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IELTS READING
Presented by
Making Every Drop Count
1. Water use per person is higher in the industrial world than it was in Ancient Rome. 2. Feeding increasing populations is possible due primarily to improved irrigation systems systems. 3. Modern water systems imitate those of the ancient Greeks and Romans. 4. Industrial growth is increasing the overall demand for water. 5. Modern technologies have led to reduction in the domestic water consumption.
3. Modern water systems imitate those of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
C C Yet there toto this picture: despite our there is isa adark darkside side this picture: despite progress, half half of the population till suffers, our progress, ofworld's the world's population till with waterwith services inferior to those available the suffers, water services inferior to to those ancient Greeks and Romans. As and the United available to the ancient Greeks Romans.Nations As the report on access to water reiterated in November 2001, United Nations report on access to water reiterated more than one billion people lack access to clean in November 2001, more than billion people lack drinking water: some two andone half billion do not have access to sanitation clean drinking water: some two and half adequate services. Preventable waterbillion do not have sanitation related diseases kill adequate an estimated 10,000 services. to 20,000 P r e v e n t every a b l e day, w a t eand r-re lat ed di s e a s e s suggests kill an children the latest evidence that we are falling efforts every to solve there estimated 10,000 tobehind 20,000 in children day, and problems. the latest evidence suggests that we are falling behind in efforts to solve there problems.
4. Industrial growth is increasing the overall demand for water.
F F
Fortunately---and unexpectedly---the Fortunately---and unexpectedly---the demand demand for for water is not rising is not as rising rapidlyas asrapidly some predicted. as some As predicted. a result, As a the pressure result, tothe build pressure now water to infrastructures build now water has infrastructures diminished over has the diminished past two decades. over the Although past two decades. p o p u l a t iAlthough on, indu population, s t r i a l o u t industrial put and e output conom and ic economic productivity productivity have continued have continued to soar in to developed soar in d e v e l o p the nations, e d rate n a t iat o nwhich s , t hpeople e r a t ewithdraw at whic water h peo from ple withdraw rivers aquifers, water from and lacks aquifers, has slowed. rivers and Andlacks in a few has slowed. parts of the And world, in a few demand parts has of actually the world, fallen. demand has actually fallen.
6. In the future, governments should maintain ownership of water infrastructures.
1. Water use per person is higher in the industrial world than it was in Ancient Rome. A A The history of civilization is entwined withwith the The history ofhuman human civilization is entwined history of ways have learned to manipulate water the history of we ways we have learned to manipulate resources. As townsAs gradually expanded, expanded, water was water resources. towns gradually brought from increasingly remote sources, leading to water was brought from increasingly remote sources, sophisticated engineering efforts such as dams and leading to sophisticated engineering efforts such aqueducts. At the height of the Roman Empire, nine as dams and aqueducts. At the height Roman major systems, with an innovative layout of of the pipes and Empire, nine major systems, with anofinnovative well-built sewers, supplied the occupants Rome with layout pipes and well-built sewers, supplied as muchof water per person as is provided in many parts of the occupants of Rome with as much water per the industrial world today. person as is provided in many parts of the industrial world today.
2. Feeding increasing populations is possible due primarily to improved irrigation systems.
B B During the industrial During industrial revolution revolution and and population population explosion explosion of the of the 19th 19th and 20th andcenturies, 20th centuries, the demand the for demand water rose for dramatically. water rose dramatically. Unprecedented Unprecedented construction of construction tens of thousands of tens of thousands ofengineering monumental monumental projects engineering designed projects to control designed floods, to control clean protect floods, water protect supplies, clean and water provide supplies, water for andirrigation provide water and hydropower for irrigation brought andgreat hydropower benefits brought to hundred great ofbenefits millions to hundred of people. of Food millions production of people. has Food kept production pace with has soaring kept pace with soaring populations mainly because populations of the mainly expansion because of artificial of the expansion system irrigation of artificial that make irrigation possiblesystem the growth that of make 40% possible of the the growth world's food. of Nearly 40% of one the fifth world's of all food. the electricity Nearly onegenerated fifth of all the electricity worldwide is produced by generated turbines worldwide spun by theis power produced of falling by turbines spun by the power of falling water. water.
Presented by
Making Every Drop Count
1. Water use per person is higher in the industrial world than it was in Ancient Rome. 2. Feeding increasing populations is possible due primarily to improved irrigation systems systems. 3. Modern water systems imitate those of the ancient Greeks and Romans. 4. Industrial growth is increasing the overall demand for water. 5. Modern technologies have led to reduction in the domestic water consumption.
3. Modern water systems imitate those of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
C C Yet there toto this picture: despite our there is isa adark darkside side this picture: despite progress, half half of the population till suffers, our progress, ofworld's the world's population till with waterwith services inferior to those available the suffers, water services inferior to to those ancient Greeks and Romans. As and the United available to the ancient Greeks Romans.Nations As the report on access to water reiterated in November 2001, United Nations report on access to water reiterated more than one billion people lack access to clean in November 2001, more than billion people lack drinking water: some two andone half billion do not have access to sanitation clean drinking water: some two and half adequate services. Preventable waterbillion do not have sanitation related diseases kill adequate an estimated 10,000 services. to 20,000 P r e v e n t every a b l e day, w a t eand r-re lat ed di s e a s e s suggests kill an children the latest evidence that we are falling efforts every to solve there estimated 10,000 tobehind 20,000 in children day, and problems. the latest evidence suggests that we are falling behind in efforts to solve there problems.
4. Industrial growth is increasing the overall demand for water.
F F
Fortunately---and unexpectedly---the Fortunately---and unexpectedly---the demand demand for for water is not rising is not as rising rapidlyas asrapidly some predicted. as some As predicted. a result, As a the pressure result, tothe build pressure now water to infrastructures build now water has infrastructures diminished over has the diminished past two decades. over the Although past two decades. p o p u l a t iAlthough on, indu population, s t r i a l o u t industrial put and e output conom and ic economic productivity productivity have continued have continued to soar in to developed soar in d e v e l o p the nations, e d rate n a t iat o nwhich s , t hpeople e r a t ewithdraw at whic water h peo from ple withdraw rivers aquifers, water from and lacks aquifers, has slowed. rivers and Andlacks in a few has slowed. parts of the And world, in a few demand parts has of actually the world, fallen. demand has actually fallen.
6. In the future, governments should maintain ownership of water infrastructures.
1. Water use per person is higher in the industrial world than it was in Ancient Rome. A A The history of civilization is entwined withwith the The history ofhuman human civilization is entwined history of ways have learned to manipulate water the history of we ways we have learned to manipulate resources. As townsAs gradually expanded, expanded, water was water resources. towns gradually brought from increasingly remote sources, leading to water was brought from increasingly remote sources, sophisticated engineering efforts such as dams and leading to sophisticated engineering efforts such aqueducts. At the height of the Roman Empire, nine as dams and aqueducts. At the height Roman major systems, with an innovative layout of of the pipes and Empire, nine major systems, with anofinnovative well-built sewers, supplied the occupants Rome with layout pipes and well-built sewers, supplied as muchof water per person as is provided in many parts of the occupants of Rome with as much water per the industrial world today. person as is provided in many parts of the industrial world today.
2. Feeding increasing populations is possible due primarily to improved irrigation systems.
B B During the industrial During industrial revolution revolution and and population population explosion explosion of the of the 19th 19th and 20th andcenturies, 20th centuries, the demand the for demand water rose for dramatically. water rose dramatically. Unprecedented Unprecedented construction of construction tens of thousands of tens of thousands ofengineering monumental monumental projects engineering designed projects to control designed floods, to control clean protect floods, water protect supplies, clean and water provide supplies, water for andirrigation provide water and hydropower for irrigation brought andgreat hydropower benefits brought to hundred great ofbenefits millions to hundred of people. of Food millions production of people. has Food kept production pace with has soaring kept pace with soaring populations mainly because populations of the mainly expansion because of artificial of the expansion system irrigation of artificial that make irrigation possiblesystem the growth that of make 40% possible of the the growth world's food. of Nearly 40% of one the fifth world's of all food. the electricity Nearly onegenerated fifth of all the electricity worldwide is produced by generated turbines worldwide spun by theis power produced of falling by turbines spun by the power of falling water. water.