My Courtyard Refuge

The Power of Industry

Early the next morning, after breakfast, the visit officially started. All the students wore a small safety helmet, which was said to be custom-made by the factory for the visiting students.

The first stop of the visit came to the lobby of the office building. In the middle of the lobby was a group of models of seawater desalination plants.

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The model is divided into phase one project, phase two project and phase three project.

The guide is a young woman in her twenties, who speaks standard Mandarin and has a nice voice.

“Students, do you know how big the ocean is?”

“Very big!”

“I have watched “One Hundred Thousand Whys”, and 70% of the earth’s area is covered by oceans.”

The lecturer smiled gratifiedly: “This student is right, please give me a round of applause.”

“Papa…”

“To be precise, the total area of ​​the ocean is about 360 million square kilometers, or about 71 percent of the Earth’s surface.

There are about 1.35 billion cubic kilometers of water in the sea, but only 2.6 are available for human consumption. ”

After the lecturer finished his introduction, he asked again, “Does anyone know why there is so little drinking water?”

“Because seawater is salty, you can’t drink it. Only fresh water can be drunk.” A classmate replied eagerly.

“That’s right, is there a way to turn sea water into fresh water?”

All the students shook their heads.

The guide smiled: “Today, the factory we visited can turn seawater into fresh water that we can drink. Do you want to know how it works?”

“think!”

Ke Ke held her younger sister’s hand, and the two walked at the end of the line. Little girls are not interested in factory machinery at all.

“The little student in blue at the back, please come to the front?”

Maybe it was because Lele’s dress was the same color as Haiyang’s, so the guide specially called the other party to him.

Lele walked forward timidly. She is a scumbag, and she is usually most afraid of the teacher asking questions in class.

“This classmate, what’s your name?”

“My name is Xu Le.”

“Okay, Xu Le, is your house short of water now?” the guide asked.

“No.” Lele nodded.

The narrator continued: “Then can you give an example from yourself?”

Lele first glanced back at her sister, then at Teacher Ding, and finally replied:

“I used to take a bath in the bathtub. There are a lot of bubbles in the bathtub, so comfortable, so comfortable…”

“what about now?”

“Grandma said you can’t use the bathtub to take a bath. We need to save water. Now our family can only use the shower to take a bath.” Lele said distressedly.

“Classmate Lele, how often do you usually take a bath?”

“I have to wash it every day, and my mother said that if I don’t take a bath, I won’t let me go to bed.”

Teacher Ding, the head teacher, quickly pulled Xu Le back, and then gave the lecturer a sorry look.

“Cough…” The instructor quickly adjusted his mentality and continued to explain: “From the example of Xu Le just now, we all know that the water supply is very tight now. Does anyone know the reason?”

“Because it’s not raining anymore.”

“That’s right. Since last year, the whole world has been in drought. If this continues, no one will even have water to drink.”

“what……”

“Then what should we do?”

“After visiting this factory, you don’t have to worry anymore. Next, let’s go!”

After the lecturer finished speaking, he took everyone on a few tour buses parked at the door. The factory area was too big, it was unrealistic to rely on walking, and it was easy for the students to suffer from heat stroke.

In the car, Teacher Ding explained to the commentator sitting on the side:

“Miss Peng, don’t mind. Xu Le didn’t make trouble on purpose. Their family’s economic conditions are indeed very good, so they usually use more water than ordinary people.”

“Ms. Ding, you should call me Xiaopeng. It was my own mistake. Xu Le is fat and white. I should have thought that her family’s conditions were unusual.” The guide smiled wryly.

“Xiao Peng, don’t blame yourself too much, it’s just a small mistake, just be more careful next time.” Teacher Ding comforted him quickly.

“It’s okay, it’s a good thing to gain wisdom by eating a ditch.”

Teacher Ding looked at the person in front of him again, and asked doubtfully, “Xiao Peng, why do I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere?””I used to work at Yanjing TV Station, Mr. Ding, you may have watched the show I hosted!”

“Yes, yes, you said it, and I immediately remembered it. I really like watching your show. Why can’t I find any follow-up resources online?”

The guide asked without answering, “Mr. Ding, you haven’t turned on the TV for a long time, right?”

“Oh, the TV was broken before, and the repair fee was too expensive, so I never fixed it.”

“No wonder! In fact, not only my program, but our entire TV station has been banned.” The commentator briefly explained the cause and effect of the incident.

Speaking of which, this matter is also a recent hot spot.

Since the country entered a state of emergency, in order to save resources, only one TV station has been reserved, and that is Daxia TV Station.

All TV stations in other states, cities and counties have been temporarily banned.

Teacher Ding sympathized: “Then you have been transferred to the factory now?”

The explainer shook his head:

“No, I’m working in the education department now. The leader sees that I’m a host, so he arranges me to be a lecturer here.”

“So that’s how it is.” Teacher Ding suddenly realized.

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After visiting all the way, the students finally came to the core workshop of the factory.

“Students, this is the salt extraction workshop, which covers an area of ​​more than 2,000 mu, equivalent to the size of 125 football fields. After this process, seawater will completely become freshwater.”

“Ms. Peng, how much fresh water can be produced here in a day?” A student raised his hand and asked.

“That’s a good question. The seawater desalination plant we are visiting now has only the first phase of construction, making it the largest seawater desalination plant in the world.

If the third phase of the project is fully completed, it can produce 2.324 million cubic meters of fresh water per day, with an annual fresh water production capacity of 727 million cubic meters, enough to fill 50 West Lakes. ”

“Wow……”

The students all exclaimed, although everyone didn’t know how big West Lake was.

“When the students grow up, do you want to work here?”

“think!”

“Okay, then everyone should study hard. Only by being admitted to university can you become useful to the country.”

Lele, who was standing aside, was a little dazed for a while, because her father told her that it is good to study hard, and she and her sister only need to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

Visited the seawater desalination plant.

In the evening, the students were taken to the nearby beach by the teacher, not to play, but to pick up trash.

Looking around, this large beach belongs to the water source protection area. Because of the strong protection, it has also become a paradise for seabirds, which is a rare sight.

After getting up the next day, the students picked up the trash all morning.

Fortunately, Yang Lina prepared sunscreen for the sisters in advance, and the sun was weaker in the morning and evening, so the twins did not get tanned.

In the afternoon, the spring outing was finally over, and it left an indelible impression on the students.