現在是2070年
我才50歲，可是我看上去卻像85歲的人。
因為缺乏足夠的飲水，我有嚴重的腎病 。我覺得我活不了多長了，而我是現在我們社會年齡最長的人。
我記得當我五歲的時候
一切都是完全不一樣的
公園裡有很多樹，房子都有漂亮的花園，我可以盡情地享受淋浴，在淋篷頭下衝上一個小時的水
而現在我們只能通過浸過礦油的一次性毛巾來清洗身體
以前，女人們都為擁有美麗的頭發而驕傲
Now, we have to shave our head to keep it clean without using water.
而現在，女人門都剃成了光頭，因為這樣可以避免使用水來保持頭部乾淨，
以前，我父親通過水管來沖洗他的汽車
而現在，孩子無法相信人可以用水來做這種事情。
我記得有很多警告上寫著：請勿浪費水
但是根本沒有人對此關注
人們總覺得水是用不完的。
今天，河流，水壩，珊瑚礁和地下水，要不已經徹底污染，要不就是乾涸。
曾經圍繞在我們身邊的風景都全部變成了荒涼之地
胃腸炎,皮膚病和尿路感染現在已經成為死亡的主要原因了.
工業也陷於半癱瘓狀態,失業率達到了最高記錄.工人大多集中在海水淡化工廠，他們的工資不是薪水而是一杯水。
在荒涼的街道上，人們經常遭到搶劫的是水。
80%的食物都是合成的。
以前，人們建議一個成年人每天至少要喝八杯水。
現在，我們只可以喝半杯。
因為我們不能洗衣服，我們只能扔棄穿過的衣服，這樣就導致了垃圾的增加。因為缺水，排水系統已經失去作用，於是我們又回到了使用生鏽的水箱時代，像幾個世紀前的人一樣生活。
人們看上去很恐怖：他們的身體很虛弱，因為極度脫水，人們非常干渴；因為臭氧層完全破壞，陽光直接照射在地球上，人們的身體上充滿了因為紅外線照射所引起的疼痛。
因為她的皮膚特別干燥，20歲的她看上去仿佛像40歲的人。
科學家已經進行了各種各樣的研究和調查，但是目前還沒有找到解決的方法。
我們無法制造水。
因為沒有足夠的樹木，因此缺乏氧氣，而這會導致降低後代的智力。The morphology of many individuals' spermatozoa was altered...很多人的精液質量已經到了讓人擔心的時候。。。。結果會導致兒童在出身時會有各種缺陷，變異或畸形。
The government even makes us pay a tax for the air we breathe:137 m3 per adult per day. [31,102 gallons]而政府還要我們為呼吸空氣而繳稅：每個成年人137立方米一天[31，102加侖]
而那些無法支付空氣稅的人被排斥在"通風區"以外。通風區是指裝配了巨大的機械肺，通過太陽能來工作的區域。"通風區"提供的空氣質量並不是特別好，但是至少可以呼吸。
2070年時人的平靜壽命是35歲
有些國家最終成功保留了一些島嶼，通過他們自己的溪流來種植蔬菜。而這些地區由軍隊看守。水已經成為了珍稀的商品，成為新的寶藏，比金子和鑽石更珍貴。
這個地方因為沒有降雨，所以也樹木早已消亡。而這裡如果下雨，下的也是酸雨。原因很簡單。溫室效而導致的氣候變化和我們在20世紀所制造的大量污染造成了這樣的現像。
我們曾經被警告來愛護我們的環境，但是人們對之置若罔聞。
當我的女兒要我來告訴她，在我年輕的時候的事，我向她描繪美麗的森林。
我告訴她什麼是雨水，花朵，淋浴，垂釣於江湖的快樂，人們可以盡情暢飲水。
我告訴她以前健康的人是什麼樣。
女兒問我："爸爸，現在為什麼沒有水"
我感到喉嚨一片梗塞。。。。。
我不由有種罪惡感，因為我正是屬於那些無視警告，完全破壞我們環境的一代人。。。。。而且這樣的人遠遠不止少數！
我是屬於那最後一代可以改變這一切的人，可是我們什麼都沒有做。
今天，我們的孩子為我們支付沉重的代價。
坦率地說，我覺得，用不了多少時間，地球上將沒有任何生命，因為環境的破壞已經到了無法挽回的地步了。
我多麼希望我可以重回過去，告訴人們去明白這一切。。。。
。。。。在人們還來得及去拯救地球的時候！
把這封信發給你周圍的朋友，即使是一部分人，也能讓他們對全球環境所造成的水問題有所認知。
這絕對不是游戲，而是我們的真實生活。為了你的孩子去做點什麼吧。即使你現在沒有孩子，你將來也會有的。
不要讓我們的後代生活在地獄中。。。。讓他們享受美好生活！
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Slide 1: LETTER WRITTEN IN 2070 w w www w Document published in the magazine www "Crónica de los Tiempos" April 2002. Ria Slides
Slide 2: We are in the year 2070. I just turned 50 years old, but I look 85. I experience major kidney problems, because I drink very little water. I think that I don’t have much more time to live. Today, I am the oldest person living in this society. Ria Slides
Slide 3: I remember, when I was 5 years old everything was very different. There were lots of trees in the parks, houses had beautiful gardens, and I could enjoy long baths and stay in the shower for one whole hour. Now, we have to clean ourselves by using disposable towelettes moisturized with mineral oil. Ria Slides
Slide 4: Before, women were proud of their beautiful hair. Now, we have to shave our head to keep it clean without using water. Before, my father used to wash his car with water that came out of a hose. Today, children find it hard to believe that one ever could use water to perfom such a task. Ria Slides
Slide 5: I remember the many warnings: ”DON’T WASTE WATER” But nobody paid attention. People assumed that water was unlimited. Today, rivers, dams, lagoons, and under-ground water are all either irremediably polluted or completely dried up. Ria Slides
Slide 6: The landscape that surrounds us has turned into nothing more than an immense desert. Gastro-intestinal infections, and skin and urinary tract diseases have now become the main causes of death. Ria Slides
Slide 7: Industry is paralysed, and the jobless rate reached a dramatic level. Desalination plants are the main employers. They give one drinking water instead of a salary. Ria Slides
Slide 8: People are constantly being mugged for water on the deserted streets. 80% of the food is synthetic. Ria Slides
Slide 9: Before, it was recommended that an adult drink 8 glasses of water a day. Today, I am allowed only half a glass. Ria Slides
Slide 10: Since we cannot wash our clothes, we throw them, which increases the amount of trash. We had to go back to using septic tanks, just like in the past century, because the sewage system stopped working due to the lack of water. Ria Slides
Slide 11: People look scary: their bodies are weak; parched by extreme dehydration; covered by sores caused by ultraviolet rays that the atmosphere can no longer filter since the ozone layer is depleted. Ria Slides
Slide 12: Due to the dryness of her skin, a young 20 year-old woman looks more like 40. Scientists perform all types of research and investigations, but there is no solution in sight. We cannot produce water. The lack of trees reduces the amount of oxygen available, which in turn lowers the intellectual quotient of up-coming generations. Ria Slides
Slide 13: The morphology of many individuals’ spermatozoa was altered... …which results in children being born with all sorts of deficiencies, mutations and malformations. Ria Slides
Slide 14: The government even makes us pay a tax for the air we breathe: 137 m3 per adult per day. [31,102 gallons] Those who can’t pay the tax are expulsed from the “ventilated areas” that are equipped with gigantic mechanical lungs, powered by solar energy. The air supplied in the “ventilated areas” is not of very good quality, but at least one can breathe there. The average age is 35. Ria Slides
Slide 15: Some countries succeeded in preserving a few islands of vegetation with their own streams. These areas are closely monitored by the army. Water has become a rare commodity, a highly sought after treasure, infinitely more valuable than gold or diamonds. Ria Slides
Slide 16: Here, though, there are no more trees because it hardly ever rains. And whenever it does rain, it is acid rain that comes down. There are no more seasons. Climatic changes such as the greenhouse effect and the polluting activities we indulged in during the twentieth century took care of that. We were warned about the need to take care of our environment, but nobody bothered. Ria Slides
Slide 17: When my daughter asks me to tell her how it was when I was young, I describe the beauty of the forests. I tell her about the rain, about the flowers, about how pleasurable it was to bathe, to fish in the rivers and the lakes, and being able to drink as much water as one desired. I tell her about how healthy people used to be. Ria Slides
Slide 18: She asks me: - Daddy! Why is there no water anymore ? I feel a lump in my throat... Ria Slides
Slide 19: I can't help feeling guilty, because I belong to the generation that completed the destruction of our environment by simply not taking seriously any of the warnings ... and there were so many of them! I belong to the last generation who could have made a difference, but who chose not to act. Ria Slides
Slide 20: Today, our children pay the hefty price. Ria Slides
Slide 21: Quite frankly, I think that, within short, life on this Earth will no longer be possible, because the destruction of our environment reached its point of no return. Ria Slides
Slide 22: How I wish I could go back in time and get the Human race to understand this ... ... at a time when it was still possible for us to do something to save our planet Earth! Ria Slides
Slide 23: Send this letter to all your contacts and contribute, even if it is only by a fraction, to the necessary global awareness on the water issue. This is no game, it is already our reality. Do it for your children; if you don't have any yet, maybe you will some day. Don't leave them hell as a legacy ... Leave them life!
