1. The global economic crisis tied to dried-up bank credit -- the lifeblood of all markets -- rocked Wall Street but also rolled over commodities, bursting bubbles right and left.

银行信贷--全球所有市场生命活力源泉的枯竭,引发全球金融危机,华尔街重挫,而初级商品也未能幸免,到处可见泡沫的破裂.

2. If the test drive goes to plan in early 2012, then the car will be taken that summer to a dried-up lake bed in South Africa's Northern Cape for the attempt at the land speed record.

如果该汽车的运行测试计划在2012年的年初进行，汽车就可能在那年夏天，于南非的北开普省的干涸湖床上，试图创造出陆地上的速度记录。

3. But there is evidence that the Red Planet had a warmer and wetter past: dried-up river beds, polar ice caps, volcanoes and minerals that form in the presence of water have all been found.

但是，有证据表明，这颗红色星球上曾经有过一段温暖而湿润的过去：干涸的河床，极地冰盖，火山和只有在水中才能形成的矿物质，都在这里被发现。