Thank you very much. I'm very happy to be here today. This conference has offered a<br />good opportunity for concerned people to meet and exchange ideas on these important issues.<br />There are many positive water projects in progress around the world. I'm going to start<br />with two examples and then later we'll consider them in detail. But first is here in the United<br />States near El Paso, Texas, in a small town called San Elisario. San Elisario is a very poor town.<br />And until just recently, people there did not have a water system in the town. So water for<br />drinking, cooking, and toilets was difficult to get. The water authorities had told the town<br />repeatedly that water systems would be built, but it never happened. Finally, the women in<br />the town had enough and they decided to do something about the problem. They got together<br />and built a water system for themselves. Obviously, they had to learn as they went along,<br />but they built things themselves and raised the money throughout the project and they did it.<br />The lives of the families in San Elisario have changed because they now have enough water for<br />everyday activities. People from nearby towns that still don't have water systems have visited<br />the town to get ideas about how they might set up something similar. This is a real success story.<br />Another example of a successful project is in India.<br />Thank you very much. I'm very happy to be here today. This conference has offered a good<br />opportunity for concerned people to meet and exchange ideas on these important issues.<br />There are many positive water projects in progress around the world. I'm going to start with two<br />examples and then later we'll consider them in detail. The first is here in the United States<br />near El Paso, Texas, in a small town called San Elisario. San Elisario is a very poor town.<br />And until just recently, people there did not have a water system in the town. So water for<br />drinking, cooking, and toilets was difficult to get. The water authorities had told the town<br />repeatedly that water systems would be built, but it never happened. Finally, the women in<br />the town had enough and they decided to do something about the problem. They got together<br />and built a water system for themselves. Obviously, they had to learn as they went along,<br />but they built things themselves and raised the money throughout the project and they did it.<br />The lives of the families in San Elisario have changed because they now have enough water for<br />everyday activities. People from nearby towns that still don't have water systems have visited<br />the town to get ideas about how they might set up something similar. This is a real success story.<br />Another example of a successful project is in India.
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What is the speech concerned with?
A . Positive water projects around the world.B . Water around the world.C . Farmers around the world.
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What is San Elizario?
A . A kind of water system.B . A clever farmer.C . A poor town.
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What did the women in the town do?
A . They turned to the government for help.B . They built a water system for themselves.C . They moved to nearby towns.
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Why do people from nearby towns visit the town?
A . To learn from the women in the town.B . To teach the women how to build the water system.C . To raise money for the project.