Last night the news said that in some cities they are thinking of turning off the public water supply during part of each day.
昨晚新闻报道，有些城市正在考虑在一天中一定的时间里关闭公共供水系统7.(Is;MQR+d~lK。
Mmm... there is a shortage of water here, too. Is there anything we can do to help? Water is so important.
嗯……这里的水资源也短缺啊;)J0y+kPu9GQX.w06w;O。有什么我们可以帮忙的吗？水真是太重要了！
Sure. There are many things we can do to cut down on the amount of water we use.
肯定的-guM0Isv9ms,&BxZW3。我们可以做很多事来减少我们用水的量^J!JIeSNKPi。
One is to change some of the things in the bathroom.
其中之一就是更换洗手间里的一些东西JyUcIiF+r!mpO。
Hmm.... Don't you think changing the bathroom can be too expensive?
嗯……你不觉得改造洗手间的费用会很高吗？
I don't mean to change everything, just.... Well, for instance, the shower head.
我不是说要换掉所有东西，只是……呃，比方说莲蓬头吧WuAZFlom%*ADB29TqS。
There are new ones on the market that save almost 50% of the water. They don't cost very much.
市面上有一款能节省将近一半水的莲蓬头1%QiqJK8^)W。它们也不是很贵L71rLmP*8CoK-pTN。
Good idea! I read a normal flow for a shower is 20 liters per minute.
好主意！据我了解，洗一次澡的正常水流是每分钟20升水sVQdr)D]zLWpnm]t。
By cutting down that by half, one would consume only 16 liters for a shower.
要是水流减半了的话，一个人洗一次澡只会消耗16升的水i-J(@Qr7hlw[(。
If we turn off the water while we brush our teeth, that would help, too.
如果我们在刷牙时关掉水龙头的话，那也能节水的iKTv]I)@,A。
Right! I wasn't aware it could be that much.
是啊！我真没想到会浪费掉那么多的水nX@e76x2Pl#lM[D。
There are new toilets that save a lot of water. But it isn't necessary to change them right away.
市面上有一款能节省很多水的新式马桶muWpMm,,dH*|GnC%2k.。但是没有必要马上就换上它们qw0=R_hj#U8。
We don't need to change them.
我们没必要换上它们5#vR6tQj]D。
By placing one or two brakes in the tank to take up some of the space, the amount of water flowing into the tank will be reduced.
在水箱里放上一两个水闸来占用一些空间，这样流进水箱的水量就会减少x!Th#+g[kN.f。
That sounds great!
好主意！