A single shower can enable seeds that have lain dormant for 30 years or more to burst into life. 一场大雨使得在地下沉睡了30多年的 种子迸发出生命的活力
And there hasn't been a bloom like this one for a century. 这里已有一个世纪 没有像现在这样开满鲜花
But for a while the hunting will be easier, now that river channel has turned green. 此时 狩猎暂时变得容易许多 河道也穿上了一件绿装
It's a rare chance for them to build up their food reserves. 这是它们仅有的积累食物储备的机会
The flesh of this oryx will keep the family going for a week at the most. 这只长角羚的肉最多 能维持整个家族一星期左右
Within a week the flash flood has produced a flush of green, 短短一周内 瞬时洪水浸润过的 土地上已长出了青草
It's an event that only happens once or twice a year at the most. 而且一年最多也只发生1~2次
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
This water fell as rain in mountains more than a hundred miles away. 这些水来自100英里之外的山地降雨