来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：有关食物的心理学、生物学和政治学 第7集 第7集》

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  it had been he who had kept the family going,
  都是他维持家庭的生计的
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  leaving before dawn each day to sell firewood or tend someone's fields,
  每天黎明前出门卖木柴或照看别人的田地
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  but then work became impossibly scarce
  但工作越来越少
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  and Robert seemed to be using himself up in the search for it
  他似乎在寻找工作途中耗尽了自己
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  at the peak of the crisis there was nothing to do
  在粮食危机的高峰期没有任何事可做
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  but beg and you were begging from others who needed to beg.
  唯有乞讨而且是向同样需要乞讨的人乞讨
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  Robert grew too weak to work,
  罗伯特变得太虚弱而无法工作
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  he and Adelici went to the government hospital
  他和艾德西去政府医院
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  where he was treated for malnutrition and later treated for Malaria,
  在那治疗营养不良 然后治疗疟疾
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  then sent home, when they released him the doctors said
  然后回家 出院时医生说
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  he needed to eat better or he would die,
  他需要吃得更好 否则他会死
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  inevitably there was little food
  食物短缺不可避免