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| 你听说了吗？安达卢西亚缺水严重，很多地方都干旱了。 | Nǐ tīng shuōle ma? Āndá lú xīyǎ quē shuǐ yánzhòng, hěnduō dìfāng dōu gānhànle. | 安达卢西亚 Āndálúxīyǎ: Andalusia
干旱 gānhàn |
Have you heard? Water shortages are severe in Andalusia and many places are in drought. |
| 春雨量创新低，仅达到之前平均值的一半。 | Chūnyǔ liàng chuàng xīndī, jǐn dádào zhīqián píngjūn zhí de yībàn. | 降雨 jiàngyǔ: Niederschlag
创 chuàng: aufstellen (record) 新低 xīndī: new low 仅 jǐn: only 平均 píngjūn: average |
Spring rains are at a record low, reaching only half of the previous average. |
| 那太糟糕了。水库水位下降。 | Nà tài zāogāole. Shuǐkù shuǐwèi xiàjiàng. | 糟糕 zāogāo: terrible
水库 shuǐkù: reservoir 水位 shuǐwèi: Pegelstand 下降 xiàjiàng: sinken |
That’s too bad. Reservoir levels are falling. |
| 农业受到影响，农民面临损失，很多田地都无法灌溉。 | Nóngyè shòudào yǐngxiǎng, nóngmín miànlín sǔnshī, hěnduō tiándì dōu wúfǎ guàngài. | 如此 rúcǐ: so
面临 miànlín: face, be confronted 损失 sǔnshī: loss; lose 田地 tiándì: field 灌溉 guàngài: irrigate |
Agriculture is suffering, farmers are facing losses and many fields cannot be irrigated. |
| 市场上的蔬菜和水果都很贵。 | Shìchǎng shàng de shūcài hé shuǐguǒ dōu hěn guì. | 蔬菜 shūcài: vegetable | Vegetables and fruit are expensive in the markets. |
| 而且，饮用水质量下降。 | Érqiě, yǐnyòng shuǐ zhìliàng xiàjiàng. | 饮用水 yǐnyòngshuǐ: drinking water
质量 zhìliàng: quality |
And, the quality of drinking water has dropped. |
| 旅游业会受影响吗？ | Lǚyóu yè kuài shòu yǐngxiǎng ma? | Will tourism be affected? | |
| 这些都是气候变化造成的后果。 | Zhèxiē dōu shì qìhòu biànhuà zàochéng de hòuguǒ. | 变化 biànhuà: change
后果 hòuguǒ: consequence |
These are the consequences of climate change. |
| 缺水要如何改善？ | Quē shuǐ yào rúhé gǎishàn? | 改善 Gǎishàn: improve | What is to be done to improve the water shortage? |
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