The grapevine that produces the best wines often thrived in barren fields.

酿顶级萄葡酒的萄葡藤，都是从最贫瘠的土壤中生长出来。

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In China even barren mountains can be turned into fertile fields.

在中国，荒山也能变成俍田。

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I was born in Anhui Province, a remote little village, where poor and very poor, only the bare rock mountain, the year of drought, the fields barren, many children are not afford school.

我出生在安徽省一个偏远的小山村，那里很穷很穷，只有光秃秃的石头山，干旱之年田地里寸草不生，许多孩子都上不起学。

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But past takeovers have resulted in irrigation systems breaking down and once fertile fields reverting to barren bush: hence the current food crisis.

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