一粒米虽然微不足道，但只有若干个一粒米，才能煮成一碗薄粥，给饱受饥饿的人增加一些能量。

Although one grain of rice is hardly worth noticing, it is only by combining many grains of rice that there may be a bowl of porridge, bringing strength to those suffering from harsh starvation.

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十几只碗，一把竹筷，胡乱地放在桌上，轮值烧稀饭的就将一洋铅桶浆糊一般的薄粥放在板桌中央。

A dozen or more bowls and a handful of bamboo chopsticks are slapped down on these tables, and the girl on duty as cook puts a tin bucket of thin, watery congee in the middle.

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