I'd like to do something to change the world, but whatever I do seems like a drop in the bucket.

我很想做一些事情来改变这个世界，但是无论我做了什么看起来都不过是桶里的一滴水一样微不足道。

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For some of the poorest people in the world, a drink or a pot of soup means getting up before dawn and walking, often for miles, to fetch a bucket of water.

对世界上一些最贫穷人民而言，喝一杯水或烧一锅汤意味着拂晓前起床，往往走几英里路，才能打到一桶水。

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If you have seen your friends either nominating or being nominated for telling the world about 10 books that have been with them for a while, you know what the book Bucket Challenge is.

如果你看到身边有朋友在提名或被提名公开列出10本珍藏了相当一段时间的书名，你就知道“冰书挑战”是怎么回事了。

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Another lesson learnt from this film is that all you need to save the world is a bucket of water, a few masked men and an American lady with a work-station in Islamabad.

BBC: Viewpoint: Has Zero Dark Thirty insulted Pakistan?

Even if the United States committed economic suicide by imposing all or most of the carbon dioxide restrictions advocated by global warming activists, the ensuing U.S. carbon dioxide reductions would amount to merely a drop in the bucket compared to the flood of emissions increases by the world as a whole and by developing nations such as China and India in particular.

FORBES: As Carbon Dioxide Levels Continue To Rise, Global Temperatures Are Not Following Suit

Five years later, I found myself travelling around the world alone, with a single task left to complete on my bucket list.

BBC: The bloom of cancer