Now, that seems like kind of a funny question because food is whatever a society eats.

这个问题看似滑稽,食物就是人吃的东西

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And the Lord God commanded the man saying, 'Of every tree of the garden you are free to eat.'" His first thought is what are you going to eat?

上帝命令人们道，“你可以随意吃花园里的树木‘,他最先考虑的就是人要吃什么东西？

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Some people eat for comfort, some people get enormous psychological gratification from food, other people couldn't care less-- they have to be reminded to eat.

有人吃东西是为了寻求慰藉,有人通过吃东西,从食物中得到巨大的心理满足感,还有人对吃毫无兴趣,他们需要提醒,才会想起去吃东西

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And there are some communities that are frankly suspicious of Western medicine and don't want people to come in with their modern approaches and feed things to members of their community.

有一些社会团体,对西药是极其怀疑的,他们不欢迎带来现代方法的人,也不愿给民众吃什么东西

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