Before my eyes was the dark and red soil under the sun.
阳光下，暗红色的土地呈现在眼前，那是一望无际的戈壁滩。There was nothing but the Gobi Desert on this site in 2005.
在2005年，那儿什么都没有，只有延绵不断的戈壁滩。Desertification: there was a fact finding mission by the UN in 2005 to investigate Korean and Japanese complaints over dust from the Gobi.
荒漠化：2005年，因韩国与日本抱怨境内有戈壁滩吹来的沙尘，联合国曾派遣事实调查团调查。Alone have the wealth, beauty, honor, and the talent and learning, life will only be like the vast expanse of desert sand dunes.
单单拥有财富、美貌、荣誉、和才学，生活只会像戈壁滩上的茫茫沙丘。Unambiguous result: no large scale desertification in Mongolia. The dust must be from chinese part of the Gobi.
明确的结果：蒙古不存在大规模的荒漠化，这些沙尘来自中国境内的戈壁滩。It was the increasing levels of dust in the carriage that first signalled the Gobi was upon us. 'Gobi!
到达戈壁滩的先兆是车厢里的尘土越来越大，“戈壁，戈壁！”That the endless expanses of the Gobi Desert, then through the ages people died in the Gobi Desert heartbreaking.
那一望无际的戈壁滩，那古往今来令人魂断心碎的戈壁滩。Ethiopia is quite green, but after you cross that bridge, going south into Kenya is a stony desert of low trees and very poor soil.
在埃塞俄比亚一边是一片葱绿，但是过了桥往南进入肯尼亚，就只有长着低矮灌木的戈壁滩和贫瘠的土地。The mine's remote South Gobi location requires considerable amounts of power and water, not to mention an airport.
矿山位于遥远的南戈壁滩，这个位置需要数量可观的电力和水量，尚未提及机场。