I, too, have resisted the idea that food shortages could bring down not only individual governments but also our global civilization.

我也抵制这样一种观点，即粮食短缺不仅会拖垮个别国家的政府，还会波及全球文明的发展。

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Yet I, too, have resisted the idea that food shortages could bring down not only individual governments but also our global civilization.

然而，我也反对这样一种观点，即粮食短缺不仅会拖垮个别国家的政府，还会波及全球文明的发展。

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He decided they were too good to be true, so, like anyone with half a brain (yes, only half) he flushed them down the toilet.

他当下认定它们太好、看起来不像真的，所以，就如同所有只有半边脑子的人那样(是，只有半边脑子)，他把它们冲下了马桶。

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