In the ensuing months, the family was literally too poor to put food on the table.

在接下来的几个月中，他们家真的是穷到了揭不开锅的地步。

And as the process repeats itself over the ensuing months, these ice sheets stack up and get thicker.

接下来的几个月，随着这个过程的不断重复，冰层就会越来越高，越来越厚。