很漂亮的一则小新闻，几乎没有什么文字^^

【No, it's not a mirage: Tiny 2,000-year-old oasis in China that keeps city alive is saved from being swallowed by desert】
【不，这不是海市蜃楼：保持了2000年活力的小小绿洲在干涸沙漠化之前得到了挽救】
This ancient oasis in the middle of a Chinese desert was in danger of disappearing beneath the sands until the government stepped in to save it.
在中国的大漠之间的这片古老的小绿洲一度曾经置身于被大漠掩没的危险之中，然而现在中国政府的介入及时拯救了它。
Located about 6km south of the city of Dunhuang in north west China, the Crescent Lake (Yueyaquan in Chinese) is a fresh water spring in the shape of a half moon.
在中国的西北，坐落于敦煌城的南部约6公里处的月牙泉（中文叫 yue ya quan~~）是一泊宛如半月的新鲜活水。
The oasis, which is believed to have existed for 2,000 years, was shrinking fast due to increasing desertification in the region before the government began to refill it.
人们相信这片绿洲已经存在了2000年，在政府重新出手挽救它之前，月牙泉曾经由于快速的沙漠化而濒于干涸。
好美的小绿洲...

Remote: The tiny lake was disappearing fast - with a dramatic decline in water depth during the past three decades - before the government stepped in to save it
远景：在过去的三十年中，由于水位的急剧下降，这泊小湖急速地流失着——直到政府介入拯救了它。

Restored: The water level is believed to have risen annually since it began to be refilled in 2006. The site, which is believed to be about 2,000 years old, is popular with tourists
复苏：据信自从2006年中国政府开始回注以来，水位目前正在逐年上升。这块大约2000岁的绿洲非常受旅客的喜爱。

The lake has gone from having an average depth of about 5m in 1960, to an average of less than a meter in the early 1990s as the underground water table has declined dramatically.
在1960年，湖水的平均深度在5米左右，由于地下水位的大幅降低，到了1990年代早期，湖水的平均深度已经下降到不足1米。
In 2006, the local government decided to step in and rescue the oasis, refilling it with water. It has increased in depth since then, Niceartlife.com reports.
2006年，当地政府决定介入，并通过注入水源来挽救这片绿洲。根据Niceartlife的报道，自那时起湖水再次开始逐渐变深。
The lake is 218m long from east to west and 54m wide from north to south and contains pure spring water.
这片湖泊东西长218米，南北宽54米，满含清澈的泉水。
Next to the lake is a traditional pagoda and a street linedwith souvenir stalls. The site is popular with tourists who are taken on camel rides by guides to the peaks of the surrounding dunes.
在湖边有一座传统的宝塔以及一条满是纪念品摊位的长街。这个地方深受那些伴着导游骑着骆驼攀登沙丘的游客们的欢迎。
The lake's remarkable survival in the middle of the desert is believed to be due to its low altitude, while its position is also thought to prevent excess sand from the surrounding dunes falling into it.
之所以这片湖水能在大漠之间璀璨地存留下来，一般认为是由于它所处的低凹位置。而它的位置同时也被认为可以反过来防止周边沙丘的沙子过多地流入这篇绿洲。

Surrounded by high mountains, Dunhuang has an arid climate - and is extremely hot in the summer and cold in winter.
高丘环抱的敦煌地区有着干旱的气候——在夏天这里极为酷热，而在冬天又非常寒冷。
Rain only occurs in tiny amounts and quickly evaporates, resulting in the desert landscape.
雨量往往极为微小，而蒸发又非常迅速，由此形成了当地的沙漠景致。
Desertification has become a major environmental problem in China which the government has tried to tackle in various ways.
沙漠化已经成为中国的一个主要的环境问题，该国政府已尝试了多种方法来解决这一问题。
This includes the proposed creation of a 'green wall' of forests to counter the spread of deserts.
其中之一就是建立“绿色城墙”，用森林来抵御沙漠的扩张。

接下来还有些介绍导游和骆驼的碎片文字我就不管了~

Historic: A cart carries a group of tourists at the lake. The city of Dunhuang relies heavily on tourism and features a number of historic sites dating back to the Han Dynasty
历史感：绿洲间一辆游览车正载着一群游客游玩。敦煌这座城市极度依赖于旅游业，在当地有很多有特色的历史遗迹，有的甚至可以上溯至汉代。