南水北調(diào)：South－to－North water diversion 中國南水北調(diào)官方網(wǎng)站公布，南水北調(diào)北京段應急調(diào)水已開始，第一批河北水源正在奔向北京，預計9月下旬正式到京。目前，北京已做好迎接南水北調(diào)京石段應急水源準備，并將出臺河北應急來水的水量配置計劃，主要保證城市生活用水。 請看新華社的報道： According to the South－to－North water diversion office， when part of the project is completed in 2010， about 1 billion cubic meters of water will be diverted to Beijing annually． 據(jù)南水北調(diào)辦公室稱，到2010年該工程部分項目完工時，每年將會有大約十億立方米的水源輸往北京。 上述報道中，South－to－North water diversion就是“南水北調(diào)”的英文表達，South－to－North Water Diversion Project是“南水北調(diào)工程”，The South－to－North Water Diversion Project， consisting of eastern， middle and western routes， is designed to divert water from the water－rich south of the country， mainly the Yangtze River， the country's longest， to the dry north．（南水北調(diào)工程包括東線、中線、西線三條調(diào)水線路，主要從水資源豐富的長江流域往干旱的北方地區(qū)輸送水源）。