不毛之地

shuí néng xiǎng dào shí nián qián zhè guǒ yuán hái shi bù máo zhī dì ne

谁能想到十年前这果园还是不毛之地呢！

Who would have thought that this orchard used to be barren land ten years ago!

wǒ men yào bǎ zhè kuài bù máo zhī dì gǎi chéng mài tián

我们要把这块不毛之地改成麦田。

We shall turn this piece of wasteland into wheat fields.

wū rǎn yǐ jīng shǐ dà piàn dì qū lún wéi bù máo zhī dì

污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。

The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.