It is difficult for most people to imagine that this land that has been called "the most fertile in the world" is completely barren for half the year, from the end of the corn harvest to May of the following year.
尤其令人難以想像的是，在這曾號稱「全世界最肥沃」的地區，有半年時間──玉米秋收後到次年 5 月播種間，大地竟是光禿禿一片，只有黑色碎石遍布其上。