A fifth year of drought is expected to have dramatic effects on the California economy.
预计连续干旱的第五个年头将对加利福尼亚州的经济产生引人注目的影响。
It is a year of drought and famines are widespread.
今年是大旱之年，很多地方都闹饥馑。
California, which produces about half the fruit and vegetables in the United States, is in its third year of drought.
加州为美国生产近一半的水果和蔬菜，今年已是第三年遭遇干旱了。
There may be cool mornings in July; in a year of drought the leaves may change before their time; it is only with the first celery that summer is over.
可我却不愿相信——七月里也会有凉爽的清晨呀；干旱的年头里树叶也会提前掉落呀；仅第一棵西芹便宣告了夏季的逝去。
I was born in Anhui Province, a remote little village, where poor and very poor, only the bare rock mountain, the year of drought, the fields barren, many children are not afford school.
我出生在安徽省一个偏远的小山村，那里很穷很穷，只有光秃秃的石头山，干旱之年田地里寸草不生，许多孩子都上不起学。
Millions will face starvation next year as a result of the drought.
由于发生旱灾，明年将有数百万人面临饥饿的威胁。
It has consequences: South Africa's ongoing drought—the worst in three decades—will cost at least a quarter of its corn crop this year.
它的后果是：南非持续的干旱——三十年来最严重的干旱——将导致它今年至少四分之一的玉米作物受损。
Though plenty of rain may fall on savanna during the year, for at least part of the year little does, creating the drought stress ultimately favoring grasses.
尽管一年中大草原上可能会有大量降雨，但至少有一段时间是降雨很少的，造成干旱压力，最终有利于牧草生长。
There, drought was a fact of life. One year they had lost almost half their sheep.
干旱是澳洲生活的一部分，有一年他们失去了全部羊群。
As the Colorado river Basin enters the eleventh year of its drought, the city's reliance on the river may soon become a serious problem.
科罗拉多河流域干旱已进入第十一个年头，凤凰城的这种依赖可能很快就会变成一个严重的问题。
Samburu children gather water in jugs from the Ewaso Nyiro River in Archer's Post, which flows all year except for periods of extreme drought.
在阿切站的埃瓦索·恩伊洛河边，孩子们把河水装到水罐中，这条河一般会全年流动，除非遭遇极度干旱。
Australia, in particular, is now in the 10th year of a drought that looks more and more like a long-term manifestation of climate change.
特别是在澳大利亚，连续十年的旱灾已经更加显示出长期气候变化的征兆。
But after several bumper harvests an unprecedented heatwave and drought have scorched grain crops this year driving many farmers to the brink of bankruptcy.
但是，经历了几个丰收年后，今年，史无前例的热浪和干旱炙烤着庄稼，使许多农民处于破产边缘。
This year began with daily power cuts caused by a combination of drought and mismanagement.
由于干旱和管理不善而导致今年开始的每天的断电。
With water deliveries slashed because of drought and environmental disputes, he could plant only 20 percent of his property with irrigated crops this year.
因为干旱和环境恶化，供水大幅削减，他今年仅能在自己20%的土地上种植灌溉作物。
PeterBackus, a tutor at the University of Warwick, published his "Why I Don’t Have a Girlfriend" thesis after a three-year love drought.
英国华威大学的数学讲师皮特•巴克斯在经历了三年的感情空缺后发表了一篇题为《我为什么没有女朋友》的论文。
In drought-affected areas of Kenya, monthly admissions for treatment of severe malnutrition are 78 percent higher than last year.
在肯尼亚遭受干旱影响的地区，每月因为严重营养不良而接受治疗的人数比去年高出了百分之78。
The shares of investment Banks, pummelled by the mortgage mess and a drought in the buy-out market, posted their biggest daily gains in over a year.
在被抵押危机打压及并购市场的萧条之后，投资银行的股票取得本年度最大单日升值。
Moscow stopped selling wheat last year after catastrophic fires and drought destroyed one-third of the country’s crop.
由于火灾和干旱等自然灾难，俄罗斯去年粮食生产减产三分之一。
But the drought of the last few years had left the 13-year-old without the fun of his favourite pool.
可是近几年的干旱令13岁的他未能在喜爱的泳池取乐。
This time, Murray was on the verge of tears, drawing deep breaths as he apologized for failing to end a 74-year-old drought for British men at the Grand Slam tournaments.
74年来英国人都没能在大满贯赛上捧杯，此次穆雷在屈居亚军之后，一度哽咽，含泪向英国球迷表示了歉意。
This year looks to be as bad as the record breaking drought of the 1950s.
今年的旱灾看起来是如此严重以至于能赶上上个世纪三十年代破纪录的旱灾。
After drought in 2009, Mexico produced a record maize crop of nearly 25m tonnes last year.
在经历了2009年的干旱后，去年墨西哥创纪录的收获了将近两千五百万吨的玉米。
Scientists are keeping a wary eye on the Amazon's rain forests after a severe drought struck some 1.2 million square miles of forest last year.
自从去年一场严峻的干旱袭击了亚马逊120万平方公里的土地之后，科学家们就对亚马逊热带雨林地区进行着谨慎的观察。
China, a leading cotton producer, doubled its imports in the first eight months of the year, after drought damaged crops.
中国也是主要产棉国。由于作物受到旱灾的打击，中国的棉花进口量在今年头8个月里翻了一番。
Hundreds of sheep perished that year because of drought.
那年数以百计的羊因干旱而死亡。
But earlier this year, despite the ongoing drought, it awarded new water-use rights to farmers on the Warrego, one of the tributaries of the Darling.
但在今年早些时候，尽管正在干旱，它仍然给沃里戈(达令河的一个支流)的农民授予了新的用水权。
Hundreds of sheep perished that year because of drought.
那年由于干旱，几百头羊突然死去。
Hundreds of sheep perished that year because of drought.
那年由于干旱，几百头羊突然死去。
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