根据该中心的领导人道格•勒舍尔所说，目前最大的挑战之一就是，许多城镇这些年来都在尝试自力更生，但是收效甚微。

One of the biggest challenges, according to Doug Loescher, the centre's director, is that many towns have been trying for years to revive themselves, with little success.

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“她完全明白这里什么是利益攸关的，”美中关系中心主任奥维尔·斯科勒(Or ville Schell)说，这篇报告的指导者之一。

"She completely understands what is at stake here," said Orville Schell, the director of the Centre on US-China Relations, who oversaw the report.

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兰西凯勒(设在新罕布什尔大学海岸应答搜寻中心的副主任)却解释道：很多钻井平台极少发生各种事故：这种危险的机率可能是一千分之一或二千分之一。

Nancy Kinner, co-director of the Coastal Research Response Centre at the University of New Hampshire, explains that oil RIGS rarely have accidents: "the risk might be one in 1,000, or one in 2,000."

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