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paraphrase1，When the word water appears in print nowadays, crisis is rarely far behind. Paraphrase: Today, whenever people mention the word “ water” in books or newspaper, you know they are going to talk about water crisis.2，Water, it is said, is the new oil:……to be overwhelmed by insatiable demand.Paraphrase: Like oil, water, a natural resource, which has for a long time been stupidly wasted, is becoming an expensive commodity, and will soon be exhausted by the excessive consumption of humanity.3，Everyone must use less water if famine,……are not to sweep the globe.Paraphrase: All of us must use less water to avoid such disasters as famine, epidemic, and mass migration throughout the world.4，The language is often overblown, and the remedies……but the basic message is not wrong.Paraphrase: The language used in these books and articles are often exaggerated, and the solutions suggested sometimes do not sound sensible 5，Bringing supply and demand into equilibrium……to cause trouble.Paraphrase: It is extremely difficult to balance people’s demand for more water and the amount of water that is available.6，To carry on with present practice would indeed be to invite disaster.Paraphrase: If people maintain their present lifestyle and continue wasting water the way they do, they would head for disaster.7，One reason is that the supply of water is finite.Paraphrase: One reason is that the amount of water available is limited.8，The world will have no more of it in 2025 or 2050……at the sides of Noah’s Ark.Paraphrase: In 2025 or 2050, the world’s water supply will be the same as it is today, or in the days of Noah.9，Flooding is routine, and may become more frequent and damaging with climate change.Paraphrase: Flooding has become a regular phenomenon, and become more frequent and destructive when climate changes.10，Scarce or plentiful, water is above all local…….and to carry silt out of sea.Paraphrase: Whether there is little or a lot of it, most importantly, water is found