As far as the eye can reach stretches the great flat plain-land, all dusted over with patches of alkali, and intersected by clumps of the dwarfish chaparral bushes.

极目四望，荒原上只见被矮小的槲树林隔断的一片片盐硷地。

As far as the eye can reach it extends, a heaving, swelling sea of green as regular and continuous as that produced by the heaths of Scotland.

种植得如此之近， 甚至看起来像柔软、丰富的毛绒没有一棵树或光秃秃的地方。 视线所及之处， 一片起伏、膨胀的绿色海洋， 与苏格兰石南丛生的海洋一样规则、连续。