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把水注入地下 以便将来使用

2011-10-31来源:CRI

短语讲解:

1. In California's Central Valley, green pastures and ponds full of aquatic life sit alongside expanses of arid land and dusty roads.

full of充满
例句:Mary's heart was full of distress.
玛丽的心里充满痛苦。

2. The water in these canals and ponds has been brought in through creeks and irrigation canals in a new project that will store water in an underground aquifer for use in drier years.

bring in引进(风尚等);引入(话题等);提出
例句:That matter should never have been brought in.
那件事不该被扯进来。

3. The Madera Irrigation District is one of several bodies looking to store surplus water from years with high rainfall as it pours down from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains.

look to依靠〔指望〕(某人或某事)
例句:She has always looked to her parents for advice.
她总是指望她的父母替她出主意。
pour down流下; (雨)倾盆而下
例句:It was pouring down.
当时正在下暴雨。

4. Wet years tend to come in two or three of every ten, a surplus can cause flooding and wasted resources.

tend to趋向
例句:My grandmother tends to go to bed early every day.
我祖母每天通常比较早睡。

5. To even out the flow, farmers are finding ways to store surplus water in underground aquifers.

even out变平; (使)平稳; (使)均衡
例句:Prices should even out when the crops are gathered.
庄稼收获时, 物价应该稳定下来。

6. The process required buying up a well-located neighboring ranch.

buy up全部买下
例句:A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.
一家信贷公司出价买下了整个公司。

7. So from an environmental standpoint it makes sense to put water back into the aquifer because it frankly affects water quality.

make sense是明智的, 是合情合理的
例句:It would make sense to leave early.
还是早点走好。

8. As your water goes down you get more concentrated chemicals and minerals and those sorts of things and the water simply becomes unusable after a while.

go down沉下; 落下; 降低
例句:Prices began to go down.
物价开始下降。

9. But all the outstanding problems need to be sorted out

sort out整顿, 解决
例句:Have you sorted out how to get there yet?
你解决了怎么到达那里的问题了吗?