First let me say that I considered this text very difficult for reading!!! There are a lot of sentences which a could'nt understand completely, even with the dictionary's help.
Well, the informations found in this article are very similar to the informations of Juarez's text. But Juarez emphasizes the city's desolation, and the article shows a kind of "patriotism", the habitant's will not to abandon New Orleans.
So, I would summarize this article by saying, first, that it shows this feeling of New Orleans's habitants, who maintain the strength to rebuild the city, even with so much difficulties. One of the difficulties brought in the article is that "another such disaster is inevitable, and nothing short of a massive and endless national commitment can prevent it"; to show up how much serious is the situation, the article brings some facts about the inevitable changes in the nature of Louisiana and outskirts. Other difficulty brought in the article is the fact that "the city's defenses are down"; to show up this idea, the article brings facts like the absence of money and time - and, most of all, good will by the engineers and the Congress - to protect the Big Easy. (Sorry, the fourth sentence...) So, at the end, the article shows that, even with so much difficulties, the people of New Orleans would never leave their home.
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Well, Juliana. I agree with you that this article is not an easy one. But the National Geographic Magazine articles are just like this. It is a good practice don't you think so? It's just a matter of time, the more you read, the more you get used to it. I am sure you have learned new words. Do you want to share them with us? You can write the word and the translation, ok?
Yours.
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