【雅思听力】澳大利亚水资源(2/4)

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本文选自雅思听力Section 2，难度不大
HINTS
Melbourne
Port Phillip
Collins
John Batman
the Yarra River
Victorian
an Yean Reservoir
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The only source of water for almost 400 convicts, marines and free settlers was six wooden barrels sunk in the sand to tap groundwater. Although settlement of the Port Phillip region had gradually grown after Collins arrived, it was not until 1835 that John Batman officially claimed the establishment of Melbourne.
Five years after its official beginning, Melbourne's population had already reached 7,000. Water pumps were installed on the northern bank of the Yarra River. Mem with water carts sold water, door to door, for three shillings a barrel, equal to about 30 cents for 550 litres.
Due to the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, Melbourne's population rapidly increased and Melbourne was transformed into a major city. At the same time many new industries and buildings were being developed. These factors all meant that systems needed to be created to supply water to Melbourne. And in 1857, Yan Yean Reservoir, Melbourne's first water supply reservoir, was completed and began to supply water to Melbourne, which by now had a population of 100,000.对于400名左右的囚犯，船队队员和自由移民来说，唯一的水资源是通过沙地里埋着的六个木桶来汲取地下水。虽然菲利普港地区，在Collins抵达后，建设已逐渐发展起来，John Batman一直到1835年才正式官方宣布墨尔本市的建立。
城市建立后的5年里，墨尔本的人口达到了7000人。亚拉河的北配置了不少水泵。推着货运马车的男人挨家挨户的卖着水，三先令一木桶，相当于550升花费30分。
由于1850年代的维多利亚淘金热潮，墨尔本的人口激增变成了一个重要的大城市。与此同时，不少新的行业和建设也迅速发展。这些因素都意味着墨尔本的供水系统需要建立完善。在1857年，墨尔本的第一个供水库Yan Yean水库建成开始向墨尔本供水。到如今，墨尔本的人口已达到100000人。       
——译文来自: birella