干涸

The long drought dried up all the wells.

长期的干旱使所有的井都干。

No crops will grow in arid soil.

何农作物都不能在干的土壤中生长。

AFTER 18 months of sunny skies and scorching heat, crops are shrivelling, lawns are crisping and lakes are drying up.

经受18个月的艳阳高照和酷热之苦后，农作物慢慢在枯萎，草坪缓缓在卷曲和湖也渐渐在干。

Dupiton has spent the last few months overseeing an ambitious project to widen the La Quinte river, the biggest of several that empty at the town, so that it does not burst its banks once again.

过去的几个月内，杜普顿一直为“拓宽肯特河”的计划忙碌着。肯特河是城里已干的河道里最大的一个，的监测是为确保河水不会再次崩坝。