xiǎo shí hòu / zhè lǐ / hěn / huāng liáng / xiàn rú jīn / yǐ jīng / biàn chéng / le / fán huá / de / shāng yè qū

小时候这里很荒凉，现如今已经变成了繁华的商业区。

When I was a child, this place was very desolate; now it has become a prosperous commercial district.