在智利首都 10年乾旱使綠草宛如稀有珍寶
【摘要2022.8.11.四.自由】◎孫宇青
In Chile’s capital Santiago, grass is
becoming a rare luxury amid a decade-long drought that has forced the city to
roll out emergency measures to limit water use and led local authorities and
landscapers to replace lush green plants with desert flora.
在智利首都聖地牙哥，綠草正變成一種稀有珍寶，因為一場10年之久的乾旱，迫使該市實施限水等緊急措施，當局和景觀業者也被迫以沙漠花卉取代蒼翠的綠色植物。
The changing face of the city underscores
how the country has to adapt to an extended period of drought.
聖地牙哥的改頭換面，凸顯這個國家如何適應乾旱長期化。
"Santiago’s landscaping is from years
ago, designed for a Mediterranean climate. Now we are in a semi-desert
climate," said Valentina Vega, head of green areas in the district of
Providencia.
普羅維登西亞區的綠化主要官員瓦倫提娜．維加說，「聖地牙哥的景觀是在多年前參照地中海氣候進行設計的，但我們現在已是半沙漠氣候。」
In Vega’s municipality, the local
government plans to transform spaces alongside roads and highways from green
spaces into sustainable gardens with plants that consume little water and use
drip irrigation.
在維加的行政區，當地政府計畫將道路和高速公路沿路的綠色植物，改造成耐旱的花園，栽種幾乎不用澆水及可使用滴水灌溉的植物。
新聞辭典
extended：形容詞，延伸的；長期的。例句：Our
company has just won an extended contract.（我們公司剛贏得一份長期合約。）
sustainable：形容詞，能維持的。例句：Sustainable
agriculture is a way of protecting our Earth.（永續農業是保護我們地球的一種方式。）
irrigation：名詞，灌溉。例句：Our
company designed a complex irrigation system for the semi-desert climate.（我們公司為半沙漠氣候設計了一套複雜的灌溉系統。）
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