【标准美音社论】2012世界水日(1/2)
【标准美音社论】每天一次，是标准美音每天对东亚区广播的最后一个节目，每天22:55(BST)播出，每次三至五分钟，通常是对当天某一重大事件表态或提出问题，或号召对某事采取行动或对某一新闻人物进行褒贬。【标准美音 Editorial】03-22-2012
This year's theme is "Water and Food Security."
Photo: REUTERS
A boy is silhouetted against the setting sun while arranging bottles of drinking water for sale along Karachi's Clifton beach.
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United Nations
World Water Day
"Water and Food Security."
P.S.文中多次出现数字，请参照听写规范~~http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201203/201203250244051567659.mp3The United Nations has designated March 22nd World Water Day to focus attention on the importance of fresh, clean water and to advocate for the sustainable management of fresh water resources.This year's theme is "Water and Food Security."
Almost 1 billion people — 1/7 of the world's population — suffer from chronic hunger, a crisis that could intensify as global population grows.More than 70% of the water used globally goes towards agriculture – with totals reaching more than 90% in many developing countries.
Our ability to increase food production will require sufficient available water and the tools to predict its availability so that people can grow food when and where they need it.
7 billion people live on this planet, with another 2 billion predicted by 2050.Each one of us daily drinks two to four liters of water, but we consume much more as part of the food we eat.It takes around 1,500 liters of water to produce a kilo of wheat – ten times that for a kilo of beef.
Women and girls produce 60 to 80 % of food in developing countries, and also typically bear primary responsibility for meeting their families' water needs.It is critical that they be involved in addressing the water challenges in their communities.
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