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新探索研究生英语（提高级）unit1passage2 Directions: Water scarcity【不足；缺乏】 is becoming an increasingly serious problem in many countries. According to the UN World Water Development Report 2020, 2.2 billion people around the world do not have access to safely managed drinking water.?【全世界22亿人没有办法获得安全管理的饮用水】What can people do to solve water shortage problems? Read the text and find out how vegetarianism, desalination【海水淡化】, cloud seeding【云中散播（促进降雨的技术）】, and reducing water consumption in manufacturing sector might relate to solving the problem. Thirstier than ever 1?Water covers approximately 75% of the Earths