Citizens of a superpower again had to bear the indignity of sugar rations .

超级大国的公民不得不又一次忍受食糖定量供应的羞辱。

The rest was turned over to the state to distribute as rations , kang said .

其余都要上缴国家用于定量供应他人，康说。

Helicopters lumber overhead with steady regularity-some moving to patrol the border with china , others delivering rations and materiel to forward bases , yet others bringing higher-ranking officers and dignitaries to work .

直升机以稳定的规律在头顶喧闹地飞行，一些飞去中国边境巡逻，其他的给前沿的基地提供给养和物资，还有其他的运送更高级别的官员和达官贵人去工作。

He says that the food rations of his youth shaped the way he ate decades later .

他说自己年轻时候的食物定量决定了他几十年后的饮食习惯。

Meager food rations and the 1950s cars that plod through havana 's streets , however , don 't represent authenticity or some tropical version of the western mania for " artisanal " products , but , rather , failed economic policy .

可怜的定量食品和在哈瓦那街道上行驶过的50年代汽车，既不代表这个国家的真实状况，也并非西方人对“手工制品”狂热追求的对象，当然，也并不代表失败的经济政策。