A:It seldom rains this summer.
今年夏天下雨很少。
B:Yeah, some places are very short of water.
就是,有些地方十分缺水。
A:Because of pollution and other things, our environment has become worse and worse.
由于污染等一些列事情,我们的环境越来越差。
B:You see,. This time I traveled to the West. When I looked out of the windows of the rain, all the lands that I could see are as dry as a bone.
这次我去西部旅行,放眼火车窗外,大地十分干燥。
A:It is serious.
真严重。
注释:
as dry as a bone:十分干燥;干透了;如风化的骨头
Eg .After four months with no rain, even the riverbed became as dry as a bone.
由于4个月没下雨,连河床都干涸了