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Waiting for the Rain

, dry and as cracked as a broken plate. He is carrying a plastic jug and he is looking for water. He finds a pool of muddy water and reaches deep down into the cracked, dried earth and fills his jug. Then he takes the long walk back home and uses this small amount of water for drinking, cooking and This has become the daily life for millions of people in southwest China. The rains have not up. The people in this region are suffering from a severe water shortage caused by drought. Droughts occur when there is a lack of rainfall for a prolonged period of time. In southwest China, only about one-half the normal amount of rain has f since last autumn.

Almost 25 million people are a by the drought. Most of them are farmers who live in fresh drinking water but,

without rain, the farmers will not be able to grow crops. That means the drought could be followed by poverty, even hunger.

Some scientists say that, as the c changes, droughts will become more frequent and more severe in China and in other parts of the world. This should remind us of just how important fresh water is. Although 72 percent of the Earth is water, only a small percentage of that is drinkable.

Shanghai has plentiful amounts of fresh water and plenty of rain. So, we shouldn’t c as we stand under our umbrellas and look up at another rain-filled sky this spring. We should spare a thought for that old man who is looking up at a different sky ... and waiting for the rain. 答案：flat washing dried fallen affected delivering climate complain