人们印象中，饥荒中的人们总是眼神无助，腹部浮肿，由于战争和动乱导致粮食欠收，进而引发饥荒，这种危机往往是爆发式的，而且地域性强，总是发生在已经贫穷不堪的地方。

PICTURES of hunger usually show passive eyes and swollen bellies. The harvest fails because of war or strife; the onset of crisis is sudden and localised.

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西北农村落是目前中国最贫困的地域，西北农夫是中国最贫穷的社会群体。

Rural area in northwest of China is the poorest area, the peasants in the northwest is the poorest groups in society.

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