Food security and fortunes depend on sufficient rain, and nowhere more so than in Africa, where 96% of farmland depends on rain instead of the irrigation common in more developed places.
粮食的安全和命运依赖于充足的雨水，在非洲尤其如此。在那里，96%的农田依赖于降雨，而不是较发达地区常见的灌溉。
When it does rain, it tends to be a very light rain that isn't troublesome.
下雨了一般也是小雨，不会造成太大的麻烦。
Then the cycle continues, less rain, drier soil, less vegetation, fewer clouds, less rain etc.
然后这个循环继续下去，雨水减少，土壤变干，植被减少，云层减少，雨水再减少等等。
At least 80 inches of rain a year is normal and in some areas there may be as much as 430 inches of rain annually.
每年至少有2032毫米（80英寸）的降雨量才算是正常；有些地区的年降雨量可能高达10922毫米（430英寸）。
This means that in the satellite data, extremely heavy rain is averaged out by lighter rain nearby.
这意味着在卫星数据中，极端的暴雨雨量被附近的较弱降雨所平均了。
But the cloud is not rain as yet; the change into rain will depend upon circumstances that may be easily guessed.
但是，云彩与雨还不是一回事。云要变成雨，取决于一定的条件，这一点是容易理解的。
Even though the rain seems to be later than expected some years, we do get rain.
即使雨似乎比预期晚了若干年，我们还是会收获雨。
We had driven close to our chosen destination in uninhabited country before the front edge of the storm hit us with the first rain and promised heavier rain blowing rapidly toward us.
我们已经驱车接近到达所选定的无人居住的地方，那里是雷风暴以它的第一场猛雨来袭击我们的前沿，它似乎在告诉我们会有更大的暴风雨。
If rain remains after rain and sorrow remains after sorrow, please take those farewells easy, and turn to smilingly look for yourself who is never to appear.
如果雨后还是雨，如果忧伤之后还是忧伤。请让我们从容面对这离别之后的离别。微笑地去寻找一个不可能出现的你！
If we have little rain or a lot of rain within the year, the weather makes a huge impact on us.
如果我们当年内雨水很少或很多，天气就对我们产生巨大的影响。
Conversely, the rain that falls from an old storm has more light oxygen in it-and that is the sort of rain that tends to fall on land.
相反，那些已形成一段时间的风暴所降落的雨水则含更多较轻的氧分子，而这些雨水一般降落在陆地。
After I climbed on to the sand dune in the light rain and gusty wind, the rain stopped and sun peeked out.
在细雨和刮风中，我爬上了沙丘，之后，雨停了，而且太阳悄悄地露出来了。
Student: the rain should stop soon Prof: yes, the rain should stop soon, and the reason for giving that claim is that the sun is coming out.
学生：雨应该很快就停了，教授：好，雨应该很快就停了，给出那个宣称的理由是太阳出来了。
Peacock also is said to be able to foretell rain, and dances when rain is coming.
据说孔雀能够预知雨水，将要下雨的时候就会跳舞。
As it turned out, the guests were greeted by rain and slush in the far north, then by a chill and more rain in the Californian desert.
但结果却是，宾客们先在极北之地饱受风雪摧残，然后再到加州沙漠里接受风雨的洗礼。
Heavy rain has been sweeping across central and western China for most of the week, with more rain forecast for Zhouqu county in the next few days.
数天来，强降雨已经从华中扫荡到了华西。而且天气预报显示，在接下来的几天，舟曲将会有降雨。
I can't sense when it's going to rain because I can no longer smell it in the air, and when it does rain I can't hear it landing on the roof.
我感觉不到雨的来临，因为我闻不出空气中的气息，而下雨时，我甚至听不见雨点落在屋顶上。
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass; When grass is dry at morning light, look for rain before the night.
如果早晨青草上有露珠，当天就不会下雨；如果青草上没有露珠，傍晚前就会下雨。
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
我们务要认识耶和华，竭力追求认识他。 他出现确如晨光，他必临到我们像甘雨，像滋润田地的春雨。
The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the Earth it has no time to flow down the spout.
雨水溢满了檐槽，来不及排走，就迫不及待地涌向了大地。
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
他对雪说，要降在地上，对大雨和暴雨也是这样说。
It was just in the end of autumn and seemed to rain but still not to rain, the wind blowing a while and stopping another while.
正是秋末，天欲雨未雨，风吹吹停停。
Northwest China, North China, Jianghan, and the Huanghuai and Jianghuai plains will see light rain from Saturday, with moderate rain in some areas, the National Meteorological Centre forecast Friday.
据中央气象台6日预报，7日起，西北地区东南部、华北南部、江汉地区、黄淮、江淮等地将有一次降水过程，一般为小雨，局部有中雨。
Northwest China, North China, Jianghan, and the Huanghuai and Jianghuai plains will see light rain from Saturday, with moderate rain in some areas, the National Meteorological Centre forecast Friday.
据中央气象台6日预报，7日起，西北地区东南部、华北南部、江汉地区、黄淮、江淮等地将有一次降水过程，一般为小雨，局部有中雨。
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