The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.

农民们把不毛之地变成高产田。

The land was denuded of vegetation.

这块土地曾是不毛之地。

We already possess, in the artesian well, the means of converting unfertile wastes into rich corn fields;and what unknown forces may not yet be hidden in the interior of the earth?

我们已经能够靠井把不毛之地变成膏，地质也许还有什么未在潜伏中有待发现，谁又能断言呢？