It is so dry in the Midwest that the trees are bribing the dogs. So goes the joke from the dust bowl era of the 1930s. In the past two weeks, the US has broken a record number of heat records. And in the past 12 months the average temperature has beaten any since US records began – including 1933, the hottest year of that overbaked decade.
美国中西部地区太干燥了，以至于树都在向狗行贿。这是美国上世纪30年代沙尘暴(dust bowl)时期的一个玩笑。过去两周，美国刷新了高温记录。过去12个月，美国平均气温为有记录以来的最高温，包括1933年，那是整个酷热的30年代里最热的年份。
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