Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production.

过去一年里异常干旱的气候降低了农业产量。

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Dry seasons are hungry seasons, lasting half the year or more.

旱季就意味着饥饿的季节，而旱季一般要持续上半年甚至更久。

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Their condition hasn't been helped by recent dry spells: southern Rajasthan suffered an eight-year drought between 1996 and 2004.

它们的状况并没有因近期的干旱期得以改善：拉贾斯坦邦的南部在1996到2004年间遭受了长达八年的干旱。

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They were covered with snow. In their branches were pieces of dry grass and wood left by flood waters earlier in the year.

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Already fires have begun in parts of Indonesia, where there are warnings that an extended dry season this year could trigger severe blazes.

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It provided a calm, safe route west next to the river, which is nearly dry upstream part of the year but whose rapids rage in springtime.

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After an extraordinary four year dry spell, the Senate has passed a formal budget proposal.

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The association's president Bob Hogge said the increase was due to the combination of wet weather last year and dry weather this month.

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