In a Himalayan village called Sakti, farmers grow wheat and peas on dry, cold land. Small glaciersglaciers/ˈɡleɪʃərz/L1冰川a large, slow-moving mass of ice gave water in spring, but they melted because the weather got warmer. So farmers had no water, and a farmer named Gelak Gutme lost his cropscrops/krɒps/L1庄稼；农作物plants that farmers grow for food. He was sad, and the farmers needed a new way to get water.
They made ice towers by piping water from high up and spraying it to freeze. In spring, the ice melted and gave water, but the pipespipes/paɪps/L1管子；管道long, round tubes that carry water or other liquids broke in the cold.
Now a new machinemachine/məˈʃiːn/L1机器a tool with moving parts that does a job uses computers and solarsolar/ˈsoʊlər/L1太阳的；利用太阳能的using the sun's light or heat to make energy power to make ice without broken pipes. The farmer Gutme is happy because he has water for his crops now.
