the people of Leningrad next turned to their household pets

列宁格勒人对自己的家庭宠物有了想法
killing beloved dogs and cats

残杀宠物猫和宠物狗
was slightly harder then killing the zoo animals,

比杀害动物园的动物要困难些
but an easy decision nonetheless for hungry enough people.

但对于饿过头的人们来说还是很简单的事
The people had no choice but to supplement their official ration.

人们必须要上缴官方口粮
The government gave manual workers an allotment of breaded cabbage

政府每日发放给体力劳动者约含
that amounted to 700 calories a day,

700卡路里的裹了面包屑的卷心菜
about a fifth of an adult's daily energy requirement.

仅是一个成年人每日所需能量的五分之一
Non-manual workers were given only 473 calories a day,

非体力劳动者的食物仅含有473卡路里
children 423.

儿童的食物含423卡路里
Dogs and cats disappeared, even the rats fled,

猫和狗消失了甚至连老鼠都逃走了
as their food supplies disappeared in the city.

也就是说城市里可吃的东西已经没有