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A drought has just
set in and the two people in the dialogue below are very concerned...
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Sally:
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I think a drought has set
in. It hasn't rained a drop for months.
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Ethan:
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I think so, too, but didn't it
rain last month?
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Sally:
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It did rain last month, but the
rainfall was only half the monthly average.
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Ethan:
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Oh. That bad?!
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Sally:
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That's right. It's really
bad. I'm really concerned though not panicked yet.
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Ethan:
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I don't blame you. The
pastures have browned out even before the summer hasn't arrived.
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Sally:
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Yeah, and the soil has been baked
so hard that the plow can't even break the soil.
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Ethan:
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Looks like it's going to be an
ongoing thing that would get worse each day.
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Sally:
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Yeah. If it doesn't rain,
it's going to get critical.
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[Radio
broadcasting: ...Temperatures have today reached a record 102 degrees and
may well hit 110 tomorrow. Much more distressing, experts say, is that a
drought has set in remarkably early and shows no sign of letting up
soon....The ground is still parched from last year's drought – crops,
plants and trees are being crippled at their most vulnerable time...]
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Anna:
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Did you hear that? The
drought conditions are severe! There's a lot of death, dying, and
suffering out there!
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Rose:
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I heard that, but it's not
surprising actually, 'cause we haven't had as much rain as normal this year.
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Anna:
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Well, if it could rain even a
drop, things would be much better! And my flowers in the garden would
come back in a heartbeat.
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Rose:
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I guess you might have to quit
watering your garden. I heard that they are going to start rationing
water. In fact, this morning I happened to hear on the radio that the
reservoir had dipped below half its capacity this month and the volume of
water entering the reservoir is the smallest in fifty years.
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Anna:
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Really! I thought that might
happen. Great! There go my vegetables!
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Rose:
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I guess so. But think about
Africa.
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