- The sandy riverbed acts like a giant strip of blotting paper
布满沙子的河床像是一张巨大的吸水纸 - sucking up the water as soon as it appears.
水一边流淌一边被它吸去 - But every square metre of soil moistened by this river
这里的每一寸土壤都已被河水润湿 - will increase the chances of survival for those that live here.
为生活在这里的动物们带来了生机 - Waterholes are filled temprorarily.
水坑里暂时填满了水 - Elsewhere in Africa elephants drink every day,
非洲其它地方的大象每天都会喝水 - but the lack of water here
但这里缺水的现状