Why not replace the shacks that blight the lives of so many poor people, thrown together out of cardboard and mud, and prone to collapsing or catching fire, with more durable structures?

为什么不将让那么多穷人生活破灭的窝棚换掉，一起从容易坍塌和着火的纸板和泥泞中搬出来，取而代之以更加经久耐用的建筑？

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Houses for the poor are built of adobe - sun-baked mud - standing side by side in long terraces.

穷人的房子是用晒干的泥土砌成的，肩并肩的排成长长的一排。

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Despite the poor conditions, millions of Afghans have returned home from abroad. Here Afghan refugees build a mud house at a refugee camp in Kabul. (AFP).

图12尽管条件艰苦，仍然有数百万阿富汗人从海外回到祖国。这是阿富汗难民在喀布尔一个难民营中修建泥坯房。(法新社)。

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She has held her own in palaces and held the hands of hungry children in mud-hut villages, pursuing an agenda that empowers women, children, the poor and helpless.

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