With his share of the water, Mafourdi has created an oasis to grow date palms.

马佛笛利用他的那份水源，发展起一个绿洲来种植海枣。

We walked along a street lined with gardens and fields planted with crops, pears, and date palms.

我们沿着街道走着，街道两旁是花园和田野，田野里种了庄稼、梨树和椰枣树。

" Why? " " Those are date palms, " he said.

“为什么？” “那些是枣椰树，”他说。

To achieve that, the local agriculture is increasing its focus on date palms and grapevines.

为实现这一目标，当地农业正在加大对枣椰树和葡萄树的关注。

They built boats out of reeds and date palm leaves, with linen sails that carried them vast distances by river and sea.

他们用芦苇和枣椰树叶造船，用亚麻布帆将它们运到河流和海洋很远的地方。

This gorgeous little oasis, surrounded by date palm plantations and numerous hot-water springs, is one of the Western Desert's most picturesque spots.

这片美丽的小绿洲周围环绕着枣椰树种植园和众多的温泉，是西部沙漠最美丽的景点之一。

And when you've got land owned by private individuals, you've got disputes over who owns which parts of land or who owns which date palms and boundaries.

当土地归私人所有时，就会出现关于谁拥有哪块土地或谁拥有哪棵枣树以及边界的争议。

They learned to cultivate olives, vines and date palms. They invented leavened bread, beer, and they developed textile technologies: the potter's wheel, the sail.

他们学会了种植橄榄、葡萄树和枣椰树。他们发明了发酵面包、啤酒，他们还开发了纺织技术：陶轮、帆。

One of the hottest places on Earth, Yuma has been experiencing its worst drought in 500 years, forcing farmers to pump water from rivers to grow their date palm trees.

尤马是地球上最热的地方之一，正在经历500年来最严重的干旱，迫使农民从河里抽水来种植椰枣树。

Names flitted through Paul's mind, each with its picture imprinted by the book's mnemonic pulse: saguaro, burro bush, date palm, sandverbena, evening primrose, barrel cactus, incense bush, smoke tree, creosotebush … kit fox, desert hawk, kangaroo mouse… .

名字在保罗的脑海中掠过，每一个名字都印有这本书的助记脉搏：仙人掌、驴灌木、海枣、沙马鞭草、月见草、桶状仙人掌、香灌木、烟树、杂酚灌木… … 狐狸、沙漠鹰、袋鼠… … .