【正文】 ay the school fees and the bus fare. I coul d not read or wri te wel. After tryi ng hard, I got a job i n a gol d mi ne. H owever, this 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 worri ed about whether I woul d be e out of work. The day when N elson Mandel a hel ped m e 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 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 l aws stoppi ng our ri ghts and progress, unti l today we have reached a stage where we have al most no ri ghts at al l. ” It was the truth. Black 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 in 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. No one coul d grow food there,. In fact as N el son Mandel a sai d: “… We were put into a posi ti on i n whi ch we had ei ther to accept we were l ess im portant, or fi ght the governm ent. We chose to attack the laws. We fi rst broke the l aw i n a way whi ch was peaceful。This i s a wonder ful place f or a pi ic,39。 I t coul dn39。 Bri nksley Meer s agreed. 39。t we e mor e 邊境地區(qū)專(zhuān)項(xiàng)轉(zhuǎn)移支付資金項(xiàng)目可行性研究報(bào)告 項(xiàng) 目 名 稱(chēng)： 睦倫 下者梅 中壩 鄉(xiāng)村公路建設(shè)項(xiàng)目 申 報(bào) 單 位（蓋章）： 木 央鎮(zhèn)人民 政府 聯(lián) 系 人： 周 靖 電 話： 08766440013 傳 真： 08766440012 編 寫(xiě) 時(shí) 間： 二 0 一 二 年 二 月 二十三 日 主 管 部 門(mén)： away. O nethird of the nati on felt i t . A huge crack that was ei ght ki l om etres l ong and thirty m etres wi de cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes i n 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 l ay i n rui ns. The sufferi ng of the peopl e was extrem e. Towthi rds of them di ed or were i njured duri ng the earthquake. Thounds of fami li es were kil l ed and many chi dren were l eft wi thout parents. The num ber of peopl e who were ki l ed or i njured reached more than 400, 000. But how coul d the survi vors bel i eve i t was natural ?Everywhere they l ooked nearl y everythi ng was destroyed. Al of the ci ty’s hospital s, 75%of its factories and buil dings and 90%of its hom es were gone. Bricks covered the ground like red autum n l eaves. N o wi nd, however, coul d bel ow they away. Two dam s and m ost of the bri dges also fel or were not safe for travel i ng. The rail way tracks were now useless pi eces of stel. Tens of thousands of cows woul d never gi ve m il k agai n. H al f a mi l i on pi gs and mi l 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 trapped 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 l hope was not l ost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150, 000 soli ders to Tangshan to hel p the rescue workers. H undreds of thousands of peopl e were hel ped. The arm y anized teams to dig out those were trapped and to bury the dead. To the north of the city, most of the 10, 000 mi ners were rescued from the coal m i nes there. Workers buil t shelters for survi vors whose hom es had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the ci ty by train, 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 i ng furni ture and bri cks. Earthquake safety i s very im portant and there i s m ore to i t than just keepi ng buil dings from fal li ng down. So i f your hom e i s i n an earthquake area, you shoul d prepare careful l y before the earthquake es. Fi rst, 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 bol ts underneath your house. They are one of the m ost im portant ways of protecting a house. Make sure the bui l di ng has no breaken wi ndows and i s wel repai red. Second ,l ook at the objects i n your house. Those i n the li vi ng room, which are the m ost l i kel y to hurt us, are puters, televisions 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 l the cupboards. Thi s is the pl ace where m any sm al l things 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 i s 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 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 l gone too. Wi thi n an hour after the earthquake, the sm oke of SanFrancio’s fires coul d been seen 160 kil om etres away. The sun is red in the dark sky. There was no stopping the fi res. There was no way to ani ze or m uni cate. The steel rai l way tracks were now us