Welcome to the Voice of America's “News Words”.
欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”。
This is from a story that explains climate changes in the state of California: drought.
这个单词来自于一则解释加利福尼亚州气候变化的新闻：干旱。
Water is constantly on the minds of people living in the western part of the U.S. because there just hasn't been much of it for several years.
水一直以来都是生活在美国加利福尼亚州西部人们心中的一个担忧，因为几年以来这里的水都不多。
This is clearly the worst drought in California history.
这显然是加利福尼亚州历史上最严重的干旱。

A drought is a long time of very little or no rain. Drought kills crops and increases the chance of forest fires.
干旱就是长期很少或者没有降雨。干旱会使农作物死亡并且增加森林大火发生的几率。
Now, when you hear the word drought you will know what this news word means.
现在，当你听到单词“干旱”，你就知道这个新闻词汇的意思了。