Abshir Ahmed,52, has lived all his life along a stretch of the desert near the town of Docol, Scratching the bone-dry earth with his bare,calloused feet, Ahmed says the devastation that he and others are experiencing now is worse than anything they have ever been through before.

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not the panic zone,where it hurts-- the stretch zone, where there is excitement,where there's some nervousness.

不是会让人受伤的恐慌地带，而是延伸地带，其中有兴奋，还有点紧张。

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not just our imagination-- they stretch our ability to understand when and where change is possible.

不只延伸了我们的想象，还让我们能理解,怎样的时间和地点，有可能产生变化。

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