终于又一篇写得不错，内容丰富的文章出炉！就是觉得论坛中帖子水平不够。

Finally! A well-written, well-informed article. Shame the comments are so contrived.

"中外对话"上发表的文章适用创作共用授权许可制度的条款。也就是说，如果一个非商业性网站将文章全文复制、不进行任何改动，并且告知和作者与"中外对话"网站，那么该网站就可以转载这篇文章。 欲想了解更多，请看“常见问题解答”网页。-山姆

chinadialogue is published under a creative commons license. This means that as long as your website is a non-commercial enterprise and you are not altering the original article, you can publish it, provided you attribute the piece to its author and provide a credit and link to chinadialogue. More terms and conditions on the FAQ page. Sam - chinadialogue

回复发表第二篇评论的人，我并不为论坛而感到难堪。通过转载，可以扩大一篇好文章的影响力，为可行的环保策略进行推广，特别是针对那些有争议的环保问题。我对Sam及其合作者的理解及其在中国环保事业上所做的努力表示诚挚的感谢。

For whom made the 2nd comments, I do not think it is a shame about the forums. Enlarging the influence of any great articles is an important way for reasonable environmental protection, especially for the arguing problems. I should say thank you to Sam and your co-workers, for your kindness and efforts for the environment in China.

我第一次听说南水北调工程时，首先想到的就是这样是否会破坏长江流域的水文系统。这项工程将向黄河流域提供水源以增加黄河年流量！在英特网上获得的数据表明，这项工程仅将调走长江年水流量的5%至7%。这些数据是令人惊异的，这也是长江水流的底线。但是事实上黄河年水流量成倍增加后，黄河流域的生产和气候都可能会发生变化，最重要的是防止了土壤沙漠化。工程的实施也不会影响到长江流域的水文和生态系统。这些基本的问题都获得满意解决后，这项工程就可以算得上是一个伟大的奇迹了。在搜寻到足够的信息后，我觉得这项工程在规模和程度上都的确是一项浩大的工程。Kelvin Mok Edmonton 于加拿大

When I first learned of the South-North water diversification scheme the immediate concern was would this draw off so much water that it would damage the hydrology of the Yangtze drainage area? The claim is that this diversification will bring more water to the Huanghe than the Huangho's annual flow! A search on the Internet gave the figure I was looking for, that the diversification will draw only 5 to 7 percent of the annual flow of the Yangtze. These figures are amazing and underscore the size of the Yangtze. But far more impressive is the fact that doubling the annual flow of the Huangho will very likely restore the productivity and climate of the Huanghe lands and, more important, prevent desertification. The project will do this without affecting the hydrology and ecology of the Yangtze. With this fundamental concern answered everything else falls in place as a truly miracle project. Do a search of the many sources of information on the Internet. It is indeed fascinating and awesome in scope and in its consequences

Kelvin Mok
Edmonton, Canada

不知道2号评论员到底是什么意思。他的评论也太做作了。我觉得这个论坛非常好，因为我可以在这里和中国人交谈。我不懂中文，但在这里我可以说我想说的，了解其他人的想法。我想他不想听任何人的评论。

What's the matter with the person who posted comment number 2? I think these forums are great because you can really talk to Chinese people. I don't speak Chinese and this is the only way I can say what I think and hear what they think. What's contrived about that? Maybe he just doesn't want to listen to anybody else!