A: Oh no, our poor plants, they’re absolutely parched. Look, most of the leaves have wilted and look ready to drop off.
B: Don’t worry, they should be able to recover if we give them plenty of water.
A: I’ll start watering them straight away.
B: OK, I’ll harvest the tomatoes. At least all this sun means they’ve ripened up nicely.
A: 哦不，可憐的植物，它們徹底乾枯了。你看︰大部分的葉子都枯萎了，看起來隨時會落下來。
B : 別擔心，如果我們給這些植物充足的水分，它們應該可以恢復。
A : 那我現在就來幫它們澆水。
B : 好，我來收成番茄。起碼這幾天的大太陽讓番茄成熟得很漂亮。
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