By waiting, he says, a field has enough time to dry out.

他这样田地就有足够的时间来变干。

Jennifer says that when the neighborhood was first developed, this was less of a problem because it was surrounded by a lot of empty fields that could absorb runoff during a rainstorm.

詹妮弗, 当这个社区刚时, 这并是什么问题, 因它周围有很多空旷的田地, 可以在暴雨期间吸收径流。