So in L.A. that means wealthy neighborhoods actually have twice the evapotranspiration of poorer neighborhoods.

这表明，洛杉矶富人区的水分蒸散量是较贫困社区的两倍。”

To understand this, first, you need to know about a process called transpiration, sometimes called the evapotranspiration.

要理解这一点，首先，你需要了解一个叫做蒸腾作用的过程，有时也叫蒸散作用。

This means evaporation, evapotranspiration, increases dramatically, and this means our fuels will be drier, unless we get increases in precipitation.

这意味着蒸发，蒸腾的速度急剧增加，也意味着燃料会变得更干，除非降水量增大。