1·Darwin read Malthus in 1838 and immediately realized how it applied to his own work.
达尔文1838年阅读了马尔萨斯的作品，立刻就意识到将其应用于自己的研究中。
2·One of Malthus's solutions for reducing the "surplus population" was to introduce policies specifically designed to bring death to large Numbers of peasants.
而马尔萨斯设想的减少“过剩人口”的办法之一是制订特殊的国家政策将大量的农夫杀死。
3·Still, in recent years, some part of Malthus's prediction has appeared to be coming true in the form of higher global food prices.
然而近年来，马尔萨斯当年的一部分预测似乎通过全球食品价格上涨这种形式应验了。
4·And the interesting thing is that the Malthus effect-which says the population will grow to eat up all of the incremental income-didn't happen.
有趣的是，马尔萨斯效应——说的是所有增加的收入都会被人口增长所吞噬——并未发生。
5·Malthus observed that population was held in check because not every individual would survive to reproduce.
马尔萨斯观察到人口数量总是保持在可控制的范围，因为并非每个个体都有机会繁衍后代的。