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This is VOA news. According to a new United Nations report published Friday on World Water Day, as many as 2.2 billion people still live without access to safe drinking water and 3.5 billion lack access to decent sanitation. Goas Rick Panteleo has more.
这是美国之音的新闻。根据联合国周五在世界水日发表的最新报告，多达 22 亿人仍然无法获得安全的饮用水，35 亿人无法获得良好的卫生设施。Goas Rick Panteleo 报道更多。
The UN report called "water for prosperity and peace" suggests that tensions over water are intensifying conflicts throughout the world. Lee Lifeng is the director of the land and Water Division of the U.N.'s Food and Agricultural Organization in Rome. "Without the water, there's no life. Then without the water, there's no food.
联合国题为“水促进繁荣与和平”的报告表明，水资源紧张局势正在加剧世界各地的冲突。Lee Lifeng 是罗马联合国粮食及农业组织土地和水资源司司长。“没有水，就没有生命。没有水，就没有食物。
So water is that in dismixable natural resources for sustainable development, for agriculture, for any different economic sector." Lifung adds that among the country most affected by water scarcity is Zimbabwe, which since last year is battling a devastating drought that aid agencies blame on Al Nino and climate change.
因此，水是可持续发展、农业和任何不同经济部门不可或缺的自然资源。”Lifung 补充说，受水资源短缺影响最严重的国家是津巴布韦，自去年以来，津巴布韦一直在与灾难性的干旱作斗争，援助机构将这一干旱归咎于阿尔尼诺现象和气候变化。
This is VOA news. According to a new United Nations report published Friday on World Water Day, as many as 2.2 billion people still live without access to safe drinking water and 3.5 billion lack access to decent sanitation. Goas Rick Panteleo has more.
这是美国之音的新闻。根据联合国周五在世界水日发表的最新报告，多达 22 亿人仍然无法获得安全的饮用水，35 亿人无法获得良好的卫生设施。Goas Rick Panteleo 报道更多。
The UN report called "water for prosperity and peace" suggests that tensions over water are intensifying conflicts throughout the world. Lee Lifeng is the director of the land and Water Division of the U.N.'s Food and Agricultural Organization in Rome. "Without the water, there's no life. Then without the water, there's no food.
联合国题为“水促进繁荣与和平”的报告表明，水资源紧张局势正在加剧世界各地的冲突。Lee Lifeng 是罗马联合国粮食及农业组织土地和水资源司司长。“没有水，就没有生命。没有水，就没有食物。
So water is that in dismixable natural resources for sustainable development, for agriculture, for any different economic sector." Lifung adds that among the country most affected by water scarcity is Zimbabwe, which since last year is battling a devastating drought that aid agencies blame on Al Nino and climate change.
因此，水是可持续发展、农业和任何不同经济部门不可或缺的自然资源。”Lifung 补充说，受水资源短缺影响最严重的国家是津巴布韦，自去年以来，津巴布韦一直在与灾难性的干旱作斗争，援助机构将这一干旱归咎于阿尔尼诺现象和气候变化。
