The plastic bottles it comes in take 1,000 years to biodegrade, and in industrialised countries, bottled water is no more pure and healthy than what comes out of the tap.

用来装水的塑胶瓶需要1千年才能被生物分解掉；而在工业化国家，瓶装水并没有比自来水更加纯净、健康。

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Industrialised countries should recognise their role in the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and respond with bolder initiatives to cut back on future emissions, Singh said.

辛格说，工业化国家应该认识到自己在大气温室气体累积过程中充当的角色，应该更大胆主动地削减未来的排放量。

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In countries that industrialised long ago, much of the infrastructure is old and creaky.

在进行工业化之前的国家里，大部分基础设施都是又老又朽。

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