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ThecountriesoftheMiddleEastandnorthAfricaareparched

中东和北非的国家水资源很紧缺

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IntheneighborhoodofAlgierswherethepresidentialpalaceandforeignembassiesarelocated,somethinkthewaterpressurehasincreasedoflate.

1.some:此处代指有些人+think译为有些人认为

2.oflate=oflateyears:recently

Butdon’ttellthoselivinginthesuburbsofAlgeria’scapital,wherethetapshavebeendryfordays,astemperaturesandtempersrise.

1.suburbn.tanareawherepeoplelivethatisoutsidethecentreofacity

v.放出液体、气体

v.开发资源

2.tapn.adevicecontrolledliquidorgasfromapipeorcontainer（龙头）tips：结合上下文缺水，此为该意。

3.where引导的定语从句修饰中心词suburbs

tips：定语从句并不一定修饰离从句最近的词，要小心辨别。该处Algeria’scapital也是作为修饰成分修饰suburb，所以中心词为suburb

4.as引导的原因状语从句

Protestershaveblockedmainroadsandrailways.“Ifthewaterstopsflowing,sowilleverythingelse,”saysalocaljournalist,conveyingtheprotesters’mindset.

1.blockv.makethemovementorflowdifficultorimpossible（堵塞）

v.putanobstaclewayofsth（阻碍、妨碍）

2.conveyv.transportorcarrytoaplace（载送，输送）

v.

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