Water tankers are brought in by tractors for bathing, cooking and cleaning.

由拖拉机运来，用于洗澡、做饭和清洁。

But even with the inspiration of others, it's understandable that we sometimes think the world's problems are so big that we can do little to help.

可即便受到他人鼓舞，我们有时还是发现，这个世界的问题太大，我们所做的不过杯薪，这是可以理解的。

Many volunteers offered to help, but their work is limited.

多志愿者主动帮忙，但还是杯薪。

The first one cost about $750,000 to build and about $100,000 a year to run and since it was installed in 2014 it's gotten some brothers.

第一台造价约为75万美元，每年运行约10万美元，自2014年安装以来，已经生产好几台了。

When you think about it now, it's only a drop in the bucket.

仔细想想，现在这只是杯薪。

Eventually, you come to the water mill which used to provide electricity for the house- only about four hours every evening- in George's time.

最后，你会看到用来给房屋供电的，在乔治居住的时候每晚只能供应4小时的电。

Here in the U.S., you may also hear the expression drop in the bucket.

在美国，你也许也能听到" drop in the bucket（杯薪）" 这个表达。

And I built a water wheel that I incorporated in, that has a pump.

我做了一个，面有一个泵。

Water was the main source of power for the early industries and some of the water wheels were first established in the 12th century would you believe.

是早期工业的主要动力来源，你相信吗，一些最早是在12世纪建成的。

Really? I thought running through that guy's sprinkler would've refreshed you.

真的么？我以为超过那个洒能让你消除疲劳呢。

" You can't inject 120 (yuan) billion every weekend. The markets lost something like $3 trillion over the last couple of months --that that's a drop in the bucket compared to what would be needed to prop that market up."

“你不可能每周都注资1200亿元，过去几个月来股市已经损失了大约3亿美元，1200亿元对于托市所需的资金要求来说只是杯薪。”

The molten stone poured out in a stream of dazzling incandescence across the road, the asbestos rollers came and went; at the tail of an insulated watering cart the steam rose in white clouds.

熔化的玻璃发出刺目的强光滚滚流向路面。石棉压路机碾来碾去，绝缘洒后蒸腾起一片白雾。

Instead, my friend was always " hard up for cash" -- he did not have much money. And the money he did earn was chicken feed -- very little.

相反，他总是手头紧，没有多少钱，他挣得的钱只是杯薪。

But the problem is in Europe, of course, they're dealing with so many more asylum seekers that 30,000 more over two years seems like a drop in the bucket.

不过问题是，欧洲正在应对大量的寻求庇护者，而美国未来两年多接收三万名难民可能只不过是杯薪。

Duan said that human efforts to minimize the effects of changing weather patterns were just “a drop in the bucket” for a massive freshwater lake like Poyang.

段说，对于鄱阳这样一个巨大的淡湖来说，人类将气候变化的影响降至最低的努力只是“杯薪”。

So while the hedonic treadmill may inhibit our enjoyment of positive changes, it seems to also enable our resilience in recovering from adversity.

所以，尽管" 快乐" 会 妨碍我们享受积极变化，但它似乎也能帮助我们从负面变化中恢复过来。

But that would be only a temporary bandage if we continue doing the things that caused the ice to melt in the first place.

但如果我们对那些最初导致冰川融化的行为不加以制止，这也不过是杯薪。

Some options will give you bigger chunks of change and some will seem like drops in the bucket, but it all adds up.

有些选择会给你带来更大的改变，有些似乎是杯薪，但它们都是累积起来的。

As water taps in the city run dry, people now must line up to get fresh water from water tank trucks.

随着金奈荒的袭来，人们现在只能排队从运获取新鲜的源。

She said, " Big picture, this series of storms really is kind of just a drop in the bucket."

“总体来说，这一系列暴风雨真的只是杯薪。”