What in the heck can we do about this problem

饥饿就像场世界的瘟疫持续不断
that is such a plague on the world that just goes on, and on, and on?

而关于这个问题我们究竟能做什么
I mean, when I was a child we were told to clean our plate

当我还是孩子时就被告知吃饭要吃干净
because there were starving children in China

因为在中国有很多孩子还在挨饿
is what they said at the moment,

当时他们就是这么说的
and so even as far back as my boyhood,

所以远在我的孩童时代
there was public concern about hunger.

就有公众关注饥饿问题
Our parents had talked about it at least,

至少我们的父母曾谈及
not that they did much about it, but they at least talked about it.

即使他们没有为此做很多至少曾谈过
So the concern has gone on for years and years, and years.

所以说关注已持续很久很久了
Yet the problem seems to be getting worse rather then better.

问题似乎没有变好反倒越发严重
Why doesn't the world have the will to solve this problem?

为什么世界不意愿解决这个问题