No creature exploits the greening of a desert more quickly or more dramatically than a locust.

没有什么生物能比蝗虫更早或更轰动地发现这抹绿意。

But then a little bit more than five years ago, in 2012, the fortune seems to change for Newcastle because they sensationally finished fifth in the English Premier League, the strongest league in the world.

但就在五年多前的 2012 年，纽卡斯尔的命运似乎发生了变化，因在世界上最强的联赛英超联赛中轰动性地获得了第五名。