口語對話： A :It seldom rains this summer.

A :今年夏天下雨很少。

B :Yeah, some places are very short of water.

B :就是，有些地方十分缺水。

A :Because of pollution and other things, our environment has become worse and worse.

A :由于污染等一些列事情，我們的環(huán)境越來越差。

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.

B :這次我去西部旅行，放眼火車窗外，大地十分干燥。

A :It is serious.

A :真嚴重。

詞海拾貝：

1.as dry as a bone：十分干燥；干透了；如風化的骨頭

Eg .After four months with no rain, even the riverbed became as dry as a bone.

由于４個月沒下雨，連河床都干涸了。

Eg .The straws are as dry as a bone.

這些稻草完全干透了。

Eg .Let's stop for a drink. I'm as dry as a bone.

咱們停下來喝點什么吧，我的嗓子十得直冒煙。

Eg .During the drought, the soil was as dry as a bone.

干旱期間，這里的土壤都干的裂開了。

2.be short of：缺乏，短缺

Eg .Hilary went to the bank because she was short of money.

希拉里上銀行取錢，因為她缺錢用。

Eg .The supply of vegetables falls short of demand this year.

今年蔬菜供不應(yīng)求。

Eg .Your work falls short of my expectations.

你的工作沒有達到我的期望。

Eg .I hear you're short of hands.

我聽說你們?nèi)鄙偃耸帧?/P>

3.look out of：從......向外看

Eg .He got out of bed and went to look out of the window.

他從床上爬起來向窗外望去。

Eg .Look out of the window and you will keep the wonderful scenery of the West Lake in view.

憑窗眺望，西湖美景可盡收眼底。

Eg .The guard forbade us to look out of the window when the train was moving.

火車開動時，乘警禁止我們把頭伸到窗外。

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