But water shortages are even more worrying in India.
2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
Of all those trends, however, the spread of water shortages poses the most immediate threat.
2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
The government also established a stockpile (贮存) of oil as a short-term buffer (缓冲) against future shortages.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
Farmers are reporting steep losses and a new $20 million tomato-paste factory has halted production due to the shortages.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A
first, keeping up with the pace of technological change; recruiting high-quality staff in a time of skills shortages in it as a whole and in a highly competitive market; and the issue of retaining staff once they've been recruited and trained.
2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
For example, the United Nations Children's Fund estimates that some 11 million children in Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the strongest El nio weather phenomenon in decades.
2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
American farmers have been complaining of labor shortages for several years.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
Now shortages are appearing at the mid- skill levels.
2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
When the recovery began, worker shortages first appeared in the high-skilled trades.
2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ