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“9.11”事件,迄今已半年有余。人们在积极处理善后的同时,面对着一个更加棘手的难题:如何修复中心区? 辩论涉及的问题包括是否要重建双于塔楼,或纪念碑应该是什么形状,以及私营部门的利益等。当地人士认为,如果这些问题不能很快解决,可能影响纽约未来的经济发展。最糟糕的情况是,原来在世贸中心周围地区生活的居民和经营的商家可能全部离开这座城市。在悲剧发生后的几周內,纽约市审计局的报告估计,到2003年底,袭击事件对纽约经济造成的损失将在900亿美元至1050亿美元之间。审计
“9.11 ” incident, so far more than six months. Faced with a tougher challenge: how to rehabilitate the central area? The issues involved in the debate include whether to rebuild the twin towers, the shape of the monument, the private sector’s interests, and so on. Local people think that if these problems can not be solved quickly, the future economic development of New York may be affected. Worst-case scenario, residents and businesses that originally lived in the area around the World Trade Center may all leave the city. In a few weeks after the tragedy, the New York City Board of Auditors estimates that by the end of 2003 the loss to the New York economy from the attacks would be between 90 billion and 105 billion U.S. dollars. audit