1·I live in dry areas like deserts.
我住在像沙漠一样干燥的地方。
2·By contrast, deserts and areas covered by ice and snow, these places have high albedos.
相比之下，沙漠和冰雪覆盖的地区，反照率很高。
3·Their remains, though lying in one of the world's largest deserts, are buried in upside-down boats.
他们的遗体虽然躺在世界上最大的沙漠之一，却被埋在乱七八糟的船上。
4·Along the way, we despoiled most of the land we worked, often turning verdant, natural ecozones into semi-arid deserts.
一路上，我们破坏了大多数我们曾经耕作过的的土地，经常把翠绿的自然生态区变成了半干旱的沙漠。
5·The nature of plant life in deserts is also highly dependent on the fact that they have to adapt to the prevailing aridity.
沙漠中的植物的性质也高度取决于这样一个事实，即它们必须适应普遍的干旱。