Level 1 · Reading series
Lesson 37 · Where Does Rain Go?
Audio track 37
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Rainwater hits a roof and runs into a drain. It may flow across streets and quickly enter a river.
In a garden, water can soak into the soil. Plants and the ground slow it down. This can reduce the risk of a small flood after heavy rain.
Some homes store rainwater in a tank. People can reuse it for a garden, but it is not automatically safe to drink. The path of one raindrop depends on the surface below it.
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Rainwater hits a roof and runs into a drain.
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It may flow across streets and quickly enter a river.
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In a garden, water can soak into the soil.
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Plants and the ground slow it down.
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This can reduce the risk of a small flood after heavy rain.
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Some homes store rainwater in a tank.
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People can reuse it for a garden, but it is not automatically safe to drink.
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The path of one raindrop depends on the surface below it.
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Chinese translation
雨落在屋顶上，流进排水口。它可能沿街道流过，很快进入河里。
在花园里，雨水可以渗入土壤。植物和地面会减缓水流，这有助于降低暴雨后局部积水的风险。
有些家庭把雨水收集在水箱中，用来浇花，却不能因此认为它可以直接饮用。一滴雨最终流向哪里，取决于它落在什么样的地面上。
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- rainwater
- 雨水。
- roof
- 屋顶。
- drain
- 排水口；排出。
- flow
- 流动。
- soak into
- 渗入……。
- soil
- 土壤；泥土。
- flood
- 洪水；水淹。
- store
- 储存；存放。也可指‘商店’。本文是动词。
- reuse
- 重复利用。
- garden
- 花园；种植花草或蔬菜的地方。
Background notes (Chinese)
铺装地面较多的城市里，雨水难以渗入土地，容易迅速汇入排水管道。树木、土壤、雨水花园和透水路面等，都能暂时承接雨水、减缓径流，是‘绿色基础设施’的例子。
资料来源：U.S. EPA 关于绿色基础设施和城市树木的资料。