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。
He has to know as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down an alley after someone he wants to talk to.
作为一名职业律师，他必须知道，更重要的是，他必须用双脚实践，在黑暗中，在雨中，在小巷里追着他想要谈话的人跑。
Rainfall in the Maya homeland is unpredictably variable between years; some recent years have had three or four times more rain than other years.
玛雅故土的降雨量在不同年份是变化莫测的；最近几年的降雨量比其他年份多三到四倍。
In some parts of the south, it would take more than 20 inches of rain to end the draught in a month.
在南方的一些地区，需要20多英寸的降雨才能在一个月内结束干旱。
With temperatures rising and more water vapor in the air, such storms can pull in more moisture and thus rain or snow more heavily than storms of old.
随着气温升高，空气中的水蒸气增多，这样的风暴会吸收更多的湿气，因此雨雪会比以前的风暴来得更猛烈。
It rains a lot less than Seattle and the rain is spread out over more days than those cities.
这里的降雨量比西雅图少得多，而且降雨持续时间也比那些城市更长。
We walked together through the rain for more than an hour.
我们一起在雨中走了一个多小时。
More to the point think of your eyebrows designed to keep dust and rain out of your eyes but very useful in sending signals to other people.
想想你的眉毛，更能说明这个问题，它是被设计来防止灰尘和雨水落入你眼睛里的，但在给他人传递信息方面，也很有用。
The fear is that melting ice, along with increased snow and rain, could reduce the density and salinity of the top layers of the sea, making them more buoyant.
人们担忧的是正在融化的冰和不断增加的雨雪可能降低海洋表层水体的密度和盐度，导致其更容易滞留在海洋表层。
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。
Forecasters are predicting more of the same this week as rain and gale-force winds sweep in.
气象部门专家预测，这个星期，强风和多雨的天气还将持续。
Rain was likely to become more intense and variable in many places, and farmers in the arid and semi-arid tropics were likely to become more vulnerable.
雨水在许多地方可能会变得更加密集与多变，处在干旱和半干旱热带区的农民可能会变得更加脆弱。
Projected to strengthen into a hurricane on October 25, the storm held the potential to bring more rain to the region.
预计25日会升级成为飓风，将会带来更多的降雨。
In Brazil the forested mountains behind Rio DE Janeiro received a third more rain in just 24 hours than in the whole of last January.
在巴西，里约热内卢后方的树林山区在短短廿四小时内，降下了去年一月份全部雨量的三分之一。
Essentially, the belt round the centre of the earth will get hotter and drier, while those of us who live in the north of the northern hemisphere will see more warmth but also more rain.
从本质上说，环绕地球中心的地带将越来越热，越来越干燥，而生活在北半球北部的我们将感觉到更温暖，这里的雨水也会更多。
Scientists have long suspected that the world's DAMS can create their own weather, often bringing more rain.
科学家们一直怀疑，世界上的水坝可以建立自己的气候，往往带来更多降雨。
The rain has become more sporadic. It comes at different times of the year now and farmers cannot tell when to plant.
而雨变得更稀少，在一年中不同的时候到来，农民无法判断什么时候该种植。
At its peak the flow of the Yalu was 27, 000 cubic meters per second on Saturday evening and remains at high levels with more rain forecast for the coming days.
周六晚上，鸭绿江流量达到最高值，为每秒27,000立方米，根据气象预报预测，在未来几天内，当地仍有降雨，高流量仍会持续。
But he cautions that the situation might get worse before it gets better; weather forecasters predict more rain in the coming days.
不过他告诫说，局势在好转之前可能还会恶化，天气预报预测今后几天还会下更多的雨。
But greens vehemently oppose the building of more DAMS and transmission lines in the country's beautiful, rain-drenched south.
但是绿党极力反对在该国家美丽、多雨且潮湿的南部地区建设更多的水坝和传输线。
During the past years, the city has suffered more extreme weather, missed rain during the normal wet season and seen a temperature hike almost four times higher than the global level.
过去几年期间，上海承受了更多的极端天气，正常的雨季却没有雨以及经历了几乎比全球水平高四倍之多的温度上升。
Upstairs, the 32 en-suite rooms offer more space for sleeping — about three tatami mats’ worth — and the luxury of a compact rain shower.
在楼上有32个空间更大的套房——有三席榻榻米那么大——还包括小型淋浴室等豪华设备。
But the scientists note that their technique might also be used to prevent rain, by creating more of the smaller water droplets that stay airborne.
但是科学家指出，这项技术也许能将更多的小水滴停留在空气中从而阻止降雨。
LIBYA is one of the driest countries in the world, with only the narrow coastal region (less than 5% of the country) getting more than 100mm of rain a year.
利比亚是世界上最干旱的国家之一，只有在占国土面积不到5%的狭长沿海地区，每年能获得超过100毫米的降水。
More rain is forecast in the coming days.
天气预报未来几天还会有降雨。
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。
More specifically, what I meant was, when you showed the example of Rain Man, are they exceptional... Right. The question is about so-called autistic savants.
我想说的是，具体而言，比如说雨人这样的，他们都是特例吗，好的，这是个关于孤独症学者的问题。
More specifically, what I meant was, when you showed the example of Rain Man, are they exceptional... Right. The question is about so-called autistic savants.
我想说的是，具体而言，比如说雨人这样的，他们都是特例吗，好的，这是个关于孤独症学者的问题。
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