Thirty years ago the islanders scratched a living from infertile soil, salt pans and fishing.

三十年前岛民在贫瘠的土地上艰苦生活，晒盐和牧渔。

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Salt pans and other dry water features are among the most common sources of dust in the world.

盐湖和其他干旱水文因素是全球范围内最普通的沙尘暴源。

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Though much of the Altiplano is hidden beneath dust, the region’s distinctive salt pans are visible.

虽然高原大部分地区已经被沙尘掩盖，其特有的盐湖还是可见的。

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The iron stove had a cast-iron warmer on the top, and in that warmer would be pork roasts and pork chops and fried chicken, two gallon pots of butter beans with salt pork, navy beans with ham bone, rattlesnake beans glistening with bacon fat, pans of chicken and dressing, macaroni and cheese, cornbread and cathead biscuits, mounds of mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes, skillets of fried green tomatoes.

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