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"Crónicas de los Tiempos“, in April 2002.
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This is the year 2070
I have just turned 50, but I my aearan!e
is "# s"meb"dy "# $5.
I su##er #r"m seri"us %idney r"b&ems,
be!ause I d" n"t drin% en"u'h (ater)
I*m a#raid I d" n"t have
mu!h time &e#t t" &ive)
I am "ne "# the "&dest e"&e
in this s"!iety)
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I remember (hen I (as a !hi&d "# 5)
There (ere &"ts "# trees in the ar%s, h"uses (ith beauti#u& 'ardens,
and I !"u&d enj"y havin' a sh"(er #"r ha&# an h"ur)
Everythin' (as very di##erent then)
N"(adays (e use t"(e&s (ith minera& "i& t" !&ean "ur s%in)
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+e#"re, ("men had beauti#u& hair)
Then, my #ather (ashed his !ar (ith
(ater !"min' "ut "# a h"seie)
N"(, my s"n d"es n"t be&ieve that
(ater !"u&d be (asted that (ay)
N"(, (e have t" shave "ur heads
t" %ee them !&ean (ith"ut the use "#
(ater)
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I remember there (ere
A-E WATER
(arnin's "n "utside "sters, radi"
and T-, but n"b"dy aid attenti"n)
We th"u'ht that (ater
(as t" &ast #"rever)
N"(, a&& the rivers, &a%es, dams and
under'r"und (ater beds are either dry
"r !"ntaminated)
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Industry !ame virtua&&y t" a standsti&& and unem&"yment
rea!hed dramati! r""rti"ns)
.esa&inati"n &ants are the main s"ur!e "# em&"yment
and ("r%ers re!eive art "# their sa&ary in drin%ab&e (ater)
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Assau&ts at 'un "int "n the streets #"r a jerry!an "# (ater are very !"mm"n)
/""d is $0 syntheti!)
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+e#"re, the re!"mmended 1uantity "# (ater t" drin%
#"r an adu&t (as $ '&asses a day)
N"(adays, I am "n&y a&&"(ed ha&# a '&ass)
We n"( have t" (ear dis"sab&e !&"thin',
and this in!reases the am"unt "# &itter)
We are usin' n"( seti! tan%s,
be!ause the se(era'e system d"es n"t ("r% #"r &a!% "# (ater)
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The "utside aearan!e "# the "u&ati"n is h"rrib&e (rin%&ed, ema!iated b"dies,due t" dehydrati"n, #u&& "# s"res !aused by u&tra vi"&et radiati"n,
n"( str"n'er (ith"ut the r"te!tive shie&d "# the "3"ne &ayer)
%in !an!er, 'astr"intestina& in#e!ti"ns and "# the urinary tra!ts
are the main !auses "# death)
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.ue t" the e4!essive dryin' "# the s%in y"un' e"&e "# 20 &""% &i%e 0)
Water !ann"t be r"du!ed, "4y'en is a&s" de'raded due t" the
&a!% "# trees and ve'etati"n, and the inte&&e!tua& !aa!ity "# the
ne( 'enerati"ns is severe&y imaired)
!ientists investi'ate, but there*s
n" s"&uti"n t" the r"b&em)
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The m"rh"&"'y "# sermat"3"a in many men has !han'ed)
As a !"nse1uen!e, babies are b"rn
(ith de#i!ien!ies, mutati"ns and
hysi!a& de#"rmities)
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6"vernment ma%es us ay #"r the air (e breathe,
87 m8 er day er adu&t ers"n)
9e"&e (h" !ann"t ay are e4e&&ed #r"mthe :venti&ated 3"nes:, (ith hu'e
me!hani!a& &un's driven by s"&ar "(er)
The air is n"t "# '""d 1ua&ity, but at &east
e"&e !an breathe)
The avera'e &i#e e4e!tan!y is 85 years)
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In s"me !"untries, (here there are sti&& s"me 'reen 3"nes !r"ssed by rivers,
these are 'uarded by heavy armed s"&diers)
Water be!ame a very !"veted
treasure, m"re re!i"usthan '"&d and diam"nds)
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Where I &ive, there are n" trees, be!ause it se&d"m rains)
When it haens t" re'ister s"me re!iitati"n, it is "# a!id rain)
The seas"ns have been severe&y a##e!ted
by the at"mi! tests and by !"ntaminati"n
#r"m the 20th !entury "&&utin' industries)
We (ere (arned t" &""% a#ter the envir"nment, but n"b"dy !ared)
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When my s"n as%s me t" ta&% ab"ut my y"uth, I te&& him ab"ut the 'reen #ie&ds,
the beauty "# the #&"(ers, the rain, h"( &easant (as t" s(im and #ish in the rivers
and dams, t" drin% a&& the (ater (e !"u&d, and h"( hea&thy e"&e (as)
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Then, I #ee& a &um in my thr"at;
He as%s .addy; Why there is n" (ater<
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I !ann"t he& #ee&in' 'ui&ty, be!ause
I be&"n' t" the 'enerati"n (h"!"ntributed t" the destru!ti"n "# the
envir"nment "r sim&y did n"t ta%e int"
a!!"unt a&& the (arnin' si'ns)
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N"( "ur !hi&dren
ay a very hi'h ri!e;
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I sin!ere&y be&ieve that (ithin a sh"rt time &i#e "n earth (i&& n"t be "ssib&e,
as the destru!ti"n "# nature rea!hed n"( an irreversib&e sta'e)
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H"( I ("u&d &i%e t" '" ba!% and ma%e man%ind understand=
)))that (e sti&& had time t" save "ur 9&anet Earth)
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