A：It seldom rains this summer.

今年夏天下雨很少。

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

就是，有些地方十分缺水。

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

由于污染等一些列事情，我们的环境越来越差。

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.

这次我去西部旅行，放眼火车窗外，大地十分干燥。

A：It is serious.

真严重。

注释：

as dry as a bone：十分干燥;干透了;如风化的骨头

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

由于4个月没下雨，连河床都干涸了