Breeders replicated that success with rice, and the Green Revolution was born, averting famines that were predicted in Asia in the 1960s and '70s, and winning Borlaug the Nobel Peace Prize.

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His people are troubled by disaster, plagues, famines, the men die, the women are barren.

他的人民遭受灾难,瘟疫,饥荒,男人性命不保,女人无法生育

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They don't suffer famines or disasters.

他们不必承受饥馑和灾祸

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