Certainly I did not know why I had to come here, but I knew that I would at least not be starving to death if I stayed here.

当然，我也不知道我为什么要来到这里，但我知道我在这里还不至于饿死街头。

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The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years.

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We've talked about genetically modified foods, well, now we're here in the day and age, and people are going to be starving to death if we don't figure that out scientifically.

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The big aid agencies are gearing up for an appeal, but fear it will be hard to raise money until there is evidence that people are starving to death.

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