The farmers pound rice in a mortar.

农民们在臼中舂米。

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True, food riots didn't break out in poor countries during 2009 and warehouse stores like Costco didn't ration 20-pound bags of rice... but supply remained tight.

确实，在2009年，贫穷国家没有爆发食品骚乱，美国科思科边锁企业这样的大型廉价商店也没有定量供应20磅一袋的大米……但是食品供应依然紧张。

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Rice has advanced fifteen cents a pound.

米一磅涨了一角五分。

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Migrant workers who could afford a pound of rice, can afford two pounds of rice.

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And with over a billion people to tend to, getting them to afford another pound of rice, a new apartment or a laptop is better than sending money to Italy to get them to buy sneakers and IT services.

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