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Water and its scarcity,Watch a video,What is it about?,Listen and answer the following questions.1.What is it about in this video?2.In which part of China do the people suffer from this most severely?3.What has the government done with this problem?,Safe drinking water priority for people in drought,Grammar-filling,China has _1_(vow)to do everything possible to ensure access to safe drinking water for people _2_(suffer)from severe drought.Officials in Beijing have _3_(brief)the media on the latest situation of the dry spell across Southwestern China.They say _4_ number of people short of drinking water is rising.Liu Ning,Secretary-general of Statee Flood Control&drought Relief HQ,said,Recent rainfall provided some relief to farmland in southwestern China,_5_ little respite for millions of people struggling for water.Latest figures show that over 24 million people are short of drinking water in China.80 percent live in the southwestern part of the country.Its expected that the region wont enter into the rainy season until May 20th.That means we need to be prepared for greater challenges in the fight against the disaster.Officials say that more than 15 million head of livestock also lack access to drinking water.As _6_ Tuesday,over 10 million hectares of farmland in the Southwest had been parched by the drought.Thats nearly 85 percent of the drought _7_(affect)arable land throughout the country.Officials cite a _8_(combine)of low rainfall,poor conservation,and inefficient use of resources.33 groups of experts _9_(send)to guide relief work.Billions of yuan have been allocated for aid relief.PLA soldiers and armed police have been mobilized to help _10_(ease)civilian difficulties.,vowed,suffering,briefed,the,but,of,affected,combination,have been sent,ease,Safe drinking water priority for people in drought,China has vowed to do everything possible to ensure access to safe drinking water for people suffering from severe drought.Officials in Beijing have briefed the media on the latest situation of the dry spell across Southwestern China.They say the number of people short of drinking water is rising.Liu Ning,Secretary-general of Statee Flood Control&drought Relief HQ,said,Recent rainfall provided some relief to farmland in southwestern China,but little respite for millions of people struggling for water.Latest figures show that over 24 million people are short of drinking water in China.80 percent live in the southwestern part of the country.Its expected that the region wont enter into the rainy season until May 20th.That means we need to be prepared for greater challenges in the fight against the disaster.Officials say that more than 15 million head of livestock also lack access to drinking water.As of Tuesday,over 10 million hectares of farmland in the Southwest had been parched by the drought.Thats nearly 85 percent of the drought-affected arable land throughout the country.Officials cite a combination of low rainfall,poor conservation,and inefficient use of resources.33 groups of experts have been sent to guide relief work.Billions of yuan have been allocated for aid relief.PLA soldiers and armed police have been mobilized to help ease civilian difficulties.,New words,priority prairiti n.1优先权2优先考虑的事 prior adj.,Safe drinking water priority for people in drought,China has vowed to do everything possible to ensure access to safe drinking water for people suffering from severe drought.,2.vow vau n.誓言 vt.起誓,发誓,Officials in Beijing have briefed the media on the latest situation of the dry spell across Southwestern China,3.brief bri:f adj.短暂的,简洁的,vt.作的摘要 n.概要4.spell vt.&vi.拼写vt.招致,带来(不好的结果)n.1咒语2中魔3威势4(某事物持续的)一段时间,Recent rainfall provided some relief to farmland in southwestern China,but little respite for millions of people struggling for water.,5.respite respait n.休息(时间),暂时的缓解或轻松,Officials say that more than 15 million head of livestock also lack access to drinking water.As of Tuesday,over 10 million hectares of farmland in the Southwest had been parched by the drought.Thats nearly 85 percent of the drought-affected arable land throughout the country.,6.livestock laivstk n.家畜,牲畜,7.as of 在.时;到.时为止;从.时起8.hectare hekt n.公顷(等于2.471英亩)9.parch p:t vt.&vi.(使)焦干,(使)干透vt.使(某人)极口渴10.arable rbl adj.适于耕种的,Officials cite a combination of low rainfall,poor conservation,and inefficient use of resources.33 groups of experts have been sent to guide relief work.Billions of yuan have been allocated for aid relief.PLA soldiers and armed police have been mobilized to help ease civilian difficulties.,11.cite sait vt.1引用,举例2表彰,嘉奖3传唤,传讯12.allocate lkeit vt.1分配,分派2把拨给13.mobilize mubilaiz vt.&vi.动员起来,调动,鼓动起,迄今，我国的西南地区遭遇严重的旱灾。西南耕地的受旱面积达到1千万公顷，占全国受旱耕地的85%，有2亿人、1千5百万头大牲畜因旱饮水困难。虽然目前的降雨使得部分地区的旱情得到一定程度的缓解，但对重旱区土壤墒情，特别是人畜饮水困难的改善没有明显作用，抗旱形势依然严峻。中国政府对西南抗旱高度重视，并强调，不惜代价尽快缓解饮水困难，绝不能让一名群众没水喝。国家今年已派出33个工作组和专家组到这些地方协助地方政府制定预案，解决抗旱工作中的问题。国家向西南旱区安排了特大实物抗旱补助费大数十亿元，各地政府和全国人民团结起来协力抗旱。,4.respite respait n.休息(时间),暂时的缓解或轻松,6.as of 在.时;到.时为止;从.时起7.hectare hekt n.公顷(等于2.471英亩)8.parch p:t vt.&vi.(使)焦干,(使)干透vt.使(某人)极口渴9.arable rbl adj.适于耕种的10.cite sait vt.1引用,举例2表彰,嘉奖3传唤,传讯11.allocate lkeit vt.1分配,分派2把拨给12.mobilize mubilaiz vt.&vi.动员起来,调动,鼓动起13.spell vt.&vi.拼写vt.招致,带来(不好的结果)n.1咒语2中魔3威势4(某事物持续的)一段时间,Safe drinking water priority for people in drought,China has vowed to do everything possible to ensure access to safe drinking water for people suffering from severe drought.Officials in Beijing have briefed the media on the latest situation of the dry spell across Southwestern China.They say the number of people short of drinking water is rising.Liu Ning,Secretary-general of Statee Flood Control&drought Relief HQ,said,Recent rainfall provided some relief to farmland in southwestern China,but little respite for millions of people struggling for water.Latest figures show that over 24 million people are short of drinking water in China.80 percent live in the southwestern part of the country.Its expected that the region wont enter into the rainy season until May 20th.That means we need to be prepared for greater challenges in the fight against the disaster.Officials say that more than 15 million head of livestock also lack access to drinking water.As of Tuesday,over 10 million hectares of farmland in the Southwest had been parched by the drought.Thats nearly 85 percent of the drought-affected arable land throughout the country.Officials cite a combination of low rainfall,poor conservation,and inefficient use of resources.33 groups of experts have been sent to guide relief work.Billions of yuan have been allocated for aid relief.PLA soldiers and armed police have been mobilized to help ease civilian difficulties.,China goes all out to fight drought,Chinese people across the country are opening their hearts and wallets to help the drought-stricken areas.Donations and relief materials are being delivered to those in need.On Monday night,a special plane carrying relief materials set off to Yunnan province from Qingdao,2,000 kilometers away in Shandong province.Shandongs first batch of aid includes 3 million yuan in cash,and water pumps and electrical generators valued at 3 million yuan.Gao Hongbo,office dep.directo-gen.,Peoples Government of Shandong,said,We are now adopting emergency measures to help.In the future,well help them build reservoirs and irrigation infrastructures as long as the country orders.On Tuesday,Tianjin sent its first batch of relief goods,which worth 1 million yuan,to Guizhou province.The supplies are expected to arrive in three days.Tianjin authorities are already arranging a second shipment.Nanjing has sent 20 electrical generators,300 water pumps and pipes to Yunnan province.People in Chongqing municipality passed round the hat,coming up with over 70,000 bottles of water and plenty of relief materials in just two days,A Chongqing volunteer said,A Chongqing We bring the tents,foods and water with us.We wont put any burden upon local people in the drought areas.Their donations were delivered to the worse-hit Zhenfeng county in Guizhou province on Tuesday.,