The Lao delegate said the dam likely would not affect the environment of its neighbors.
老挝代表还说，这座水坝不大可能影响到邻国的环境。"How much would it cost? " she wrote to Mutuku.
她问穆图库，“水坝需要多少钱？”This was the project, originally conceived by the British colonial administration, for a dam on the Volta River.
那就是原由英国殖民政府所设计的沃尔特水坝工程计划。Three of the plant's 10 units were damaged but emergencies minister Sergei Shoigu said the front wall of the dam had not been breached.
十台发电机组中有三台损毁，但紧急情况部部长谢尔盖·绍伊古说水坝的正面并未遭到破坏。Thousands of dams built since the mid-19th century have "completely altered the planet's terrestrial plumbing, " he said.
他说：自19世纪中叶以来修建的几千座水坝已经“彻底改变了地球的地表径流。”This fund was supposed to be used for the rehabilitation of water reserves all over the country, before the outbreak of war.
这些钱本来是用来修复全国范围内的水坝修复在战争爆发之前。It is unclear how much of the Mekong's drop is due to Chinese dam building.
目前不清楚湄公河水位下降在多大程度上是中国建设水坝造成的。Now, if he had had his wits about him, he would have known that there was no use in building a dam where there was no water.
现在，如果它有智力的话，它应该知道在没有水的地方建水坝是毫无意义的。I have been a vocal critic of big dams that are built mindlessly, but I believe it would be a mistake to halt all dam construction.
我对那些草率决定的水坝计划，向来都会直言批评；但我也相信，终止所有的水坝兴建是一项错误。