lawns

the lawns stretched into infinity.

坪延伸至无。

the lawns ran down to the water's edge.

地一直生长到水边。

rains that revive lawns and flowers;

使坪和花恢复生气的雨；

bedraggled guests squelched across the lawns to seek shelter.

全身湿透的客人扑哧扑哧地穿过坪去避雨。

AFTER 18 months of sunny skies and scorching heat, crops are shrivelling, lawns are crisping and lakes are drying up.

经受18个月的艳阳照和酷热之苦后，农作物慢慢在枯萎，坪缓缓在卷曲和湖泊也渐渐在干涸。

But empty driveways and unmown lawns are the least of suburbia's problems, according to Christopher Leinberger, an urban theorist and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC.

据华盛顿哥伦比亚开发区的一位论家和访问研究员克里斯多夫·莱恩伯格称，空车道和未修剪的坪还算郊区区民的问题中最小的一个。