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1·Her raised water rates reduced the fixed charge but increased the cost of higher volumes.

她进一步调整水费比例，减少固定税率，但增加高用水人群的费用。

2·Milwaukee wants to raise water rates for existing customers to support its cash-strapped water supplier.

密尔沃基打算提高现有顾客的水费，以资助囊中羞涩的供水商。

3·Although the agony has been spread thin, the most painful new proposal is a large hike in water rates.

尽管水管破裂受灾的范围不是很广，但是新提议中最痛苦的就是水价的大幅上调。

4·Increased water rates could bring in hundreds of millions more dollars in electricity revenue, though could raise the risk of flooding.

水费增加可以带来数亿美元的电力收入，不过这也增加了洪灾的风险。

5·When private companies take control of water treatment and distribution, they often end up raising the local water rates to nearly half of the residents' monthly income.

私人公司一旦对用水处理与分配实施了控制，结果往往就是把当地的水价提到近乎居民月收入的一半水平。

6·Bechtel—the multinational corporation that had leased their pipes and plants—had more than doubled water rates, leaving tens of thousands of Bolivians who couldn't pay without any water whatsoever.

贝克特尔（Bechtel，出租管道、设备的跨国公司）将供水价格上涨两倍多，使得数万无力承担的玻利维亚人无水可用。

7·Water absorption is greatly reduced; consequently runoff is increased, resulting in accelerated erosion rates.

吸水性大大降低了；因此，径流增加，导致了侵蚀率的增加。

8·Some of the research focused on underpinnings of atmospheric processes, such as rates of gas exchange between soil and water.

他们所做的研究，其中一些侧重于基础大气过程，比如土壤和水之间的气体交换率。

9·Studies suggest that the higher drowning rates among males are due to increased exposure to water and riskier behaviour such as swimming alone, drinking alcohol before swimming alone and boating.

研究表明，男性溺水率较高的原因是接触水的机会增多，独自游泳、独自游泳前饮酒以及划船等行为的风险更大。

10·In China, where green tea is drunk almost as much as water, it has been found that certain cancer rates are reduced by about 60 per cent.

在中国，喝茶几乎跟喝水一样，所以中国人得癌症的几率已减少到差不多60%。