This is West Texas,
這里是西德州
where they're very comfortable with extremes.
那里的人們早已習慣了走極端
Big cars.
大汽車
Big hats.
大帽子
And big farms aren't the exception, but the norm.
大農場也不例外 隨處可見
But this isn't normal.
但現在并不正常
These fields should be white, covered in blooming cotton.
這些土地本該種滿了白色的棉花
But all that's blowing in the wind
但是現在隨風飄揚的
is dust.
只有塵土
Matt Farmer has been growing cotton here for most of his life,
馬特·法默大半輩子都在這里種植棉花
and he's been looking in desperation for any sign of rain.
而他現在迫切地希望能夠下雨
I'm 51 years old.
我有51歲了
I was raised not far from
我就在離這座農場
the farm that we're sitting on right now.
不遠的地方長大
I've never seen it... I've seen it be dry.
我從沒見過 我見過干旱
I've never seen it be dry for this length of time, you know.
從沒見過這么長時間的干旱
Never have seen anything like this at all.
完全沒見過像這樣的
And it just keeps getting worse.
而且情況還在惡化