1. Millions of Mexico City´s people live in small shanties without running water or electricity.
    几百万墨西哥城的居民住在没有自来水和电的简陋的棚屋里。

2. Many a weary stroke it had cost, you may be sure, and there remained nothing but to get it into the water; and had I succeeded in getting it into the water, I feel certain that I should have begun the maddest voyage that was ever undertaken by man.
    造这只船，我不知凿多少下，说筋疲力尽，那一点也不假，剩下的问题只是怎样把它弄下水去。假如我把它弄下了水，我敢肯定，我准会进行人类有史以来最荒唐的航行了。

3. Measurements made by Arthur Kramer at the University of Illinois demonstrated that inactive adults, aged 63 to 82, could hit buttons faster in response to a tone after they went through a 10-week water exercise course.
    伊利诺伊大学阿瑟·克雷默测量的结果证明，63至82岁的不运动的成年人，在完成为期十周的水上运动课程之后，听音击键的反应加快了。

4. John: Is there any water in this kettle?
    约翰:水壶里有水吗?

5. Granny told you not drink that water.
    奶奶告诉你不要喝那水。

6. Great palms rose from the shore; clouds of pink flamingos took off from the water.
    大棕榈树从海岸上拔地而起；成群的粉红色的火烈鸟从水面飞起，

7. Contamination of water supplies is usually due to poor sanitation close to water sources,
    水源的污染通常是由于接近水源的地方卫条件太差而造成的：

8. But it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.
    但它突然失去了平衡，又跌回水中。

9. Covering much of the earth´s surface is a blanket of water.
    地球表面主要被水覆盖着。

10. Comments about "the Brain Drain" don't hold much water when every politician has a son or daughter aiming to go abroad.
    当每一个政客都有一个儿子或女儿在往国外钻的情况下，有关"人才外流"的批评就不会有实际的意义。