Originally , all this was swampland .

最初这一片都是沼泽地。

China has introduced land-conversion rules that require developers and local governments to replace lost agricultural land by draining swampland for example .

中国已经出台了土地转换制度，要求开发商和当地政府用诸如沼泽等来代替损失的耕地。

The problem was , we got lost in swampland and had to go back .

问题是，我们在沼泽地里迷了路，于是不得不重新折回。

Sands china 's promise has always rested on its plans to turn swampland called cotai into the las vegas strip of the east .

金沙中国的承诺一直依赖于将所谓路城（cotai）的沼泽地变为东方拉斯维加斯大道的计划。