A：I think a drought has set in. It hasn’t rained a drop for months.我想干旱开始了。几个月都没下一滴雨了。

B：I think so too, but didn't it rain last month?我也这么想。但是上个月没有下雨吗?

A：It did rain last month, but the rainfall was only half the monthly average.上个月是下了雨，不过降雨量只有平均月降雨量的一半。

B：Oh, that bad?噢，那么糟吗?

A：That's right. It's really bad. I am really concerned though not panicked yet.就是啊。真的很糟糕。我非常担心，虽然还没有惊慌的程度。

B：I don't blame you. The pastures have browned out even before the summer hasn't arrived.也难怪你这么想。夏天还没到，牧草都变黄了。

A：Yeah, and the soil has been baked so hard that the plow can’t even break the soil.是啊，土地烤得太干了，犁都犁不动。

B：Look like it's going to be an ongoing thing that would get worse each day.看起来干旱好像在持续，也许会一天比一天糟。

A：Yeah. If it doesn’t rain, it’s going to get critical.是啊。如果不下雨的话，情况会更糟糕。