Irish potato

基本解釋

And a strange penultimate chapter on the Irish potato famine in which the potato blight is the villain, responsible for many deaths and massive emigration (shades of McNeill?).
奇怪的是倒數(shù)第二章寫道大規(guī)模的移民應(yīng)對(duì)愛爾蘭的馬鈴薯饑荒造成更多人餓死而負(fù)責(zé)。
Scientists at Cornell University recently borrowed a gene from a South American potato to make potatoes that resisted the late blight fungus, a devastating disease that caused the Irish potato famine.
最近，康奈爾學(xué)的科學(xué)家從南美洲馬鈴薯中提取了一種基因，改良成一種能抵御晚疫病菌的馬鈴薯。正是這種毀滅性疾病導(dǎo)致了愛爾蘭的馬鈴薯饑荒。
And you walked right up to that girl you liked and you could not stop talking about the Irish potato famine?
你向那個(gè)你喜歡的女生走去，然后不住的說愛爾蘭的土豆短缺危機(jī)？

Potato shortages caused at least one million deaths and a wave of Irish immigration to America.

Some immigrants were survivors of disasters such as the Irish potato famine.
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Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, recently spoke of his regrets about the British government's failures during the Irish potato famine in the 1840s.
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It is a paradox reminiscent of the Irish potato famine that in a population near starvation the demand for a staple goes up even as its price skyrockets.
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