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1、The Western drought that began in 1999 has resumed after a couple of wetter years that now feel like a cruel tease. At the Hoover Dam, the water level has dropped more than 80 feet.

　　美国西部的干旱情况始于1999年。胡佛水坝的水位线至今已经下降了不止80英尺（约为24米）。


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2、The effects of the drought are dramatically seen at Lake Mead, Nev., where the shoreline has shrunk so considerably that it has forced a marina to relocate from newly dry land.

　　这里是位于内华达州的美国最大的水库密德湖。气候干旱在这里留下了明显的痕迹。水位的下降让这里的码头不得不重新建设。


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3、The drought has left docks hanging from newly formed cliffs.

　　干旱的气候让码头原本美丽的湖光山色变成了悬崖峭壁的荒原之景。




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4、Federal officials have even restarted a mothballed desalination plant, long seen as a white elephant from a bygone era, partly in hopes it can purify salty underground water for neighboring towns.

　　联邦政府的官员正在视察咸水脱盐工程，希望可以除去地下水中的盐分，为附近居民用水造福。




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5、At the plant, Jim Cherry, left, and Jack Simes walked between two of the three giant solid contact reactors which remove suspended solids from the water.

　　在咸水脱盐工程的基地，Jim Cherry和Jack Simes穿过两座大型固体反应堆。




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6、A section of Astro Turf in an otherwise desert landscape.

　　拉斯维加斯的沙漠风情。


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7、Some homeowners and country clubs are removing turf in an effort to reduce the amount of water used to grow lawns.

　　为了节水，一些住户和乡村俱乐部甚至移走草坪，减少灌溉草坪的用水量。



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8、A landscaping crew worked after grass had been removed around the 5-hole and fairway at a golf course near Las Vegas.

　　在拉斯维加斯附近的一处高尔夫球场，工人正在整理移去草坪的地面。




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9、Dean Baker, a rancher whose family spread straddles the Nevada-Utah border, pointed out springs that farmers themselves have dried up with their own wells. "We did this ourselves. Now imagine what pumping for a whole big city is going to do."

　　居住在内华达州边境的农夫贝克指出，泉水和井水都干了，现在整个城市都要准备抽地下水喝。



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