1 . there are famine

because of the growth in government taxation , the rise in rent and interest demanded by the landlords and the daily spread of the disasters of war , there are famineand banditry everywhere and the peasant masses and the urban poor can hardly keep alive

1 . famine and

famine andwar have thinned the population .灾荒和战争使人口减少了。

1 . in famine

Millions of people died that way in famine., 在灾荒中 , 千百万的人就这样死了.

1 . famine of

this system , however , broke down in the 1980s after the terrible drought and famine ofthe early 1980s , during which some nomadic tribes lost as much as 80 % of their livestock .但是，这一机制在80年代初的一场可怕的干旱和灾荒的冲击下被打破。在那场灾难中，一些游牧部落失去了多达80%的牲畜。