The first is the bill for bailing out the financial sector; the second, the effect of climate change on the cost of energy, water, flood-prevention and the like.

第一个是拯救金融业的法案；第二个是气候变化对能源，水，防洪等资金的耗费。

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The Mississippi River, which used to sweep up dirt in one stretch of the delta only to deposit it in another, has now been channelled, for flood-prevention, to wash the land into the sea.

原本密西西比河冲刷三角洲一端松土的同时另一端沉积着，现在因为要预防洪水被改道了，因此会有陆地被河水冲走。

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The Olympic torch kicks off its 3-day relay in Heilongjiang today, starting from the Flood Prevention Cenotaph in Harbin, the first stop in the province.

奥运圣火今日开始在黑龙江境内进行为期3天的传递，首站是省会哈尔滨，起点是防洪纪念塔广场。

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The Tennessee Valley Authority said it was taking the unusual flood-prevention measure of spilling 1.5 million gallons of water per second through the Kentucky Dam near Paducah from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River.

CNN: Heavy precipitation expected from Texas to New England

In Pakistan, for example, the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), created under the auspices of UNESCO, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) designed the Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS), a risk-prevention system using data obtained via satellite.

UNESCO: Published in Mainichi Newspaper on 21 May 2012.

With projects such as Meixi Lake City, starting from scratch brings significant benefits not open to -- easily at least -- existing conurbations, such as combining water transport with energy production, superior flood prevention and urban agriculture.

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