What’stheWorldtoDoaboutWater?MichaelE.WebberBythesixthgroup1In2003,thelateNobelLaureateRichardSmalleygavealectureatRiceUniversity‘sEnergy&NanotechnologyConferencehighlightinghumanity’stop10problemsforthenext50years.Hislist,indescendingorderofimportance,was:energy,water,food,environment,poverty,terrorismandwar,disease,education,democracy,andpopulation.Paragraph48Waterisontrack(步入……轨道；有望）tobethemostimportantandmostcontentiousresourceofthe21stcentury.Itcouldreplaceoilasthestrategicresourcethattriggersgeopoliticalconflicts.Butwiththerightsolutions,itcouldalsobetheonethatbringsusalltogether.Paragraph37Thatstatementstillringsinmyearstoday,notonlybecauseofherprecociousness(早熟）butalsobecauseshewasexactlyright.Weneedtoconserveourresourcestobuyourselvestimesoscientistscanfindnewsolutionstoourproblems.Andthisisespeciallytrueforwater.Paragraph25Grammar现在分词作伴随状语In2003,thelateNobelLaureateRichardSmalleygavealectureatRiceUniversity‘sEnergy&NanotechnologyConferencehighlightinghumanity’stop10problemsforthenext50years.着重谈了人类未来五十年内的十大问题Walkingslowlyacrossthegrass,hepointedthegunatthelionandfired.他慢慢地走过草地,把枪对准狮子就射击了.Allnightlonghelayawake,thinkingoftheproblem.他整夜躺在床上睡不着,思考着那个问题.9Inmanyways,the1900swasthecenturyofenergyconflict.Now,thedawnofanewenergyeraisjustaroundthecorner—withthepricesofsolarpowergoingdown,anddistributedgenerationandenergyefficiencyonthepointoftakingoff—andwecanforeseeatimethiscenturywhenwaterreplacesenergyasthenextgreatchallengeforhumanity.Gettingwaterrightcouldclearthepathtoafullyliberated,healthy,andpeacefulcivilization.Paragraph611
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