【正文】 ey were sent to li ve were the poorest parts of South Afri ca. No one could grow food there,. In fact as Nelson Mandel a sai d: “… We were put i nto a posi ti on i n which we had ei ther to accept we were l es im portant, or fi ght the governm ent. We chose to atack the laws. We fi rst broke the l aw in a way which was peaceful 。Thi s is a wonder ful pl ace for a pi ic,39。 Brinksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。 when thi s was not al l owed… onl y then di d we deci de to answer violence wi th vi ol ence. ” As a m atter of fact, I do not li ke vi ol ence… but i n 1963 I helped him bl ow up som e governm ent buil di ngs. It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison. But I was very happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of m aking black and white people equal . The rest of Eli as’ story You cannot i magi ne how the name of Roben Isl and made us afrai d. It was a prison from which no one escaped. There I spent the hardest time of my l ife. But when I got there Nelson Mandel a was al so there and he hel ped me. Mr Mandela began a schol for those of us who had li tle l earning. We read boks under our blankets and used anythi ng we coul d find to make candles to se the words. I became a good student. I wanted to study away. Onethird of the nati on fel t it . A huge crack that was ei ght kil om etres l ong and thi rty m etres wi de cut across houses,roads and canal s. Steam burst from holes in the ground. H ard hil ls of rock becam e ri vers of di rt. In fi fteen terri bl e seconds a l arge lay in rui ns. The sufferi ng of the people was extrem e. Towthi rds of them di ed or were i njured duri ng the earthquake. Thounds of famil i es were kil l ed and m any chidren were left wi thout parents. The number of peopl e who were kil ed or i njured reached m ore than 400,000. But how coul d the survivors believe it was natural ?Everywhere they l ooked nearl y everything was destroyed. Al l of the city’s hospi tal s, 75%of i ts factori es and buil dings and 90% of i ts homes were gone. Bri cks covered the ground l ike red autumn l eaves. N o wind, however,coul d bel ow they away. Two dam s and m ost of the bri dges also fel or were not safe for traveli ng. The rai l way tracks were now usel es pi eces of steel. Tens of thousands of cows woul d never gi ve mi l k agai n. Hal f a mi li on pi gs and mil li ons of chi ckens were dead. Sand now fi l ed the wel ls 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 shok Tangshan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were traped under the rui ns. More buil di ngs fel down. Water,food, and el etri ci 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, 00 sol i ders to Tangshan to help the rescue workers. H undreds of thousands of peopl e were hel ped. The army ani zed team s to di g out those were trapped and to bury the dead. To the north of the ci ty, m ost of the 10, 00 mi ners were rescued from the coal mi nes there. Workers bui lt shel ters for survi vors whose hom es had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the city by train,truck and pl ane. Sl owl y, the ci ty began to breathe again. A SAFE HOME It is sad but that peopl e di e in earthquakes from fal ing furniture and bri cks. Earthquake safety i s very important and there is more to i t than just keeping bui ldi ngs from fal li ng down. So i f your hom e i s i n an earthquake area, you shoul d prepare careful y before the earthquake es. Fi rst, m ake sure you buy a house which i s earthquake safe. Al l pi pes should be fi xed to the wal and al wal s shoul d be especi al l y thick and strong. You al so have to m ake sure that there are bol ts underneath your house. They are one of the most im portant ways of protecting a house. Make sure the buil ding has no breaken wi ndows and i s wel l repai red. Second ,l ook at the objects i n your house. Those i n the l ivi ng room, whi ch are the m ost l ikely to hurt us, are puters, tel evisions and l am ps. They can be tied to tabl es or them so they won’t easil y m ove around. The kitchen, whi ch i s al so very dangerous, m ust have strong doors on al the cupboards. This i s the place where m any sm al l thi ngs are stored that mi ght fal l down. The water heater shoul d have a case round i t to. Windows are special probl em. When they break, gl as can cause m any acci dents,. It is beter to use safety gl ass if you can, especi al 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 Never before i n hi story has a ci ty ben so pletel y destroyed. San Franci sco is gone. N othi ng i s l eft of i t but mem ori es and som e houses far from the centre of the city. Its buniness are gone. The factori es, hotel sand pal ace are al gone too. Withi n an hour after the earthquake, the sm oke of SanFrancio’s fires coul d been seen 160 kil om etres away. The sun i s red i n the dark sky. There was no stoping the fi res. There was no way to ani ze or m uni cate. The steel rail way tracks were now usel es. And the great pi pes for carryi ng water under the strets had burst. Al l of the ways m an had m ade to kep the ci ty safe were gone in the thi rty second the earth m oved. O ut at sea it was calm. No wi nd cam e up. Yet from every directioneast,weast,north, andsouth, strong wi nds blew upon the unl ucky ci ty. Man him sel f had to make rui ns of the city’s best buil dings so that they woul d not be a danger to those in the streets. A list of buil dings undesteryed was now only a few addreses. A li st of the brave m en and the women woul d fi l a li brary. A li st of al those kil ed wi l never be m ade. Am azi ng as i t m ay seem , Wednesday ni ght was a qui et ni ght. There were no crowds. The poli cem