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hey everyone

大家好啊

thanks for joining me for your Tuesday BBC news round

欢迎收看周二BBC新闻

updates I'm Nina and this is what's coming up today

快报。我是尼娜，今天看点有

the animals getting their yearly weigh in at London Zoo

伦敦动物园动物进行年度称重

the job with amazing views

坐拥绝美风景的工作

and there are millions of new coins from today

即日起数百万枚新硬币发行

will you be able to spot one

你能认出它们吗

but first

不过首先

we're talking about something that affects all of us

我们聊聊和所有人相关的事

the weather that's because across the UK

就是天气，全英范围内

we've had a hot and dry summer

刚经历了炎热干燥的夏天

some areas are finally starting to see more rainfall

部分地区终于迎来更多降雨

but it's already impacted many areas of our lives

但已影响到我们生活的方方面面

including farming

其中就包括农业

I've been speaking to some of you to find out more

我采访了一些民众了解详情

have you noticed the grass or plants near you

你有没有注意到身边的草木

are they dry brown crispy

是不是发黄发干、一碰就碎

we've had a long hot summer with very little rainfall

这个夏天漫长炎热，降水极少

which has led to drought being declared in England

英格兰已宣布进入干旱状态

and all of Wales

威尔士全境也是如此

look at some of these

看看这些

yeah and we obviously have to cut that

对，这个我们肯定得切掉

because that's too

因为它太

small and just like

小了，而且还

it's curvy

弯了

yeah it's so curved that's not right isn't it

对，弯得太厉害了，不合格对吧

you can see all the white mold

你能看到上面全是白霉

oh yes you can

哦，确实是

I've come to meet Primrose

我今天来见普丽姆罗丝

on her family farm in East Suffolk to find out more

到她位于东萨福克的家庭农场了解情况

so Primrose just tell me what are we up to here

普丽姆罗丝，跟我说说我们在做什么

so this is all celery and it needs to be packed

这些都是芹菜，需要打包

amazing fantastic could I go

太好了，我能

wanna go as well

也试试吗

yep and so we've had a lot of hot weather recently

对，最近天气特别热

haven't we and not

对吧，而且

the loss of rain

降水太少

how has it affected your farm

这对你们农场有什么影响

well now everything's just like brown

现在所有作物都发黄了

it's just like crispy now

干得发脆

everything's now so small

所有作物个头都很小

because it's not getting watered as much as it needs to

因为浇的水不够

we water in say

比如说我们给

celery for 2 hours and that could do with like 4 hours

芹菜浇2小时，本来得浇4小时

but you can only

但我们只能

do it for 2 hours

浇2小时

because everything else needs watering

因为其他作物也需要浇水

drought happens when there's a shortage of rain

干旱指的是长时间

for long periods of time

降水短缺的现象

water is essential for growing crops and plants

水是作物和植物生长的必需品

so farms like these

所以这类农场

are really feeling the effects of the droughts

正深受干旱影响

and it's not just in Suffolk

而且不止萨福克郡是这样

we spoke to some of you in the most affected areas

我们采访了重灾区的一些民众

to find out what it's been like

了解当地的情况

where you live

究竟如何

the crops my dad planted in the spring

我爸爸春天种的庄稼

have barely had any rain at all

几乎没怎么淋过雨

and without moisture they cannot produce much grain

缺水就结不出多少谷粒

the less grain we have to harvest

我们收的谷粒越少

the less we have to sell to make bread

能卖去做面包的就越少

cereal and other food

麦片等食品的原料也会减少

it's been really hard the grass will stop growing

情况很糟，草都不长了

we've been feeding all our sheep and cows

我们现在喂牛羊的

silage and hay

全是青贮饲料和干草

the streams have all dried up

小溪全都干了

we've just had to spend about 20 minutes fixing a pipe

我们刚花了20分钟修水管

it hasn't even rained in 4 months

已经四个月没下雨了

it only rained this morning

今早才下了一点

that was the

这是

first rains had in ages

好久以来的第一场雨

oh man