Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water and were afraid they would die of thirst.

本来预计现在可以跨越沙漠，他们的水也用光了，担心会渴死。

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Stop here to gas up before crossing the desert.

横穿沙漠前要在这里停车加足汽油。

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Crossing this vast dusty chunk of the Helmand desert you pass a giant new runway capable of accommodating the American air force's biggest cargo planes.

穿过漫天沙尘的赫尔曼德省荒漠，你会走过一条新建的大型机场跑道，可以容纳美国空军最大的货物运输机。

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Others die crossing the desert.

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Thalia's classmate, Sarye, says her mother was willing to face the dangers of a desert crossing because she was tired of working 12-hour days at a restaurant in Mexico City.

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In a deliberately provocative speech, David Cameron, the Tory leader, adopted the metaphor of a caravan crossing the desert to highlight the importance of making sure that the income growth of the poorest keeps pace with the rest.

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In 2005, for instance, he dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior by the families of 11 illegal immigrants who died crossing the Arizona desert.

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