message in a bottle

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前沿：message in a bottle

歌曲名:Message In A Bottle
歌手:The Police
专辑:The Police(2CD Anthology)

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - The Police
4:49
JUST A CASTAWAY
AN ISLAND LOST AT SEA
ANOTHER LONELY DAY
NO-ONE HERE BUT ME
MORE LONELINESS
THAN ANY MAN COULD BEAR
RESCUE ME BEFORE I FALL INTO DESPAIR
I'LL SEND AN SOS TO THE WORLD
I HOPE THAT SOMEONE GETS MY
MESSAGEIN A BOTTLE
A YEAR HAS PASED SINCE I WROTE MY NOTE
BUT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS RIGHT FROM THE START
ONLY HOPE CAN KEEP ME TOGERTHER
LOVE CAN MEND YOUR LIFE BUT LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
I'LL SEND AN SOS TO THE WORLD
I HOPE THAT SOMEONE GETS MY
MESSAGEIN A BOTTL
WALKED OUT THIS MORNING DON'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW
A HUNDERED BILLION BOTTLES
WASHED UP ON THE SHORE
SEEMS I'M NOT ALONE IN BEING ALONE
A HUNDRED BILLION CASTWAYS
LOOKING FOR A HOME
I'LL SEND AN SOS TO THE WORLD
I HOPE THAT SOMEONE GETS MY
MESSAGEIN A BOTTLE
SENDING OUT AN SOS(REPEAT AND FADE)
hdy


http://music.baidu.com/song/55314234

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《经济学人》双语：美国如何解决饮用水污染问题？

原文标题：

Tainted waterMessage in a bottleHelp is on its way for Benton Harbor’s lead-pipe problem, and America’s污染水瓶中信本顿港的铅管问题及整个美国的铅管问题正在得到解决Michigan’s latest tainted-water crisis密歇根州最近的污染水危机Paragraph 1：PEOPLE LIVING in Benton Harbor, Michigan, don’t drink the tap water. Many drive to nearby grocery stores to buy bottles. 住在密歇根州（见文末补充资料）本顿港的人们不喝自来水。许多人开车去附近的杂货店买瓶装水。But unlike her neighbours Lisa Williams does not have a car, so she uses wt comes out of her tap, even though the community’s water has tested above the federal-action limit for lead since 2018. 但与她的邻居不同的是，丽莎·威廉姆斯没有汽车，所以她使用从水龙头中流出的水，尽管社区的水自2018年以来已经超过了联邦标准规定的铅限量。“I have to,” Ms Williams laments; the bottled water tt volunteers drop off goes only so far.“我没有其他办法，”威廉姆斯女士哀叹道；志愿者们提供的瓶装水数量减少了，所以只能是这样。

Paragraph 2:After Benton Harbor—a city of nearly 10,000 people, over 80% of them black—made headlines for its water crisis this year, Michigan promised to replace all the town’s lead service lines within 18 months. 在拥有近10000人口的本顿港（其中80%以上是黑人）因今年的水危机而成为新闻后，密歇根州承诺在18个月内更换该镇的所有的水管。Tt did not stop its residents from filing a class-action lawsuit in November alleging deliberate government indifference. 这并没有阻止其居民在11月份提起集体诉讼，指控政府故意漠不关心。The same day a judge approved a $626m settlement for people affected by a water crisis across the state in Flint, which caused a similar media frenzy after residents complained about tainted water in 2014. 同一天，一名法官批准了一项6.26亿美元的资金，用于解决弗林特市（见文末补充资料）的水危机，在2014年居民抱怨水污染后，该方案引发了类似的媒体狂热。Getting national attention, it seems, pays off. 获得全国关注似乎是有回报的。Like Flint’s residents, Ms Williams will soon be able to trust the tap.和弗林特的居民一样，威廉姆斯女士很快就能相信水龙头的水了。Paragraph 3:Many of the 22m or so people across America served by lead service lines can look forward to doing the same. 全美2200万左右使用自来水管，他们都期待着做同样的事。Congress has earmarked $25bn for water repairs, between a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a yet-to-be-passed Build Back Better Act. 国会在一项跨党派的《基建法案》和一项尚未通过的《重建法案》之间，已预留250亿美元专款用于修水管。Even so, tt is about $20bn short of wt experts say is needed to replace all lead services lines in the country.即便如此，这也比专家们所说的需要来取代全国所有的水管预算少了约200亿美元。Paragraph 4:Benton Harbor exemplifies how many low-income communities have managed to obtain funding in the past: grassroots organising. 本顿港是许多低收入社区获得资金案例一个典范：草根组织。The town has become America’s new “lead hotspot”, evoking comparisons with Flint and other cities tt received big investments after public protests and national press coverage. 该镇已成为美国新的“主要热点”，引起人们的对比，将弗林特市和其他在公众抗议和全国新闻报道后获得巨额投资的城市相比较。In September the Benton Harbor Community Water Council petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a free source of safe drinking water. 9月，本顿港社区水资源委员会向环境保护署（EPA）请愿，要求免费提供安全饮用水。“We knew tt by having tt press conference when we filed tt petition it would get people excited,” says Edward Pinkney, the council’s president.该委员会主席爱德华·平克尼说：“我们知道，当我们提交请愿书时举行新闻发布会，会让人们感到兴奋。”Paragraph 5:Things moved quickly. Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has secured more than half of the $30m needed to replace all Benton’s lead lines. 事情进展很快。密歇根州州长格雷琴·惠特默已经获得了更换本顿所有水管所需3000万美元资金的一半以上。And she has called on the state legislature to allocate $11.4m from the American Rescue Plan, the stimulus package passed in March.她还呼吁州立法机关从美国救助计划中拨款1140万美元，这是3月份通过的刺激计划。Paragraph 6:But other cash-strapped towns must vie for limited funding. 但其他资金短缺的城镇必须争夺有限的资金。Even low levels of lead in children can result in behavioural problems, lower IQ and anaemia. 即使儿童体内的铅含量很低，也会导致行为问题、智商下降和贫血。In pregnant women, it can induce premature birth and reduced fetal growth, and in adults more generally it can decrease kidney function and cause reproductive problems. 在孕妇中，它会导致早产和减慢胎儿的成长发育，而在成年人中，更普遍的是，它会降低肾功能并导致生殖问题。The EPA allocates roughly $1bn a year to supporting water-infrastructure projects, including lead-pipe replacements, through grants and loans. 环境保护署通过政府津贴和贷款，每年约有10亿美元用于支持水基础设施项目，包括更换铅管。Poorer places may struggle to repay even low-interest loans, however. 然而，即使是低息贷款，贫困地区可能都难以偿还。A lack of robust testing means tt several communities are likely to be unaware of the level of lead in their water.缺乏可靠的测试意味着一些社区可能不知道水中的铅含量。Paragraph 7:Hence the importance of the money promised by the Biden administration. 因此，拜登政府承诺的资金至关重要。The bipartisan infrastructure bill sets aside $15bn for lead-pipe replacements. 两党共同制定的《基建法案》拨出150亿美元用于更换含铅水管。The $1.7trn Build Back Better bill, still stuck in the Senate, could provide nearly $10bn on top of tt, for pipe replacements and mitigation tactics such as filters aimed at schools. 这项耗资1.7万亿美元、仍停留在参议院的《重建法案》，除此之外，还可能提供近100亿美元，用于管道更换和针对学校的过滤器等缓解策略。Though not as much as originally promised, the money will go a long way towards tackling the problem.虽然没有最初承诺的那么多，但这笔钱将大大有助于解决这个问题。Paragraph 8:Because Benton Harbor does not need to depd on this money, it is luckier than many communities left hoping for federal funds. 因为本顿港不需要依赖这笔钱，它比许多希望得到联邦资金的社区更幸运。The town should have clean water before long. In the meantime, its residents will remain wary.这个城镇不久就会有干净的水了。与此同时，其居民仍将保持警惕。Paragraph 9:Every day, Mr Pinkney drives a U-Haul truck through town to pass out water bottles with some of his two dozen volunteers. 平克尼先生每天都开着一辆U型运货卡车穿过小镇，和他的24名志愿者中的一些人一起分发瓶装水。Long before the state ramped up its efforts, he distrusted the water supply. “It wasn’t the right colour,” he grimaces. He has not drunk from his tap for nearly a decade.早在国家加大力度之前，他就不信任供水。他做了苦脸说：“颜色不对。”他近十年没有喝自来水了。Paragraph 10:Mr Pinkney blames the city and state governments for not doing more to fix the city’s lead problems, citing years of mismanagement and environmental racism. 平克尼先生指责市和州政府没有采取更多措施来解决该市的铅污染问题，理由是多年来的管理不善和环境种族主义。The pipes should have been replaced three years ago, he says, as soon as testing showed the town to be falling foul of federal standards. 他说，在测试表明该镇不符合联邦标准时，这些管道应该在三年前就该更换了。Tt’s why they had to petition, he says: “It got people moving tt never would have moved before.”这就是他们不得不请愿的原因，他说：“这让以前不可能动的人动起来。”（恭喜读完，本篇英语词汇量759左右）原文出自：2021年12月4日《The Economist》United States版块。精读笔记来源于：自由英语之路本文翻译整理：Irene本文编辑校对：Irene仅供个人英语学习交流使用。

【补充资料】（来源于百科）

【重点句子】（3个）Getting national attention, it seems, pays off. 获得全国关注似乎是有回报的。Even low levels of lead in children can result in behavioural problems, lower IQ and anaemia. 即使儿童体内的铅含量很低，也会导致行为问题、智商下降和贫血。Poorer places may struggle to repay even low-interest loans, however. 然而，即使是低息贷款，贫困地区可能都难以偿还。

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