But only those few spores that settle down in very favorable locations can start a new life; the vast majority fall on barren ground.

但只有那些降落在非常有利位置的孢子才能开始新的生活；绝大多数的孢子降落在贫瘠的土地上。

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Between our back fence and the Richardses's monumental brick garage there were a hundred square yards of barren ground.

在我们家的后院和理查兹家的大车库间有一块100平方码的荒地。

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The barren landscape of an open-cast mine is unlikely ground to nurture green shoots, but most analysts and industry insiders reckon that they can see plenty.

露天采矿业的惨淡景象似乎不大可能出现经济复苏的征兆，但大多数分析师及业内人士均认为其前途不可限量。

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Absent that basis for capital markets, the billions of dollars of capital showered on the world's poor by international agencies is like seed falling on barren ground.

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We saw nothing but barren hard ground desert.

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