The desert environment was the subject of many of her paintings.

沙漠环境是她许多画作的主题。

To do it in a desert environment, you could say, you know, ''You must be crazy to even attempt it.''

要想在沙漠里完成这样的工程，别人会说：" 这想法都很疯狂" 。

And while concrete at first seems to be a perfect material for withstanding the desert environment, to build it, you actually need water and a lot of it.

虽然一开始混凝土似乎是抵御沙漠环境的完美材料，但实际上，你需要大量的水来建造它。

Less than 2% of the country's total land mass is actually considered arable and suitable for crop cultivation, a percentage that is actually comparable to countries like Jordan and Somalia that each largely exists in a much more hostile desert environment.

该国只有不到 2% 的土地被认为可耕种，适合种植作物，这一比例实际上与约旦和索马里等国家相当，这两个国家大部分都生活在更加恶劣的沙漠环境中。