但南部却存在着大批的贫困乡村和凋敝城市：比如，在遭受2005年卡特里纳飓风袭击前，新奥尔良就已经陷入困境。

But the South has a wide swathe of rural stagnation and some depressed cities: New Orleans, for example, was in trouble even before Hurricane Katrina hit it in 2005.

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2006年，我们在彝族乡村建立妇女手工合作社，帮助贫困家庭妇女传承刺绣技术，销售手工产品，增加经济收入。

In 2006, we helped the Yi women build up their own cooperative association. The project increases their income by helping to sell their embroidered products.

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