首先，先前援助的辉煌记忆是经过精挑细选的：起初对海地地震的回应乱成一团，有些承诺的现金也还没到位。

To begin with, the memory of previous aid triumphs is highly selective: the initial response to Haiti was chaotic and not all that promised cash arrived.

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起初，他意识到自己首先得让社区需要自己，于是便试着当一名企业家。

At first he tried his hand as an entrepreneur, having identified what he thought was a need in the community.

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从一开始；开始；起初；首先。

From the first; at first.

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从一开始；开始；起初；首先。

From the first; at first.

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