，请放一些。
克里斯廷：要放些牛奶吗？安：不了，谢谢。
我不喜欢咖啡中放牛奶，我喜欢咖啡。
克里斯廷：你喜欢饼干吗？安：是的，我喜欢。
克里斯廷：你想要一块吗？安：好的，请来一块。
课文详注 Further notes on the text1．Yes, I do. 是的，我喜欢。
是一句肯定的简略回答。
如果是否定的回答，则应为No, I don't. I like…和I don't like…这两个句型是分别表示"我喜欢／想要……"和"我不喜欢／想要……"的惯常用法。
现代大学英语精读4第二版Unit 5A For Want of a Drink课文原文
For Want of a Drink1.When the word water appears in print nowadays, crisis is rarely far behind. Water, it is said, is the new oil: a resource long squandered, now growing expensive and soon to be overwhelmed by insatiable demand. Aquifers are falling, glaciers vanishing, reservoirs drying up and rivers no longer flowing to the sea. Climate change threatens to make the problem worse. Everyone must use less water if famine, pestilence and mass migration are not to sweep the globe.2.The language is often overblown, and the remedies sometimes ill-conceived, but the basic message is not wrong. Water is indeed scarce in many places, and will grow scarcer. Bringing supply and demand into equilibrium will be painful, and political disputes may increase in number and intensify in their capacity to cause trouble. To carry on with present practice would indeed be to invite disaster.3.Why? The difficulties start with the sheer number of people using the stuff. When, 60 years ago, the world's population was about 2.5 billion, worries about water supply affected relatively few people. Both drought and hunger existed, as they have throughout history, but most people could be fed without irrigated farming. Then the green revolution,in an inspired combination of new crop breeds, fertilizers and water, made possible a huge rise in the population. The number of people on Earth rose to 6 billion in 2000, nearly 7 billion today, and is heading for 9 billion in 2050. The area under irrigation has doubled and the amount of water drawn for farming has tripled. The proportion of people living in countries chronically short of water is set to rise from 8% at the turn of the 21st century to 45% by 2050.4.Farmers' increasing demand for water is caused not only by the growing number of mouths to be fed but also by people's desire for better-tasting, more interesting food. Unfortunately, it takes nearly twice as much water to grow a kilo of peanuts as a kilo of soybeans, nearly four times as much water to produce a kilo of beef as a kilo of chicken. With 2 billion people around the world about to enter the middle class, the agricultural demands on water would increase even if the population stood still.5.Industry, too, needs water. It takes about 22% of the world's withdrawals. Domestic activities take the other 8%. Together, the demands of these two categories quadrupled in the second half of the 20th century, growing twice as fast as those of farming.6.Meeting that demand is a difficult task. One reason is that the supply of water is finite. The world will have no more of it in 2025 or 2050 than it has today, or when it lapped at the sides of Noah's Ark. This is because the law of conservation of mass says, broadly, that however you use it, you cannot destroy the stuff. Neither can you readily make it. If some of it seems to come from the skies, that is because it has evaporated from the Earth's surface, condensed and returned.7.Most of this surface is sea, and the water below it—over 97% of the total on Earth—is salty. In principle, the salt can be removed to increase the supply of fresh water, but at present desalination is expensive and uses lots of energy.8.Of the 2.5% of water that is not salty, about 70% is frozen, either at the poles, in glaciers or in permafrost. So all living things, except those in the sea, have about 0.75% of the total to survive on. Most of this available water is underground, in aquifers or similar formations. The rest is falling as rain, sitting in lakes and reservoirs or flowing in rivers where it is, with luck, replaced by rainfall and melting snow and ice. There is also, take note, water vapor in the atmosphere.9.The value of water as a commodity of course varies according to locality, purpose and circumstance. Take locality first. Water is not evenly distributed—just nine countries account for 60% of all available fresh supplies—and among them only Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Indonesia and Russia have an abundance. America is relatively well off, but China and India, with over a third of the world's population between them, have less than 10% of its water.10.Even within countries the variations may be huge. The average annual rainfall in India's northeast is 110 times that in its western desert. And many places have plenty of water, or even far too much. Flooding is routine, and may become more frequent and damaging with climate change.11.Scarce or plentiful, water is above all local. It is heavy—one cubic water weighs a tonne—, so expensive to move. Surface water—mostly rivers, lakes and reservoirs—will not flow from one basin into another without artificial diversion, and usually only with pumping. Within a basin, the water upstream may be useful for irrigation, industrial or domestic use. As it nears the sea, though, the opportunities diminish to the point where it has no uses except to sustain deltas, wetlands and to carry silt out to sea.12.These should not be overlooked. If rivers do not flow, nothing can live in them. Over a fifth of the world's freshwater fish species of a century ago are now endangered or extinct. Half the world's wetlands have also disappeared over the past 200 years. The point is, though, that even within a basin water is more valuable in some places than in others.13.Almost anywhere arid, the water underground, once largely ignored, has come to be seen as especially valuable as the demands of farmers have outgrown their supplies of rain and surface water. Groundwater has come to the rescue, and for a while it seemed a miraculous solution: drill a borehole, pump the stuff up from below and in due course it will be replaced. In many places, however, from the United States to India and China, the quantities being withdrawn exceed the annual recharge. This is serious for millions of people not just in the country but also in many of the world's biggest cities, which often depend on aquifers for their drinking water.14.The 20 million inhabitants of Mexico City and its surrounding area, for example, draw over 70% of their water from an aquifer that will run dry within 200 years, maybe sooner.Already the city is sinking as a result. In the Hai river basin in China, deep-groundwater tables have dropped by up to 90 meters.15.Part of the beauty of the borehole is that it requires no elaborate apparatus. A single farmer may be able to sink his own tube well and start pumping. That is why India and China are now perforated with millions of irrigation wells, each drawing on the common resource. Sometimes this resource may be huge. But even big aquifers are not immune to the laws of physics. Many places are seriously overdrawn. In those places, farmers probably have to pay something for the right to draw groundwater. But almost nowhere will the price reflect scarcity, and often there is no charge at all and no one measures how much water is being taken.16.Priced or not, water is certainly valued, and that value depends on the use to which it is harnessed. Water is used not just to grow food but to make every kind of product, from microchips to steel girders. The largest industrial purpose to which it is put is cooling in thermal power generation, but it is also used in drilling for and extracting oil, the making of petroleum products and ethanol, and the production of hydroelectricity. Some of the processes involved, such as hydro power generation, consume little water(after driving the turbines, most is returned to the river), but some, such as the techniques used to extract oil from sands, are big consumers.17.Industrial use takes about 60% of water in rich countries and 10% in the rest. The difference in domestic use is much smaller, 11% and 8% respectively. Some of the variation is explained by capacious baths, power showers and flush lavatories in the rich world. All humans, however, need a basic minimum of two litres of water in food or drink each day, and for this there is no substitute. No one survived in the ruins of Port-au-Prince for more than a few days after January's earthquake unless they had access to some water-based food or drink. That is why many people in poor and arid countries—usually women or children—set off early each morning to trudge to the nearest well and return five or six hours later burdened with precious supplies. That is why many people believe water to be a human right, a necessity more basic than bread or a roof over the head.18.From this much follows. One consequence is a widespread belief that no one should have to pay for water. The Byzantine emperor Justinian declared in the 6th century that "by natural law" air, running water, the sea and seashore were "common to all." Many Indians agree, seeing groundwater in particular as a "democratic resource." In Africa it is said that "even the jackal deserves to drink."19.A second consequence is that water often has a sacred or mystical quality that is invested in deities like Gong Gong and Osiris and rivers like the Jordan and the Ganges. Throughout history, man's dependence on water has made him live near it or organize access to it. Water is in his body and in his soul. It has provided not just life and food but a means of transport, a way of keeping clean, a mechanism for removing sewage, a home for fish and other animals, a medium with which to skate and sail, a thing of beauty to provide inspiration, to gaze uponand to enjoy. No wonder a commodity with so many qualities, uses and associations has proved so difficult to organize.。
广州版小学英语五年级上册同步讲义：Unit-7-Do-you-want-coffee-or-tea
Unit 7 Do you want coffee or tea?Focus PointsLet’s Talk1.Talk about what do you want to drink for lunch.Warming Up一．听写______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___二．单词及短语1.咖啡____________________________2. 茶___________________________3.喝；饮料________________________4. 冰淇淋_______________________5.牛奶____________________________6. 可乐_________________________7.果汁____________________________ 8. 杯___________________________9.瓶子____________________________ 10.玻璃杯_______________________ 11.罐______________________________ 12.热的_________________________ 13.冷的____________________________ 14.某事；某物___________________ 15.某事；某物______________________ 16.奶茶_________________________ 17.一瓶果汁________________________ 18.一杯水_______________________ 19.一盒牛奶________________________ 20.一杯茶_______________________ 21.一罐可乐________________________ 22.一些冷的东西_________________ 三．课文内容根据提示把句子补充完整。
新概念英语第一册第47-48课A cup of coffee
新概念英语第一册第47-48课:A cup of coffee Lesson 47 A cup of coffee一杯咖啡Listen to the tape then answer this question. How does Ann like her coffee?听录音，然后回答问题。
安想要什么样的咖啡？MRS YOUNG: Do you like coffee, Mrs Price?克里斯廷：你喜欢咖啡吗，安？MRS PRICE: Yes, I do.安：是的，我喜欢。
MRS YOUNG: Do you want a cup?克里斯廷：你想要一杯吗？MRS PRICE: Yes, please. Mrs Young.安：好的，请来一杯，克里斯廷。
MRS YOUNG: Do you want any sugar?克里斯廷：你要放些糖吗？MRS PRICE: Yes, please.安：好的，请放一些。
MRS YOUNG: Do you want any milk?克里斯廷：要放些牛奶吗？MRS PRICE: No, thank you. I don't like milk in my coffee.I like black coffee.安：不了，谢谢。
我不喜欢咖啡中放牛奶，我喜欢咖啡。
MRS YOUNG: Do you like biscuits?克里斯廷：你喜欢饼干吗？MRS PRICE: Yes, I do.安：是的，我喜欢。
MRS YOUNG: Do you want one?克里斯廷：你想要一块吗？MRS PRICE: Yes, please.安：好的，请来一块。
New Word and expressions 生词和短语likev. 喜欢，想要wantv. 想Notes on the text课文注释1 Do you want a cup?句中的a cup后面省略了of coffee。
4十句英语打天下 第四课
第四课我要……I want…“I am...”和“I have...”是个体的当前状况的定位，是相对固定的。
“I am V+ed”是被动式，所以其状态也是较少受个体自主意志的控制。
在掌握了这些相对比较稳定和被动的意思表达之后，我们要开始迈出具有主动进取意识的第一步：表达自己的意愿。
中国传统文化强调谦卑，倾向于认为主动提出自己的意向是一种骄狂的举动。
某人如果不巧在吃饭的时间造访朋友，必定撒谎说自己刚吃了一海碗大肉面。
如果那位主人不仔细体察朋友频咽口水的动作，真的相信其虚假的客气，那么久难免受到朋友满肚怨言的叽咕了。
在美国千万不要学虚伪的客气，如果你有什么意向，千万要明明白白地表达出来。
勇于表达自我的意向也是突破哑巴英语的心理要诀。
我初到美国，知道自己的英语非常胡说，于是一有机会见到任何可能成为自己朋友的老美，立即抓住不放，表达自己愿意成为其英语弟子的诚心。
1. 我想要——I want食指的妙用53A: What do you want? 你想要什么？B: I want that. 我想要那个。
A: Which one, this one? 哪一个，是这个吗？B: Not that one, this one. 不是那个，是这个。
冰水或茶A: Do you want a drink? 你想要喝什么饮料吗？B: Ice water, please. 冰水。
A: No tea or coffee? I have the best green tea. 不要茶或咖啡吗？我有最好的绿茶。
B: Okay, I'd like a cup of green tea. 好，我要一杯绿茶。
麦当劳英语A: May I help you? 你要什么吗？B: Yes, I want one big Mack, one small fries, and one medium coke.要一个巨无霸汉堡、一份小薯条、一份中可乐。
新概念英语第一册Lesson47+A+cup+of+coffee+讲义
Lesson 47 A cup of coffee一杯咖啡CHRISTINE: Do you like coffee, Ann?ANN: Yes, I do.CHRISTINE: Do you want a cup?ANN: Yes, please, Christine.CHRISTINE: Do you want any sugar?ANN: es, please.CHRISTINE: Do you want any milk?ANN: No, thank you. I don't like milk in my coffee. I like black coffee. CHRISTINE: Do you like biscuits?ANN: Yes. I do.CHRISTINE: Do you want one?ANN: Yes, please.参考译文克里斯廷：你喜欢咖啡吗，安？安：是的，我喜欢。
克里斯廷：你想要一杯吗？安：好的，请来一杯，克里斯廷。
克里斯廷：你要放些糖吗？安：好的，请放一些。
克里斯廷：要放些牛奶吗？安：不了，谢谢。
我不喜欢咖啡中放牛奶，我喜欢咖啡。
克里斯廷：你喜欢饼干吗？安：是的，我喜欢。
克里斯廷：你想要一块吗？安：好的，请来一块。
本课重点1．Do you like coffee, Ann? Yes, I do.你喜欢咖啡吗？安？是的，我喜欢。
1) sb. like(s) sth.这个句型常常用来表示“某人喜欢或想要…”例如：I like rice, but I don’t like noodles.我喜欢米饭，但我不喜欢面条。
2)这是一个一般疑问句的肯定回答，并且是一句简略回答。
完整的回答应为：Yes, I like coffee. 为了避免重复，回答时用问句中的助动词do来代替like coffee。
如果是否定回答，则为：No, I don’t.2．Do you want a cup?你想要一杯吗？1)通过上下文我们知道，这里的a cup实际上指的是 a cup of coffee。
商务英语中介词的翻译技巧
商务英语中介词的翻译技巧商务英语中介词的使用频率很高，且含义复杂，表达习惯和汉语有很大的差异，是翻译中的一个难题。
下面是分享的商务英语中介词的翻译技巧，欢迎大家阅读！商务英语中介词的使用十分普遍，介词对理解语义往往起着非常微妙的作用。
介词独立的时候几乎没有意义可言，只有处在某种关系中时，也就是连接两个或多个实体时，才有实在的意义。
同一个介词会因为连接的实体不同而意义不同，这就使得介词的使用相当复杂，所处的句子的含义常常叫人难以琢磨。
我们知道，商务英语是英语的一种功能变体，是专门用途英语的一个分支，主要用于国际贸易、国际投资、国际等商务运作中，这样的语域要求商务英语具有特殊化的文体特点。
因为商务英语是以商务活动为背景，其语言必须是客观写实的，详细表现为选词恰当、准确，行文简约、清晰，讲究礼貌用语、行业术语以及使用套语等。
大量的介词或介词短语出现在商务英语的句子、专业术语和套语中，使得这些文本的行文严谨、措词准确。
这些介词的用法，有的可以按照一般意义来理解，有的在一般词典中很难找到相应的解释或类似的例句，这是介词的引申意义在商务英语语境中的表现。
对这些介词的的处理是翻译中的一个难题，为了帮助读者正确理解和翻译商务英语中的介词，以到达准确标准地翻译商务文本的目的，本人下面根据自己的语言教学和翻译实践，通过归纳例证，总结出六种翻译技巧：直接译法、省略译法、增添译法、转换译法、反说译法和采用比较句式译法。
有些商务英语句子中的介词可以直接译成相对应的汉语介词并保持它的根本含义，如：1.In foreign trade transportation business the freight rate for some goods is calculated by weight or by volume.译文：在外贸运输业务中，有些货物的运费是按重量或体积来计算的。
(介词in直接译为“在……中”，by直接译为“按……”)2.We sincerely hope to establish business relationswith your pany.译文：我们期盼与贵公司建立贸易关系。
3118 大学英语(1)试卷A
《大学英语（1）》试题 第1页（共6页）《大学英语（1）》试题 第2页（共6页）试卷编号：3118 座位号浙江广播电视大学2010年春季学期成人专科期末考试《大学英语（1）》试题A2010年6月一、单项选择题（每小题1分，共20分）( ) 1. –By the way, have you got ______ e-mail address? --Oh, yes, it ’s dbpower@.A aB anC theD /( ) 2. This is ______ Binhai College, and Mr. Wang is ______ president of ______ college.A a, /, aB a, /, theC /, /, theD /, the, the( ) 3. —What about having a drink? —___________.A Good ideaB Help yourselfC Go ahead, please.D Me, too.( ) 4. September is the ______ month of a year.A nineB ninthC ninetiethD nineteenth( ) 5. We often have a party ______ friends on the campus.A andB withC fromD around( ) 6. —Do the students usually ______ on their teachers? —Yes, they do.A callB listenC lookD meet( ) 7. My grandma is always happy ______ us at her home.A haveB hasC to haveD having( ) 8. Please ______ me introduce my sister to you.A giveB haveC letD ask( ) 9. There is _______ a pencil, a ruler and two pens in the pencil-box.A isB areC beD were( ) 10. —Must I finish the work before 8 o ’ clock? —No, you _______.A needB mustn ’tC needn ’tD must( ) 11. No food ______ by them for the picnic yesterday.A are preparedB is preparedC were preparedD was prepared( ) 12. —how did you find your visit to the museum?—I enjoyed it. It was ______ than I expected.A much more interestingB far much interestingC so more interestingD even much interesting( ) 13. ______ your father always ______ around the park?A Does, jogB Do, jogsC Does, jogsD Do, jog( ) 14. ______ it rains tomorrow, we will put off (推迟) the sports meeting.A BecauseB WhetherC IfD While( ) 15. ______ is big and round in the sky today.A A moonB The moonC MoonD An Moon( ) 16. We have a dinner party this evening. Would like to join ______?A weB usC ourD ourselves( ) 17. ______ do people go home on Mid-Autumn Day?A WhyB WhereC WhatD When( ) 18. Our English teacher takes part in the 800-metre race. Let ’s ______ him.A look atB cheer forC come onD call at( ) 19. What kind of sport are you ______ at?A goodB wellC fineD nice( ) 20. There are two cars here. One is white, and ______ is red.A anotherB othersC any otherD the other二、用所给动词的正确形式填空题（每小题2分，共20分）1. There __________a lot of trees and flowers outside the library. (be)2. He likes the life and ________ very happy. (feel)3. Because he has _________ some very good green tea from his hometown. (get)4. She should __________us the official document. (show)5. They plan ___________a picnic at the beach. (have)6. It is __________with snow and looks very beautiful. (cover)7. They are ___________ reading and writing in English. (practice)8. I'm __________about my parents' health. So I'm in no mood to enjoy thescenery of snow. (worry)《大学英语（1）》试题 第3页（共6页） 《大学英语（1）》试题 第4页（共6页）9. Jimmy ____________ for a new job tomorrow. (apply)10. With the help of his friend, the car has been ___________. (repair) 三、阅读理解题（每小题2分，共30分）Passage 1People often greet each other with “Hello ” or “Hi ”. Other forms of greeting are “Good morning “, “Good afternoon ” or “Good evening ” according to different times of the day .When meeting foreign friends for the first time, we do not ask them questions about their private life .So we may talk about the weather ,sports or show our concern about their children .In introductions, we usually introduce a man to a woman , and the young to the old .The titles of Miss, Mrs, Mr Professor ,or Doctor ,etc. can be used with the surname .Newly introduced people will shake hands and greet each other with “How do you do ?” or “I ’m glad to meet you .”( ) 1.When people meet for the first time, they usually greet each other with______. A. “How are you?” B. “How do you do?”C. “Nice to see you again.”D. “Good morning !”( ) 2. People usually greet each other with all of the following except______. A. “Good morning !” B. “I ’m glad to meet you!” C. “How are you?” D.“Good night!” ( ) 3. We usually reply to “How do you do?” with______.A. “Hello!”B. “How are you?”C. “How do you do?”D. “I ’m fine, thank you.”( ) 4. When we meet American friends for the first time, we usually do not ask them questionlike______.A. “How are you?”B. “What do you think of the city?”C. “Do you like the weather here?”D. “Are you married?”( ) 5. When people meet for the first time , they usually _____ besides saying “How do youdo?”.A. shake handsB. shake headsC. kiss each otherD. smile at each otherPassage 2Perhaps you are going to finish school soon and, like many other students, you want to further your study abroad. Here are some points you should remember if you intend to apply for a scholarship (奖学金) to study in the United States of America.First of all, you will have to ask for an application form, fill in the form with great care, and then send it in with a copy of your school records (成绩单). After that, you will have to ask your teachers to write some letters of reference (推荐信). You will also need to take some tests such as TOEFL and GRE. You may apply to several universities at the same time. Overseas students in the States are not allowed (允许) to work in their spare time except in the summer.( ) 6. This passage is taken from a book for __________.A professors visiting AmericaB people who are going to work in AmericaC American students who are going to graduateD those who want to study in American universities( ) 7. The passage is mainly about how to__________.A get a jobB take TOEFLC write a resumeD apply for a scholarship( ) 8. What is the first step to take in applying to an American university?A To send school records.B To write to ask for an application form.C To provide the TOEFL score report.D To supply letters of reference.( ) 9. What else is needed to be sent with the application form?A School records.B TOEFL score reports.C Reference letters.D Work permit (许可).( ) 10. Which of the following statements is true?A Overseas students are allowed to work in their spare time in the United States.B You don't need reference letters for application.C Summer is the time when foreign students can work in their spare time.D You cannot apply to several universities at the same time in the United States.（二）阅读短文，判断文后句子是否符合短文内容，符合的写T ，不符合的写F 。
lesson47acupofcoffee
Lesson 47 A cup of coffee 一杯咖啡New words and expressions生词和短语[ 过去式liked 过去分词liked 现在分词liking ]英音：[laik]美音：[laɪk]vt. 喜欢；愿意；想；适合于；喜欢[+v-ing][+to-v]She likes playing the piano.她喜欢弹钢琴。
适合于I like pepper but it doesn't like me.我喜欢吃胡椒,但胡椒不适合我的肠胃。
vi. 喜欢；希望1. 喜欢;愿意;希望You can do exactly as you like.你爱怎么做就怎么做。
You can do anything you liken. 爱好；同样的人或物爱好[P1]The two sisters share the same likes and dislikes. 这两姐妹有相同的好恶爱憎。
prep. 像；和...一样；与相称的；像要;好像是1.像,如They are like brothers and sisters.他们就像兄弟姐妹一样。
(作法、程度等)和...一样Dick acts like a gentleman.迪克的举止如同绅士。
2. (用于否定句中)愿意[+v-ing][+to-v]I don't like deceiving him.我不愿意欺骗他。
3.(与should,would连用)希望,想,想要[+to-v][O2][O7][O8] He would like you to make that trip.他希望你走一趟。
3. 与相称的It's not like her to be so careless.她通常是不会这么粗心的。
4. (与look,sound等连用)像要;好像是It looks like rain.好像要下雨了。
5. (与feel连用)想要I don't feel like dancing now.我现在不想跳舞。
for want of a drink译文
for want of a drink译文For Want of a Drink(译文)1.每当水这个词在印刷品中出现时，随之被谈论的就是水的危机。
人们说水就像过去的石油那样，是一种长期被随便浪费的资源，现在越来越贵，很快就会无法满足人们贪得无厌的需求。
地下蓄水层在下降，冰川在消失，水库在枯竭，江河在断流。
气候的变化预示着问题将变得更加严重。
如果我们不想让饥荒、瘟疫以及大规模迁徙横扫全球，就必须人人节水。
2.这些印刷品中的用词往往比较夸张，提出来的解决办法有时也考虑不周，但它们所表达的信息没有错。
在许多地方水确实稀缺，而且还会越来越稀缺。
使水的供需达到平衡极为困难，国与国之间的政治争端会增多，并会造成越来越大的麻烦。
目前这种现状如果不改变，那就等于自找灾难。
3.为什么会是这样呢,首要的困难是用水的人实在太多。
60年前，世界人口约为25亿，供水问题对人的影响相对较小。
那时也有干旱和饥荒，这些在人类的整个历史进程中都有，但是多数人还可以不靠灌溉农业为生。
后来绿色革命兴起了，加上新品种的培育、肥料和水的使用，使得人口猛增。
地球上的人口在2000年猛增到60亿，现在已逼近70亿，到2050年将直奔90亿。
水浇地的面积已经翻番，农业用水增加了两倍。
预计到2050年居住在长期缺水国家的人口比例将由21世纪初的8%上升到45%。
4.农民对水不断增长的需求不单纯是因为人口不断增长，还因为人们追求味道更好、更刺激他们味蕾的食品。
不幸的是，种植一公斤花生比种植一公斤大豆需要多用近一倍的水。
要得到一公斤牛肉比一公斤鸡肉要多用近三倍的水。
世界上有20亿人口就要进入中产阶层，即便人口不再增长，农业用水也会增加。
5.工业也需要水，工业用水约占世界总用水量的22%。
家庭用水占另外的8%。
这两个用水量的总和在20世纪后半叶翻了两番，比农业用水的增长快了一倍。
6.满足这样的需求是个艰巨的任务，原因之一是水的总量是有限的。
无论是到2025年还是2050年，地球上的水不会比今天的多，也不会比当年轻拍诺亚方舟船舷的水要多。
招待客人常用英语句子
招待客人常用英语句子1. What do you want? 你想要些什么？2. I want a cup of coffee. 我想来杯咖啡。
3. What would you like to eat? 你想吃些什么？4. Please give me a piece of pie. 给我来片馅饼。
5. Which one would you like--this one or that one?你想要哪一个？这一个还是那一个？6. It doesn’t matter to me. 随便就可以了。
7. I’d like to talk with Mr. Johns or Mr. Smith. 我想和约翰先生或史密斯先生讲话。
8. I’m sorry, but both of them are busy right now. 很抱歉，他们都在忙。
9. Would you like some coffee? 想来点咖啡吗？10. Do you know any of those people? 你认识这些人吗？11. Two or three of them look familiar. 我和其中的两三个人比较熟。
12. All of those men are friends of mine. 他们都是我的朋友。
经典句型：Welcome to our home.欢迎来到我们家。
A: Welcome to our home.甲：欢迎来到我们家。
B: Nice to meet you.乙：很高兴见到你。
A: Hope you have a good time here.甲：希望您在这里过得愉快。
吃饭常用的英语句子1.What kind of food do you prefer?你喜欢哪一种菜?2.Do you like Chinese food?你喜欢中国菜吗?3.What kind of food do you like?你喜欢吃什么菜?4.Would you tell me where the Chinese restaurant is ?请你告诉我中国餐馆在哪里?5.Do you know where I can get a quick snack?你知道哪里有快餐可吃?6.What would you have for dinner?你要吃什么?7.What would you like to order?你要点些什么菜?8.Have you ordered yet?你点过菜了吗?9.No，not yet，I am waiting for a friend.I will order later. 还没有，我在等一位朋友，稍后再点10.What would you recommend?请你推荐一些好菜好吗?11.Whats your today’s special?今天的特色菜是什么?12.I would like to have something simple.我想吃些简单的东西。
询问是否需要饮料的社交英语对话
咨询对方是否想要饮料是一件很考验的事情，也是一一个礼貌的问题，所以不容轻视，以下是给大家整理的关于询问是否需要饮料的社交英语对话，希望可以帮到大家
询问是否需要饮料Offering to get a drink
询问是否需要饮料
Drink?
喝吗?
Can I get you a drink of something?
你能不能给我一个/再喝一杯?
Would anyone like another drink?
有人想再喝一杯吗?
要饮料Asking for a drink
要饮料
Id like a-nice stiff drink.
我想一杯烈酒。
I need a drink.
我要喝一杯。
Can you get me a/another drink? Nhomakorabea喝一杯吗?
Would you like a drink of something?
你想要什么饮料?
Would you like a drink?
你想喝点什么吗?
Can I get you a drink?
我给你一杯喝的?
Would you like something to drink?
你想喝点什么吗?
新概念英语第一册Lesson105106Fullofmistakes小学英语初中英语全国通用
Vocabulary
词汇精讲
present
n. 礼物
= gift
Vocabulary
词汇精讲
dictionary
n. 字典 ， 词典
e.g. Oxford dictionary 牛津词典 Longman dictionary 朗文词典
Vocabulary
词汇精讲
carry
v. 搬 ， 携带
e.g. We are carrying a lot of books. 我们正在搬运很多书。
Please keep a seat for me. 请给我留个座位。
Vocabulary
词汇精讲
spell
mistake
intelligent present
full
dictionary
carry keep
同学们 ， 请对照表格 ， 朗读一下学过的单词。
做个小练习 巩固一下吧~
He would _________ in touch with us wherever he was.
注意 : 人称放在动词后面 ， 需要用宾格。 ( him, her, them都是宾格形式 )
Language Point
语句讲解、课文讲解
e.g. I want them to listen to it. I want her to describe it. I want him to try it.
HSK1 VOCABULARY
他在～呢。 这个苹果很～。 这是我～书。 我是坐飞机来中国～。 现在是下午 3～20。 我买了个～。 妈妈在看～。 我喜欢看～。 我在商店买了很多～。 我们～来了。 你会～这个汉字吗？ 你喜欢～书吗？ 甲：～。乙：没关系。 这里的人很～。 你儿子～大了？ 你们学校有～学生？ 我～三岁了。 现在十～点了。 中午我们去～吃吧。 我坐～去北京。
aux. pron. n. n. n. adj. n. num. n. n. v. v.
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【热】 【人】 【认识】 【三】 【商店】 【上】 【上午】 【少】 【谁】 【什么】 【十】 【时候】
rè ré n rè nshi sān shāngdiàn shà ng shàngwǔ shǎo shé i shé nme shí shí hou
hěn hò umià n huí huì jǐ jiā jià o jīntiān
n. v. aux. pron. n. v. n.
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【九】 【开】 【看】 【看见】 【块】 【来】 【老师】 【了】 【冷】 【里】 【零】 【六】 【妈妈】 【吗】 【买】 【没关系】 【没有】 【米饭】
新hsk一级词汇汉语英语newhsklevelvocabularychineseenglish序号word拼音pinyin词类partsspeech词译文meaningword例句examplelove妈妈我你
新 HSK（一级）词汇——（汉语-英语） New HSK Level 1 Vocabulary (Chinese-English)
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1.每当水这个词在印刷品中出现时，随之被谈论的就是水的危机。
人们说水就像过去的石油那样，是一种长期被随便浪费的资源，现在越来越贵，很快就会无法满足人们贪得无厌的需求。
地下蓄水层在下降，冰川在消失，水库在枯竭，江河在断流。
气候的变化预示着问题将变得更加严重。
如果我们不想让饥荒、瘟疫以及大规模迁徙横扫全球，就必须人人节水。
2.这些印刷品中的用词往往比较夸张，提出来的解决办法有时也考虑不周，但它们所表达的信息没有错。
在许多地方水确实稀缺，而且还会越来越稀缺。
使水的供需达到平衡极为困难，国与国之间的政治争端会增多，并会造成越来越大的麻烦。
目前这种现状如果不改变，那就等于自找灾难。
3.为什么会是这样呢,首要的困难是用水的人实在太多。
60年前，世界人口约为25亿，供水问题对人的影响相对较小。
那时也有干旱和饥荒，这些在人类的整个历史进程中都有，但是多数人还可以不靠灌溉农业为生。
后来绿色革命兴起了，加上新品种的培育、肥料和水的使用，使得人口猛增。
地球上的人口在2000年猛增到60亿，现在已逼近70亿，到2050年将直奔90亿。
水浇地的面积已经翻番，农业用水增加了两倍。
预计到2050年居住在长期缺水国家的人口比例将由21世纪初的8%上升到45%。
4.农民对水不断增长的需求不单纯是因为人口不断增长，还因为人们追求味道更好、更刺激他们味蕾的食品。
不幸的是，种植一公斤花生比种植一公斤大豆需要多用近一倍的水。
要得到一公斤牛肉比一公斤鸡肉要多用近三倍的水。
世界上有20亿人口就要进入中产阶层，即便人口不再增长，农业用水也会增加。
5.工业也需要水，工业用水约占世界总用水量的22%。
家庭用水占另外的8%。
这两个用水量的总和在20世纪后半叶翻了两番，比农业用水的增长快了一倍。
6.满足这样的需求是个艰巨的任务，原因之一是水的总量是有限的。
无论是到2025年还是2050年，地球上的水不会比今天的多，也不会比当年轻拍诺亚方舟船舷的水要多。
这是因为，根据物质能量守恒定律，笼统的说，无论怎么用，人们都消灭不了水这一物质，但是也不容易制造出这一物质，如果说一部分水来自天空的话，那是因为它从地球表面蒸发，凝结，又重返地球表层的缘故。
7.地球的表层大部分是海洋，海洋里的水---占地球总水量的97%以上---是咸水。
理论上，其盐分可以去除，来补给淡水供应量，但目前海水淡化既昂贵需要消耗大量能源。
8.在这2.5%的淡水中，约有70%处于冰冻状态，储存在南北两极、冰川和永久冻土层里。
因此除海洋生物之外，所有其他生物只能依赖占总量约0.75%的水生存。
这些水大部分存在于地下蓄水层或类似的结构中。
其他部分以雨的形式落下，储存于湖泊、水库之中，或在江河中流淌，这些江河，，如果幸运的话，会得到雨水及融化了的冰雪的补充。
值得注意的是，还有一部分水蒸发在大气中。
9.水作为商品，其价值自然因地域、使用目的与具体情况的差异而有所不同。
首先看看地域的影响。
水的分布不均衡---仅9个国家就拥有地球全部可用淡水的60%---其中仅巴西、加拿大、哥伦比亚、刚果、印度尼西亚和俄罗斯有十分丰富的水资源。
美国的状况也相对比较好，而加起来占世界人口三分之一的中国和印度两国的水资源只占不到10%。
10.即便在各国境内，水资源分布的差别也是巨大的。
在印度东北部，年平均降雨量是西部沙漠地区的110倍。
许多地方有充足的水，甚至水太多，以至于水患成了家常便饭，而且由于气候的变化，水患会越来越频繁，破坏性也越来越强。
11.匮乏也好，充沛也罢，最重要的一点是水都有地方性的特点。
它太重---一立方的水重达一吨，移动起来成本极高，地表水---主要储存于江河、湖泊、和水库内---如果没有人工的疏导，不会由一个盆地自动流往另一个盆地，一般只能使用抽水机抽取。
在盆地之内，河流上游的水也许可以用于灌溉，工业以及家庭使用。
不过，当它快要流入大海时这种机会就会减少，除了保持入海口的三角洲和湿地，以及将泥沙冲入大海外别无它用。
12.这些情况当然不容忽视。
如果江河无水流动，里面的生物就不可能生存。
一个世纪之前世界上的淡水鱼类，现在超过五分之一已濒临灭绝或已经灭绝。
在过去的200年间，有一半的世界湿地已经消失。
但现在的问题是，即便在同一个盆地内的不同地方，水的价值也不尽相同。
13.几乎在所有干旱的地区，过去基本被忽视的地下水，如今也因为农民对水的需求超过了雨水和地表水的供应而倍显珍贵。
地下水成了救命水。
一时间，有了它，水荒的问题似乎就迎刃而解了:只要钻个洞，用水泵把水从地底下抽上来，到时候地下水又能得到补充。
不过在许多地方，从美国到印度和中国，抽出的水量已经超过每年能补充的水量。
这对千百万的人来说已经是非常严重的问题，不仅在农村如此，世界上许多超大城市也是如此，在那些城市里，往往连饮用水都要依靠地下的蓄水层。
14.比如，居住在墨西哥城及周边地区的两千万人，70%的用水要从地下蓄水层抽取，而此蓄水层将会在200年内枯竭，或许比这更早。
这个城市因地下水位的降低已经在下沉。
在中国的海河流域，地下深水层已经降低了90米以上。
15.钻井抽水的一个优点是无须复杂的设备。
一个农民就能够自己打井抽水。
这就是为什么在印度和中国的大地上，布满了几百万个灌溉井，每口井都在抽共享的水资源。
这一资源有时可能还算丰富，但是即便是那些大的蓄水层也逃不过物理学规律的惩罚。
许多地方抽水严重过量，在这些地方，农民兴许也需为取得抽水权
付些费用，但几乎在任何地方，他们所付的费用都不能真正反映出水的稀缺。
通常，用水完全是免费的，也无人计算究竟每天抽掉了多少水。
16.无论有没有标价，水肯定都被认为是有价值的，而其价值取决于它的用途。
水不仅用来种植粮食，还用来制造从芯片到架桥用的钢梁等各种产品，其工业上最大的用途是热电厂发电过程的冷却系统。
而且它还用于石油勘探和开采、石油产品和乙醇的生产以及水力发电当中。
其中有些工序，如水力发电，耗水很少，但有些工序，如从沙石中开采石油所使用的技术可是耗水大户。
17.富国工业用水约占60%，而其余国家则占10%。
家庭用水所占比例的差别要小得多，分别为11%和8%，造成差别的原因是富国所用的是大浴缸、电动淋浴设备以及抽水马桶。
然而所有人每天都起码需从食物和饮料中摄取两公升的水，这一点没有东西可以取代。
一月海地太子港发生地震后，除非能得到含水食品和饮料，否则没有人能在废墟中存活几天以上。
正因如此，在贫困和干旱的国家里，许多人---通常是妇女和儿童---每天一早就出发，直奔最近的水井，五六个小时后才扛着宝贵的水回到家里。
这也是为什么许多人认为水是一种人权，是比面包和头上的屋顶更为基本的必需品。
18.这一观念衍生出了很多后果。
其一是人们普遍相信，我们都不必为水付账。
拜占庭皇帝查士丁尼在6世纪宣布，根据自然法则，空气、自来水、海洋和海岸均为“公有”。
许多印度人同意此说，他们特别将地下水视为一种“民主资源”。
非洲民间流传的说法是，“即便是胡狼也有权饮水”。
19.另一种后果是水往往被赋予了一种神圣或是神奇的性质。
这种性质寄托在共工和欧斯里斯那样的神灵以及约旦河和恒河那样的江河身上。
有史以来，人对水的依赖使他们依水而居，或者想法设法得到它。
水存在于人体内，也存在于其灵魂中。
水不仅提供生命和食品，还为人提供了一种交通工具、一种保持清洁的方法、一种排污的机制、一个鱼类和其他动物
的家园，它还能作为溜冰、航行的媒介、一种能激发灵感、供人观看、供人欣赏的美丽的东
西。
怪不得，一个如此多特性和用途又能激起如此多联想的商品是多么的难以管理。