1·Should the prevalence of lead in city soils discourage communities and schools from building gardens in urban wastelands?
鉴于城市土壤里的铅会导致人生病，社区和学校是否应该停止在城市荒地上种植物呢？
2·The fires burned houses to cinders in minutes, caused vehicles to melt and turned forests into blackened wastelands.
大火在几分钟之内就把房屋烧成炭灰，把汽车融成铁水，把森林变成焦黑的荒地。
3·Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
他们在旷野荒地漂流，寻不见可住的城邑。
4·The sea itself has receded, and where merry green waves once splashed there are wastelands, vineyards, silence.
大海本身退却了，曾经四处飞溅过欢快的绿色浪花的地方，现在成了荒地，葡萄园，寂静无声。
5·Without love, nothing grows and the hillsides become barren wastelands.
没有爱，什么都无法生长，山坡于是成了贫瘠的荒地。