首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Water and Cities Vocabulary and Expressions sanitation malaria jeopardize tenure diarrhea cholera According to
Water and Cities Vocabulary and Expressions sanitation malaria jeopardize tenure diarrhea cholera According to
admin
2018-06-10
42
问题
Water and Cities
Vocabulary and Expressions
sanitation malaria jeopardize tenure
diarrhea cholera
According to the speaker, who suffer the most of water-related problems?
Water and Cities
Half of humanity now lives in cities, and within two decades, nearly 60 percent of the world’s people will be urban dwellers. Urban growth is most rapid in the developing world, where cities gain an average of 5 million residents every month. The exploding urban population growth creates unprecedented challenges, among which provision for water and sanitation has been the most pressing and painfully felt when lacking.
Two main challenges related to water are affecting the sustainability of human urban settlements: the lack of access to safe water and sanitation, and increasing water-related disasters such as floods and droughts. These problems have enormous consequences on human health and well-being, safety, the environment, economic growth and development. The lack of adequate water and sanitation facilities leads to health issues such as diarrhoea, malaria and cholera outbreaks. Though water supply and sanitation coverage have increased for the last 18 years, the growth of the world’s urban populations jeopardizes those results. During these years, 1052 million urban dwellers gained access to improve drinking water and 813 million to improve sanitation, but the urban population in that period grew by 1089 million people.
An estimated 96 percent of the urban population globally used an improved water supply source last year, compared to 81 percent of the rural population. This means that 653 million rural dwellers lacked improved sources of drinking water.
Globally, 79 percent of the urban population used an improved sanitation facility last year, compared to 47 percent of the rural population.
Those who suffer the most of these water-related challenges are the urban poor, often living in slum areas or informal settlements following rapid urban growth, in situations lacking many of life’s basic necessities: safe drinking water, adequate sanitation services and access to health services, durable housing and secure tenure.
Cities cannot be sustainable without ensuring reliable access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Coping with the growing needs of water and sanitation services within cities is one of the most pressing issues of this century. Sustainable, efficient and equitable management of water in cities has never been as important as in today’s world.
选项
A、Rural dwellers.
B、Urban dwellers.
C、The urban poor who live in slum areas or informal settlements.
D、The urban poor who live downtown.
答案
C
解析
根据原文“Those who suffer the most of these water-related challenges are the urban poor,often living in slum areas or informal settlements…”可知,选项C正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/d6VYFFFM
本试题收录于:
CATTI三级口译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI三级口译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
______pollutioncontrolmeasuresareexpensive,manyindustrieshesitatetoadoptthem.
Sociology社会学Sociologyisasocialsciencethatstudies(1)societies,theirinteractions,andtheprocessesthat(2)andch
TheAncientOlympicGames古代奥林匹克运动会Accordingtohistoricalrecords,thefirst(1)OlympicGamescanbetracedbackto776BC.
AAccommodation住宿Oneisneveratalossforaplaceto(1)inMalaysia.Thecountry’scitiesandmajortownshavea(2)r
Earthobservationsshouldprovide"valueadded"applicationsfromexistingenvironmentalservices,propertytitleholdersand
______intooceansandriversisaseriousformofpollution.
______alanguagefamilyisagroupoflanguageswithacommonoriginandsimilarvocabulary,grammar,andsoundsystem.
AlmosteverydaythemediadiscoversanAfricanAmericancommunityfightingsomeformofenvironmentalthreatfromlandfills,g
AlmosteverydaythemediadiscoversanAfricanAmericancommunityfightingsomeformofenvironmentalthreatfromlandfills,g
Inmountainousregions,muchofthesnowthatfallsiscompactedintoice.
随机试题
如果要将3KB的纯文本块存入一个字段,应选用的字段类型是()。
SLE特征性表现是
男性,40岁,头痛、头晕1年,1周来加重伴心悸、乏力、鼻出血及牙龈出血来诊。查体:血压170/110mmHg,皮肤黏膜苍白,Hb65g/L,PLT148×109/L,尿蛋白(+++),尿红细胞3~5个/HP,BUN38mmol/L,Scr887μmol/L
中药养护技术包括
在进行国民经济评价时,()不列入项目的费用或收益。
一般来说,注册会计师最后形成的审计报告的类型为______、______、______、______四种。
艺术欣赏作为一种创造性的精神活动,其心理过程大体可分为________、________、________和心境共鸣四个阶段。
统一考试的组织者既可以是______,也可以是社会中的民间组织。
Americansbelievethateducationis______.Avarietyo{extracurricularactivitiesareaddedinAmericanschools______.
Whatcausesearthquakes?Theearthisformedoflayers.Thesurfaceoftheearth,about100kilometersthick,ismadeoflargep
最新回复
(
0
)