The villagers had gone without food for many days and had been drinking muddy water to quench their thirst 他们已经断粮多日，而且只能饮用混浊的污水解渴！
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The local people have been without food for nine days , their rations not amounting to more than a couple of bananas each for an entire day 他们已经断粮九天了，每人每天仅能分配到一两根香蕉。
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After agreeing on the surrender terms , confederate general robert lee told union general ulysses grant that for the past few days he had nothing to give his men to eat 投降条件谈妥之后，美国南军将领罗勃特李对北军将领攸里西斯格林说，过去几天，他的军队已经断粮。
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One woman hurried to cook the food the initiates had brought because the victims had previously had nothing to eat , and she was very grateful to our beloved master for providing the much needed items 由于当地居民已面临断粮的窘境，所以在收到我们致赠的物资后，一位妇女立即去烹煮食物，她非常感谢师父在这个紧要关头提供最需要的援助。
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While interviewing residents along the road , with the help of the only tamil - speaking brother on the team , the initiates learned that 150 families living at a remote relief camp 25km away lacked food . and after visiting the camp , the sisters and brothers immediately traveled to a nearby town to purchase bread and cookies , and then distributed the food to the victims late into the night 在随行一位懂得坦米尔语的师兄协助下，我们从路上的居民口中得知， 25公里外有一处安置了150户人家的急难营已面临断粮的困境，便立即赶往邻近的城镇采购面包和饼乾，漏夜分送给灾民。
