3月26日配信 Drought Has Severe Impact on Australian People, Economy 大干ばつで豪州国民・経済に深刻な影響
Australia is the world's driest continent. 豪州は世界で最も乾燥した大陸です。 Drought has always been a part of life here. 干ばつはずっと生活の一部でした、ここでは。 But, even by Australia's standards, しかし、豪州の標準でも、 the current spell of extremely low rainfall has been extreme. 現在続いている極端な少雨は度を越えています。 It's lasted それは続いています、 for more than five years so far. これまで5年以上の間。
what Australia would look like 豪州はどうなるのか - or at least east coast Australia, where the major population centers are - ――あるいは少なくとも豪州東海岸は、そこは人口密集地帯がある―― what it would look like そこはどうなるのか if this current rainfall regime
was sustained for 40 to 50 years. もしこの現在の少雨傾向が続いたら、40~50年間。
He can only hope 彼はただ祈るほかありません people like Pitman are wrong, and the "Big Dry" will soon end. Pitman氏のような人の意見は間違いで、「大干ばつ」がじきに終わることを。 "It's actually like standing on edge of a cliff. 「ほんとにがけっぷちに立っているようです。
チェックした単語 regime=【名-1】政治形態、政権、社会体制【名-2】(気象変化などの一定の)型 (1)a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of for some other reason: (2)a particular system - used especially when talking about a previous system, or one that has just been introduced (3)a special plan of food, exercise etc that is intended to improve your health(LDOCE)