極端氣候的影響
Nicole and Noah are on vacation in Australia.
妮可與諾亞正在澳洲度假。
Noah: It hasn’t rained for several days, and is getting drier and drier.
諾亞：已經好幾天沒下雨，變得愈來愈乾了。
several(det.)一些、幾個get(v.)變得、變成dry(adj.)乾的、乾燥的
Nicole: Extreme weather has led to some natural disasters like droughts and monsoon rains.
妮可：極端氣候已經導致一些天災，像是乾旱與季風降雨。
extreme(adj.)極端的lead(v.)引導、誘導lead to sth.導致、引起natural(adj.)天然的disaster(n.)災難like(prep.)像monsoon(n.)季風季節、雨季
Noah: I heard that Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned that the country has become “a land of drought.”
諾亞：我聽說澳洲總理麥肯．滕博爾警告說該國已經成為「乾旱之地」了。
hear(v.)聽說prime minister總理、首相warn(v.)警告become(v.)變成、變得、成為land(n.)土地
Nicole: A land of drought? It sounds serious.
妮可：乾旱之地？聽起來很嚴重耶！
sound(v.)聽起來serious(adj.)嚴重的
Noah: It does. The government will provide an extra AUD$140 million in payments to farmers for mental health support.
諾亞：是啊！政府將提供農民額外的1.4億澳元補助，給予精神上的協助。
government(n.)政府provide(v.)提供、供應extra(adj.)額外的、附加的AUD=Australian dollarpayment(n.)支付的金額、報償mental(adj.)精神的、心裡的health(n.)健康support(n.)支持、鼓勵
Nicole: The news said that parts of eastern Australia are experiencing the worst drought in living memory.
妮可：新聞說澳洲東部正在經歷歷來最嚴重的乾旱。
news(n.)新聞、消息eastern(adj.)東部的experience(v.)經歷worst(adj.)最糟的、最嚴重的memory(n.)記憶、回憶
Noah: What’s worse, ninety-nine percent of New South Wales is in drought now. It provides around a quarter of the country’s agricultural output.
諾亞：更糟的是，百分之99的新南威爾斯省現在正在乾旱中。該省提供了澳洲農業產量的近四分之一。
worse(adj.)更壞的、更糟的percent(adv.)百分之…around(adv.)大約quarter(n.)四分之一agricultural(adj.)農業的output(n.)產量
Nicole: Hope the farmers will get through the hard times well.
妮可：希望農民們可以好好的熬過這個困難的時期。
hope(v.)希望get through sth.通過、結束time(n.)一段時間