Economic crisis , war , famine , political struggles , and other scourges interact badly with poverty .
经济危机,战争,饥荒,政治斗争以及其他的灾祸导都能导致贫穷。
Orwell was describing something that has become one of the world 's neglected scourges : the bad diet of the poor .
奥威尔描述的情况已经成为被世界忽视的祸根之一:穷人的不良饮食。
As described in my last couple of columns , I had visited cambodia to write about one of the great scourges of the third world , human trafficking , which ensnares some 7 00000 people worldwide per year .