Since the desertcrossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water and were afraid they would die of thirst.
本来预计现在可以跨越沙漠，他们的水也用光了，担心会渴死。
2
Stop here to gas up before crossing the desert.
横穿沙漠前要在这里停车加足汽油。
3
Crossing this vast dusty chunk of the Helmand desert you pass a giant new runway capable of accommodating the American air force's biggest cargo planes.