一个承包商被雇来排干蓄水池里的水，然后挖出其中一块地方的泥土，换上粘土。

A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.

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鸭子是在有大量水的地方觅食和繁殖的鸟类，但近几十年来，由于干旱，它们的栖息地一直在缩小。

Ducks are birds that feed and breed in areas where there is a lot of water, but their habitats have been shrinking in recent decades because of the droughts.

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“无论怎样，就是没有足够的水来种这整个地方，”41岁的香农说道，“如果我把土地出租给太阳能工程，我们可以在别的地方耕种。”

“Come hell or high water, there just is not enough water to farm this whole district,” Mr.Shannon, 41, said.“If I lease my land for solar, we can farm elsewhere.

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