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I am water. To humans I am simply just there.

我是水。对于人类来说我司空见惯。

I'm something they just take for granted.

我对他们只是理所当然的东西。

But there is only so much of me. And more and more of them every single day.

但是我是非常有限的，而人类的数量却每天都在增长。

I start as rain in the mountains flow to the rivers and streams. And end up in the ocean.

我化身为雨水落入山中，流进小溪与河流并最终汇入海洋。

Then the cycle begins again.

然后循环再次开始。

And it will take me 10,000 years to get back to the state I am in now.

要回到我现在的状态需要一万年。

But to humans? I'm just water. Just there.

然而对于人类来说，我只是水，理所当然就在那里。

Where will humans find me when there are billions more of them around?

如果人口再增加几十亿，人类还能找到我吗？

Where will they find themselves?

他们自己又将如何生存？

Will they wage wars over me?

他们会为了我而发动战争吗？

Like they do over everything else?

就像他们为了其他事而做的那样？

That's always an option. But it's not the only option.

那倒是一种选择，但并非唯一的选择。