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i g quake whi ch was alm ost as strong as the fi rst one shook Tangshan. Som e of the rescue workers and doctors were traped under the rui ns. More bui l di ngs fel down. Water, fod, 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, 000 sol i ders to Tangshan to hel p the rescue workers. H undreds of thousands of peopl e were hel ped. The arm y ani zed team s to di g out those were trapped and。 16 實(shí)施品牌戰(zhàn)略 11 建議 6 項(xiàng)目主管單位 5 項(xiàng)目名稱 17 17 原料基地技術(shù)改造 even their horses were qui t. There were no shouts or peopl e doi ng crazy thi ngs. In al those terri bl e hours I saw not one wom an 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 mes whol e fami li es put everythi ng they owned and coul d save into wagons. They helped one another cli m b the high hi l s around the city. Never i n al SanFrsncio’s histroy were her peopl e so kind as on that terribl e night. Unit 5 Elias’ story My name i s El ias. I am a poor worker i n SouthAfri ca. The ti m e when I fi rst m et N el son Mandel a was a very di ffi cul t period of m y l ife. I was twel ve years ol d. It was i n 1952 and Mandela was the bl ack l awyer to whom I went for advi ce. H e offered 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 hi s hel p because I had very li ttl e education. I be gan 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 schol fees and the bus fare. I coul d not read or write wel l. After trying hard, I got a job i n a gol d m ine. H owever, thi s was a time when one had to got to have a passbook to li ve i n Johannesburg. Sadl y I did not have it because I was not born there, and I worri ed about whether I woul d be e out of work. The day when N elson Mandel a hel ped me was one of m y happi est. H e tol d m e 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 kind Mandel a was. When he ani zed the AN C Youth League, I joi ned it as soon as I coul d. H e sai d: “ The l ast thirty years have seen the greatest num ber of laws stopping our ri ghts and progress,until today we have reached a stage where we have alm ost no ri ghts at al . ” It was the truth. Bl ack peopl e coul d not vote or choose thei r l eaders. They coul d not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town i n whi ch they had to li ve were deci ded by whi te peopl e. The pl aces outsi de the towns where they were sent to li ve were the poorest parts of South Afri ca. N o one coul d grow food there,. In fact as N el son Mandel a sai d: “… We were put i nto a posi ti on i n whi ch we had either to accept we were l ess im portant, or fi ght the governm ent. We chose to attack the l aws. We fi rst broke the l aw i n a way whi ch was peaceful 。 6 可行性研究報(bào)告編制的依據(jù) 8 項(xiàng)目建設(shè)的目的及意義 14 16 建立營(yíng)銷體系 17 woul d never gi ve m il k agai n. H al f a mi l i on pi gs and m il i ons of chi ckens were dead. Sand now fi l ed the wel 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 fi rst one shook Tangshan. Som e of the rescue workers and doctors were traped under the rui ns. More bui l di ngs fel down. Water, fod, 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, 000 sol i ders to Tangshan to hel p the rescue workers. H undreds of thousands of peopl e were hel ped. The arm y 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, 000 m i ners were rescued from the coal mi nes there. Workers bui lt shel ters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the city by trai n, truck and plane. Sl owl y, the ci ty began to breathe agai n. A SAFE H OME It i s sad but that peopl e di e i n earthquakes from fal li ng furni ture and bricks. Earthquake safety i s very im portant and there i s m ore to it than just keepi ng buil di ngs from fal li ng down. So i f your hom e is 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 ls shoul d be especial y thi ck and strong. You al so have to make sure that there are bolts underneath your house. They are one of the most im portant ways of protecti ng a house. Make sure the bui l di ng has no breaken wi ndows and i s wel repaired. Second , l ook at the objects i n your house. Those i n the l i vi ng room , whi ch are the m ost l i kel y to hurt us, are puters, tel evisi ons and lam ps. They can be ti ed to tabl es or them so they won’t easil y move around. The kitchen, which is al so very dangerous, must 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 mi 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 ass can cause m any acci dents, . It is beter to use safety gl ass i f you can, especi al l y for pictures. 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 is gone. N othi ng is l eft of i