1·Theremains of the Indus valley civilisation cover an area of Pakistan andnorth-west India about a quarter the size of Europe.
印度河流域文明的遗址包括今天的巴基斯坦和西北部地区,大约是欧洲面积的四分之一。
2·For months and even years, the people of the Indus Valley will not have sufficient income for food or clothing.
有这么几个月,甚至几年,印度河流域的村民都会没有足够的收入来维系衣食。
3·The rivers that water some of the world's breadbaskets, such as the Colorado, Murray-Darling and Indus, no longer reach the sea.
一些流域是主要的粮食产地,如科罗拉多河,墨累达令和印度河,这些河已经流不到大海了。
4·One arrangement now under strain is the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan.
目前处境紧张的一项协议是1960年印度和巴基斯坦签订的印度河水域条约。
5·Flood waters that gushed from the Indus river, which divides the country north-to-south, had inundated villages, towns and whole districts.
印度河将该国分为北部和南部,从该河冲出的洪水吞噬了乡村、城镇和整个地区。