The water in it is just right at the levelof the Gaiwan's mouth, with a simple drop on the desk,
里面的水正好和盖碗的嘴一样高,只有一两滴落在在桌子上。
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Some time in the coming decades, the shrinking of glaciers will cause a drop in the levelof glacial runoff, reducing the supply of water to urban Chileans.
在未来几十年里的某个时候,冰山的消融会减少冰山径流,从而减少对智利城市居民的用水供应。
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By 1950, though, human activities had started to make an impact. Then, the waterlevel began to drop at a rate of 30 centimeters (about a foot) each year.