【正文】 woul d never gi ve m il k agai n. H al f a m il li on pigs and m il li ons of chickens were dead. Sand now fi l ed the wel l s i nstead of water. Peopl e were shocked. Then l ater that afternoon, another bi g quake whi ch was alm ost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan. Som e of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the rui ns. More bui l di ngs fel l down. Water,food, and el etrici ty were hard to get. Peopl e began to wongder how l ong the di sater woul d l ast. Al hope was not l ost. Soon after the quakes, the arm y sent 150, 000 soli ders to Tangshan to hel p the rescue workers. H undreds of thousands of peopl e were hel ped. The army ani zed team s to dig out those were trapped and to bury the dead. To the north of the ci ty, m ost of the 10, 000 m iners were rescued from the coal mi nes there. Workers bui lt shel ters for survi vors whose homes had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the ci ty by trai n, truck and pl ane. Sl owl y, the ci ty began to breathe agai n. A SAFE HOME It i s sad but that peopl e di e i n earthquakes from fal ing furniture and bri cks. Earthquake safety i s very i m portant and there i s m ore to i t than just keepi ng bui l di ngs from fal ing down. So i f your hom e i s i n an earthquake area, you shoul d prepare careful y before the earthquake es. First, m ake sure you buy a house whi ch i s earthquake safe. Al pi pes shoul d be fi xed to the wal l and al wal s shoul d be especi al y thi ck and strong. You also have to m ake sure that there are bol ts underneath your house. They are one of the m ost im portant ways of protecti ng a house. Make sure the buil ding has no breaken windows and i s wel l repai red. Second ,l ook at the objects in your house. Those i n the li vi ng room , which are the m ost li kel y to hurt us, are puters, tel evi si ons and l am ps. They can be tied to tabl es or them so they won’t easil y m ove around. The kitchen, which is al so very dangerous, m ust have strong doors on al the cupboards. Thi s i s the pl ace where m any sm al l thi ngs are stored that m i ght fal l down. The water heater shoul d have a case round i t too. Wi ndows are speci al probl em . When they break, gl as can cause m any acci dents,. It is beter to use safety gl ass i f you can, especi al l y for pi ctures. Al ways rem em ber:” It is better to be safe than sorry. ” TH E STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS By Jack London N ever before in hi story has a ci ty been so pl etel y destroyed. San Franci sco i s gone. N othi ng is l eft of i t but m em ori es and some houses far from the centre of the ci ty. Its buni ness are gone. The factori es, hotel sand pal ace are al gone too. Wi thin an hour after the earthquake, the sm oke of SanFrancio’s fires coul d been seen 160 kilom etres away. The sun is red i n the dark sky. There was no stoppi ng the fires. There was no way to ani ze or m uni cate. The steel rai l way tracks were now usel ess. And the great pi pes for carryi ng water under the strets had burst. Al of the ways m an had m ade to keep the ci ty safe were gone i n the thi rty second the earth m oved. O ut at sea i t was calm . N o wi nd cam e up. Yet from every di rectioneast, weast, north,andsouth, strong winds bl ew upon the unlucky city. Man him sel f had to m ake ruins of the city’s best buil dings so that they woul d not be a danger to those i n the streets. A li st of buil di ngs undesteryed was now only a few addresses. A l i st of the brave m en and the wom en woul d fil l a li brary. A li st of al those kil l ed wil l never be made. Am azing as i t m ay seem , Wednesday ni ght was a qui et ni ght. There were no crowds. The pol i cem en sai dnothi ng。 even thei r horses were qui t. There were no shouts or peopl e doi ng crazy thi ngs. In al l those terri bl e hours I saw not one woman who cri ed, not one m an who was exci ted. Before the fi res, through the ni ght, thousands and thousands of peopl e who had l ost thei r hom es l eft for safety. Som e were covered i n bl ankets. Som eti m es whol e fami li es put everythi ng they owned and coul d save i nto wagons. They helped one another cli m b the hi gh hi l s around the ci ty. N ever in al SanFrsncio’s histroy were her peopl e so kind as on that teribl e night. Unit 5 Elias’ story My nam e i s Eli as. I am a poor worker in SouthAfri ca. The ti me when I fi rst m et N el son Mandel a was a very di ffi cul t peri od of my l i fe. I was twelve years ol d. It was i n 1952 and Mandel a was the bl ack l awyer to whom I went for advice. He ofered gui dance to poor bl ack peopl e on thei r l egal problem s. H e was generous wi th hi s tim e, for whi ch I was grateful. I needed his hel p because I had very li ttl e education. I began school at si x. The school where I studi ed for onl y two years was three kil om eters away. I had to l eave because m y fam il y coul d not conti nue to pay the school fees and the bus fare. I coul d not read or wri te wel l. After tryi ng hard, I got a job i n a gol d m i ne. H owever, thi s was a tim e when one had to got to have a passbook to li ve i n Johannesburg. Sadl y I di d not have i t because I was not born there, and I wori ed about whether I woul d be e out of work. The day when N el son Mandel a hel ped m e was one of m y happiest. H e tol d me how to get the correct papers so I coul d stay i n Johannesburg. I becam e m ore hopeful about m y future. I never fot how ki nd Mandel a was. When he ani zed the AN C Youth League, I joi ned i t as soon as I coul d. H e sai d: “ The last thi rty years have seen the greatest num ber of laws stopping our ri ghts and progress, unti l today we have reached a stage where we have al m ost no ri ghts at al l. ” It was the truth. Bl ack peopl e coul d not vote or chose thei r leaders. They coul d not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town i n whi ch they had to l i ve were deci ded by white