所以我们也可以说他是靠天吃饭的。

So we may say that he lives on the providing of Heaven.

大多数非洲国家仍然依靠赖以生存的基础农业，所以可以说这些国家都是靠天吃饭。

Most African economies remain dependent on subsistence agriculture and, hence, the weather.

在人们靠天吃饭的时代，对于好的年景和收成的企盼与感恩是古今同样存在的。

At the time people rely on the weather, looking forward to a good year and harvest is the same as old time.

而和亚洲与拉美人口转型迥然不同的是，由于要靠天吃饭，非洲养育其人民的任务会变得很复杂。

The task of providing for hungry and thirsty people will be complicated by climate change-a big difference from the demographic transitions in Asia and Latin America.