Why in the world, over that period of time, would people's relationships with food get even worse?

但是为什么在那之后,在这个世界上,人和食物之间的关系变得越来越糟呢

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People are really bad at guessing about this, and they become worse and worse.

人们实在不擅长估测这些,而且变得越来越糟

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You've got horses which you need for the army but also which they start slaughtering; you've got cattle but you have enough food to last for maybe a month; there's always a lot to drink because of the caves, that is, the wine cellars that people had, but things get worse and worse.

你有军队所需的马,但是士兵会把马杀来吃,你有牛,但是这些食物只能,维持大概一个月的时间,喝的东西总是不缺的,因为他们有酒窖,就是用来储藏葡萄酒的酒窖,不过事态还是变得越来越糟

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