This is the dry season in Haiti. But in a few months, the rains will come and camp residents worry about their tents - many made of bed sheets.
目前是海地的旱季,但是再过几个月,雨季就要来临,这里的居民担心这些临时棚户能否经得住雨水侵蚀,因为有些就是用床单支起来的。
Many people have gone hungry in the past few months thanks to a poor harvest: instead of falling evenly through the 2004-05 growing season, the rains came all at once, mostly early on.
由于庄稼歉收,过去几个月许多人都在挨饿;在2004年到2005年庄稼生长季节里,雨水下得并不均匀,而是过早的下起了暴雨。
The day after the chipping debate, the rains continue.
凿点讨论之后的第二天依旧下雨。
Meteorologists reckon the rains due in October and November will be heavier than usual.
气象学家预计,十月和十一月的雨水会比往常多。
「The heat wave and pollution flushed into the lakes by the rains in May are causing red algae to thrive, 」 Xingqing Palace Park`s spokesman Liang Zibin said.
兴庆宫公园的发言人梁子斌说:「五月的雨水将一些污染物沖入湖中,再加上持续高温使得赤藻大量繁殖。」
When independence came in 1960 「it was as if the rains had come after a long period of harsh winds and bushfires」.
当1960年尼日利亚独立之时,「就好比飓风和山火肆虐久时,终于迎来了雨水。」
A country that became best known for famine, when Mr Gill first covered it as a television reporter, Ethiopia remains uncomfortably close to the brink every time the rains fail.
当时吉尔先生还是一个电台的记者,并且首次报道了此事。从此,只要是不下雨,埃塞俄比亚就会在饑荒的边缘地带游蕩。
We don't trust the rains any more.
我们不再相信雨水。
Until the rains began to fail, the sheikh’s people lived amicably with the settled farmers.
雨水仍然充足的时候,酋长的牧民和定居的农人们一直和平共处。
In many cases, this means they are so heavily silted that they dry up when the rains cease and flood during summer when they reach their peak.
这些水库的情况多是如此:在雨水少的时候干涸,在洪水到来的时候则因蓄水量到达顶峰而没顶。
In typical years, the rains open up in the east, centered on Punjab province, roughly near the cities of Lahore and Faisalabad.
在典型的年份,降雨从东部地区开始,在旁遮普省汇集,大约就在拉合尔和费萨拉巴德市附近。
These unusual beauty contests, known as Gerewol, celebrate the fertility the rains bring to the parched edge of the Sahara.
这个非比寻常的盛会,叫做「格莱·沃尔节」,是为了庆祝雨水沖走撒哈拉的炎热后带来的短暂肥沃而举办的。
Although the rains have now come in some areas, the situation is likely to remain dire.
尽管一些地区出现降雨,但是目前的形势仍然很紧迫。
Clean water can be drawn for up to several months after the rains have fallen through pipes underneath the DAMS or by digging a hole in the sand.
通过砂坝底下建造地下管道或者在沙中开挖蓄水洞,便可以在雨后连续几个月内抽取这些自然凈化过的水。
India suffered its worst monsoon since 1972 this summer, with the rains falling 23% below their historical average.
今夏印度遭受了自1972年以来最糟糕的雨季,降雨量比历史平均水平下降23%。