A = Li Yulin B = Wang Ying
C = Lin Hong D = Wang Baozhan Who
said that...
A Li
Yulin The terrible earthquake still lingers in the memory of
Li Yulin even after 30 years. Li, 72, at that time Vice Chairman of the trade
union of Tangshan Coalmine, returned home at 11 on the night of July 27, 1976.
He was awakened when the earth thundered. "The sound was so frightening
that it still get me trembling when I recalled it," Li noted. He said he
realized it was an earthquake and immediately pulled his wife down, and they
laid flat on their faces beside the bed. "We were tossed in the air because of
the violent shaking, and our nerves were frazzled," Li recalled.
In less than 20 seconds, the house collapsed. A wardrobe supported
the fallen roof, however, Li managed to pull his wife and three children out of
the house. Finding a safe place for his family, Li ran to the mine, wearing
nothing but his underpants. He was worried about the 2, 000 miners who were
still working underground. "The night was dead quiet and I could even hear my
heartbeat. I felt as if I was alone in the world," Li said, "The railroad tracks
were twisted into an S-shape, and some were two meters above the
ground." After seeing that the miners were all safe, Li knew the
most .urgent thing was to report the disaster to higher authorities. Li,
together with three others, drove the only vehicle available, an ambulance, to
Beijing and informed the Central Government leaders of the situation, enabling
the government to send rescue teams to the spot at once.
B Wang Ying Wang Ying,
58, a teacher at the No. 9 Middle School in Tangshan, weeps when her terrible
experience in the earthquake is brought up again. Wang lost her legs during the
tragedy but her husband and daughter escaped unscathed. Her body suffered from
the aftereffects, so painful that she would bite her own fingers until they
bled. She screamed or sang while crying when she was alone to comfort herself.
However, the greater pain came from the hurt of her family. Several years after
the quake, her husband had a new lover and wanted a divorce. Wang begged him to
put off the split for the sake of their little daughter. But the husband
disagreed and vented his anger on the wife and daughter. Several times, Wang
thought about taking her own life. The depressed family
atmosphere began to affect the five-year-old girl, who also revealed her
suicidal thoughts in her dairy. "But what will happen to my mum if I die" the
riffle girl wrote in the dairy. Finally the love between mother and daughter
overcame the impetus toward death. After 10 years, Wang let her husband go, and
her daughter chose to live with her. Since the divorce, Wang has been working
harder to raise her daughter, who now is her only reason to stay alive. "However
much my body aches, I insist on cooking for my daughter and never let my
daughter feel distressed," Wang said. Wang’s wholehearted
devotion pays off. Though she could have found a better job after graduation
from university, the daughter took a job where Wang worked to take better care
of her mother.
C Liu
Hong Lin Hong was nine when his parents died in the
earthquake, Liu doesn’t recall much about the quake. "It’s like a baffle in a
dream," he said, adding that he woke up to find himself lying in the
ruins. Liu then lived with his grandparents. His grandfather
just told him that his parents had gone to a faraway place for a rescue mission
and wouldn’t come back soon. Liu had a bad feeling about that, but he remained
silent. Three months later, Lin went back to school. There was nothing left of
the classroom except a piece of blackboard. Several of Liu’s friends had died in
the quake, and more than 10 classmates became orphans. Lin
devoted all his time to studying and barely spoke to others. It was not until he
went to high school that he began to open his heart and try to communicate with
people. Lin later went to the same college that both of his parents had
attended, Hebei Medical University. After graduation, he went to work in
Tangshan Workers’ Hospital, where his father used to work.
D Wang Baozhan The earthquake
left Wang Baozhan paralyzed. He was only 19. Wang had to be moved to a nursing
home for earthquake victims. The disaster left 3,817 victims paralyzed like
Wang, spending the rest of their lives in a wheelchair. Survival
was not a problem for Wang in the nursing home. He managed to find a job outside
the home and went to work in his wheelchair every day. "I don’t want to live a
pointless life, I want it to be better," he said. Wang’s life
changed greatly three years later when he met a woman Zhu Deqin, who was five
years older than him and had lost her legs in the disaster. Their love story was
simple, more about mutual caring and encouragement. They had been in love for
nine years and for a time they thought about getting married but did not because
they didn’t have a hour. In 1991, the local government invested 400,000 yuan, in
addition to an additional 800,000-yuan donation, to build a community for
housing earthquake victims. The same year, the Tangshan Civil Affairs Bureau
held a wedding ceremony for 10 couples, including Wang and Zhu. ·hey were
thrown into the air because of the violent shaking and they
71. ______. were unable to know what to do
·the greater
pain came from the hurt of the family after the earthquake 72.
______. ·he was still a small boy when both his parents died in the
earthquake 73. ______. and he is told that his parents
went to rescue the survivals
·there was no less than 20 seconds when his house
collapsed 74.
______. ·he didn’t want to live a pointless life, he wanted it to be better
75. ______. ·he went to the same college that both
of his parents had attended 76. ______. ·the
love has got paid off because the daughter came back to the same
77. ______. school in order to take care of her mother after the
graduation ·the local government invested some money to build houses for the
78. ______. earthquake victims ·the
most urgent thing was to report the disaster to higher authorities
79. ______. ·the earthquake left 3,817 victims paralyzed, they have to
live the 80. ______. rest of their lives in
wheelchairs