Question

18．盡管三分之二的地球表面被水覆蓋，但世界上很多地方還是嚴(yán)重缺水．（cover）Although/though two-thirds of the earth's surface/the surface of the earth is covered by/with water/water covers two-thirds of the earth's surface/the surface of the earth，many places around the world still seriously lack water/are still terribly/very short of water/water/it is （still） in short supply/is needed badly in many places on the earth．

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分析 Although/though two-thirds of the earth's surface/the surface of the earth is covered by/with water/water covers two-thirds of the earth's surface/the surface of the earth，many places around the world still seriously lack water/are still terribly/very short of water/water/it is （still） in short supply/is needed badly in many places on the earth．

解答 答案：Although/though two-thirds of the earth's surface/the surface of the earth is covered by/with water/water covers two-thirds of the earth's surface/the surface of the earth，many places around the world still seriously lack water/are still terribly/very short of water/water/it is （still） in short supply/is needed badly in many places on the earth．
題干中表達(dá)的讓步關(guān)系，可以用although或though引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句來(lái)表達(dá)；盡管although，though；三分之二two thirds；地球表面the earth's surface；覆蓋cover；嚴(yán)重缺水seriously lack water；句意表達(dá)的是客觀事實(shí)，要用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)來(lái)表示．

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