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　　饮用水资源是本世纪的一个重大问题，对人道主义、生态环保、地缘政治等方面有着广泛的影响。可能的解决办法，一定蕴藏在被称为“以自然为本的解决方案”之中，即：以水的自然循环为灵感源泉，推动生态圈保护和修复。

　　广泛的影响：manifold implications

　　蕴藏在……：can be found in...

　　自然为本：nature-based

　　以水的自然循环为灵感源泉：be inspired by the natural water cycle

　　The question of drinking water resources is one of the major issues of our century. Its implications are manifold: humanitarian, ecological and geopolitical. One of the possible answers can certainly be found in so-called “nature-based solutions”: solutions that are inspired by the natural water cycle and that encourage the protection and restoration of biospheres.

　　为彰显这种可持续性解决方案的巨大潜力，联合国将今年世界水日的主题定为“通过自然战胜水资源挑战”。几组数据可以说明我们面临着怎样的挑战。

　　将主题定为：focus on the theme...

　　几项数据可以说明……：a few figures can illustrate...

　　In order to highlight the very promising potential of this type of sustainable solution, this year on World Water Day, the United Nations will focus on the theme: “Nature for Water”. The extent of the challenges that face us can be illustrated by a few figures.

　　据最新一份《联合国世界水资源开发报告》显示，全世界有 36 亿人——约占世界人口的一半——生活在1年中至少有1个月可能缺水的地区。到2050年，这个数字很可能会超过50亿。

　　缺水的地区：water-scarce areas

　　1年中至少有1个月：at least one month a year

　　超过50亿：rise to more than 5 billion

　　According to the latest United Nations world water development report, 3.6 billion people around the world, which is about half of the world’s population, live in potentially water-scarce areas during at least one month a year. This figure could rise to more than 5 billion in 2050.

　　在同一时期，全球水需求量可能从当前的约每年 4600 立方千米增长到每年5500或6000立方千米。目前每年4600立方千米的全球淡水取用量，已经接近可持续性的上限，而这一脆弱的平衡还掩盖着不同地域间的巨大差异。

　　在同一时期：over the same period

　　全球水需求量：the global demand for water

　　立方千米：cubic kilometers

　　增长到……：reach/ rise to...

　　全球淡水取用量：global usage of freshwater

　　接近可持续性的上限：be close to the maximum threshold of sustainability

　　Over the same period, the global demand for water, currently estimated at around 4,600 km3 per year could reach 5,5003 or 6,000 km3 per year. At 4,600 km3 per year, current global usage of freshwater is already close to the maximum threshold of sustainability and this fragile balance in fact masks the major local and regional disparities.

　　有一个例子为我们敲响了警钟：南非的开普敦市即将成为世界上首个严重缺乏饮用水的大型城市。人们把今年4月12日称为“归零日”， 因为届时开普敦市的蓄水量将只有通常水平的13%。

　　有一个例子为我们敲响了警钟：one alarming example

　　严重缺乏饮用水的大型城市：the first major city in the world to run out of drinking water

　　蓄水量：water reserves

　　One alarming example is that of Cape Town, South Africa, which is poised to become the first major city in the world to run out of drinking water. “Day zero” is the name given to 12 April 2018, when Cape Town’s water reserves are expected to be at just 13% of their usual level.

　　世界水资源匮乏的原因众所周知：淡水资源持续承受着世界人口增长、气候变化、消费急剧增长以及浪费资源的生活方式普遍化等多重压力。有一个数据可以反映这种浪费：80%的废水未经处理就排入生态系统。这些趋势导致生态系统退化，进一步加剧生态不平衡和水资源匮乏。

　　世界水资源匮乏：global water shortage

　　众所周知：well known

　　消费急剧增长：exponential increase in consumption

　　浪费资源的生活方式普遍化：the spread of lifestyles that squander resources

　　80%的废水未经处理就排入生态系统：waste water returns to the ecosystem without being treated

　　导致生态系统退化：lead to a degradation of ecosystems

　　生态不平衡：ecological imbalances

　　水资源匮乏：water scarcity

　　The reasons for this global shortage are well known: freshwater resources are continuously under the combined pressures of global population growth, climate change, the exponential increase in consumption and the spread of lifestyles that squander resources. One figure illustrates this wastage: 80% of waste water returns to the ecosystem without being treated. These developments are leading to a degradation of ecosystems that further accentuates ecological imbalances and water scarcity.

　　因此，当务之急是找到能够保护这种地球自然财富的解决方案。应倡导保护、管理和修复自然生态系统及改造后生态系统的方案，以高效和可持续的方式应对人类与环境的挑战，同时提高人类福祉、保护生物多样性。而植树造林、引河至洪泛平原、湿地恢复等措施，将有助于解决当前面临的水管理问题，向发展可持续农业、建设明日城市迈进。

　　地球自然财富：Earth’s natural capital

　　保护、管理和修复自然生态系统：protect, manage and restore natural ecosystems

　　人类福祉：the well-being of individuals

　　保护生物多样性：preserving biodiversity

　　植树造林：plan new forests

　　引河至洪泛平原：reconnect rivers to flood plains

　　解决水管理问题：address water management challenges

　　It is therefore urgent for solutions to be found to protect Earth’s natural capital. Solutions that protect, manage and restore natural and modified ecosystems, and that respond to human and ecological challenges in an effective and sustainable manner, improving the well-being of individuals and preserving biodiversity, must be promoted. Planning new forests, reconnecting rivers to flood plains and restoring wetlands are solutions that will, among other things, address contemporary water management challenges, particularly with a view to developing sustainable agriculture and building the cities of tomorrow.

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