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CNN熱點問答第150期:水大約覆蓋了地球的多少?

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Today's "Shoutout" goes out to Mrs. Scaggs, AP English class at Valley View High School in Caldwell, Idaho.

今天的“大聲喊出來”來到Scaggs女士的課堂。

About how much of earth is covered by water?

水大約覆蓋了地球的多少？

You know what to do, is it 33 percent, 50 percent, 70 percent or 95 percent? You've got three seconds, go!

你知道該怎麼做！它是33%，50%，70%還是95%？你有三秒鐘的時間，開始！

Around 70 percent of the planet is covered by water, but only a small amount of that is freshwater. That's your answer and that's your shoutout.

水占地球約百分之七十的表面積，但其中只有一小部分是淡水。那就是你的答案，那就是你的大喊。

shout out 通常是指某人特地提到別人，可能別人做了什麼事情(正面的)讓別人覺得值得特別提到。

譬如" a special shout out to _____ "

AZUZ: If you didn't get that one, you've got more chances now with our Earth Dayquiz: we said only small amount of the Earth water is fresh.

如果你上一題沒有答對，你有機會在我們的地球日測試中答對：我們說過地球上只有一小部分的水是淡水。

What percentage do you think it is? One percent? 2.5 percent, 7.3 percent or 15 percent?

你認為其比例是多大？1%、2.5%、7.3％還是15%？

It's not much: 2.5 percent of Earth water is fresh, and most of that is locked up in polar ice.

比例並不大：只有2.5%的地球水是是淡水，其中大多數還封鎖在極地冰中。

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Next, how many gallons of water does the average American family use in a day?

下一題，普通美國家庭一天大概用多少加侖水？

Is it 25 gallons, 50 gallons? 100 gallons, or 300 gallons?

它是25加侖，50加侖，100加侖還是300加侖？

This one surprised all of us.

這讓我們大家都很吃驚。

The U.S. government says the average family uses 300 gallons of water every day.

美國政府稱普通家庭每天要用300加侖水。

These questions came from a quiz that cnn.com put up on Earth Day yesterday.

這些問題來自CNN網站昨天地球日提出的問卷。

You can find the link to the rest of those questions in the "Resources" box on our home page.

你可以在我們主頁上的“資源”一欄中找到其它問題的連結。

planet n.星球

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polar ice極地冰

gallon n.加侖

average a.平均的

quiz n.小測驗

link n.連結

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