Water

Question 1

improved source of drinking water

Answer 1

改善的饮用水源

Question 2

household connections, public standpipes, boreholes, protected dug wells, protected springs and rainwater collections

Answer 2

家用自来水管，公共水管，钻孔，保护的水井，保护的泉水和雨水收集

Question 3

water safety, reliability and sustainability

Answer 3

水的安全性、可靠性和可持续性

Question 4

Sub-Saharan Africa

Answer 4

撒哈拉以南非洲

Question 5

insufficient water supply

Answer 5

全球水资源危机

Question 6

United Nations Water Conference (1977)

Answer 6

联合国水事会议（1977年）

Question 7

International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (1981-1990)

Answer 7

国际饮水供应和卫生十年（1981-1990年）

Question 8

International Conference on Water and the Environment (1992)

Answer 8

水与环境问题国际会议（1992年）

Question 9

Earth Summit (1992)

Answer 9

地球问题首脑会议（1992）

Question 10

gain access to safe drinking water

Answer 10

获得安全饮用水

Question 11

United Nations General Assembly

Answer 11

联合国大会

Question 12

human right to water and sanitation

Answer 12

水和卫生的人权

Question 13

The right of every human being to have access to sufficient water for personal and domestic uses (between 50 and 100 litres of water per person per day), which must be safe, acceptable and affordable (water costs should not exceed 3 per cent of household income), and physically accessible (the water source has to be within 1,000 metres of the home and collection time should not exceed 30 minutes).

Answer 13

每个人都有获得充足水源以供个人和家庭使用（每人每天50到100升）的权利，水源必须安全，可接受，价格合理（用于水的花费不应该超过家庭收入的3%），必须容易获取（水源必须在住所周围1000米以内，取水时间不应该超过30分钟）。

Question 14

fragile and finite freshwater resources

Answer 14

脆弱有限的淡水资源

Question 15

under increasing stress from population growth, pollution and the demands of agricultural and industrial uses

Answer 15

在人口增长，污染以及农业和工业用水的需求压力下

Question 16

human health, development and well-being

Answer 16

人类的健康、发展和福祉

Question 17

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Answer 17

千年发展目标

Question 18

specific water-related target

Answer 18

有关水的特定目标

Question 19

eradicating extreme poverty and hunger

Answer 19

消除极端贫困和饥饿

Question 20

achieving universal primary education

Answer 20

普及初等教育

Question 21

promoting gender equality and empowering women

Answer 21

促进两性平等和赋予妇女权力

Question 22

reducing child mortality and improving maternal health

Answer 22

降低儿童死亡率, 改善产妇保健

Question 23

combating HIV, AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Answer 23

防治艾滋病毒/艾滋病，疟疾和其他疾病

Question 24

ensuring environmental sustainability

Answer 24

确保环境的可持续性和为发展

Question 25

raise public awareness on the importance of water for life

Answer 25

提高公众对生命之水重要性的认识

Question 26

the General Assembly declared 2003 International Year of Freshwater

Answer 26

大会宣布2003年为国际淡水年

Question 27

the Chief Executives Board (CEB), the coordinating body for the entire UN system, established UN Water — a UN inter-agency coordination mechanism for all freshwater and sanitation related issues.

Answer 27

负责整个联合国系统协调的机构，行政首长协调理事会，设立了“联合国水机制”，它是一个机构间协调联合国系统所有与淡水和卫生相关问题的行动机制

Question 28

the General Assembly proclaimed the 2005-2015 period International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”. The Decade began on 22 March 2005, which is observed annually as World Water Day.

Answer 28

大会宣布了“生命之水”国际行动十年（2005年至2015年）。国际十年始于2005年3月22日，那一日被定为世界水日。

Question 29

The world has met the MDG drinking water target five years ahead of schedule.

Answer 29

世界已提前五年达到千年发展目标中的饮用水目标。

Question 30

In 2010, 89 per cent of the world’s population was using improved drinking water sources, up from 76 per cent in 1990.

Answer 30

2010年，89%的世界人口正在使用改良的饮用水源，相比1990年的76%有明显提高。

Question 31

The number of people using improved drinking water sources reached 6.1 billion in 2010, up by over 2 billion since 1990.

Answer 31

使用改良饮用水源的人口从1990年的20亿上升到2010年的61亿。

Question 32

China and India alone recorded almost half of global progress, with increases of 457 million and 522 million, respectively.

Answer 32

仅中国和印度两国就贡献了全球一半的进步，分别增长4亿5千7百万和5亿2千2百万。

Question 33

The work is not yet done. 11 per cent of the global population—783 million people—remains without access to an improved source of drinking water and, at the current pace, 605 million people will still lack coverage in 2015.

Answer 33

然而我们的工作尚未完成。11%的世界人口 —— 7亿8千3百万人 —— 仍然未能获得改良的饮用水源，以目前的速度，到2015年，仍将有6亿5百万人没有被覆盖。

Question 34

Coverage remains very low in Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa, neither of which is on track to meet the MDG drinking water target by 2015.

Answer 34

大洋洲和非洲撒哈拉以南地区的覆盖率仍然非常低，在2015年达到千年发展目标中的饮用水目标问题上，它们都还没有步入正轨。

Question 35

Since it is not yet possible to measure water quality globally, dimensions of safety, reliability and sustainability are not reflected in the proxy indicator used to track progress towards the MDG target.

Answer 35

因为尚未能在全球范围测量水质，水的安全性、可靠性和可持续性没有作为指标来衡量千年发展目标的进展。

Question 36

Coverage with improved drinking water sources for rural populations is still lagging.

Answer 36

农村人口中，改良饮用水资源的覆盖率仍然滞后。

Question 37

In absolute terms, because of population growth, the number of people without an improved source in urban areas actually increased.

Answer 37

就绝对数字而言，由于人口增长，没有使用改良水源的城市人口实际上在增加。