Unit 4 Natural Disasters

Natural disasters£¬ like drought£¬flood£¬typhoons£¬ and earthquakes£¬ are becoming more frequent nowadays. All have bad effects on humans’ life£¬ making us suffer from terrible injuries and serious damage. The Tangshan earthquake in 1976 shocked the world then — about 90 percent of the homes in the city were destroyed£¬ and electricity was hard to get because power was cut off. A large city lay inruins. Millions of people were affected and had to face death. It seemed asif the world were coming to an end. Thankfully£¬ 150£¬000 soldiers were sent to start rescue work. They dug out those who were trapped£¬buried the dead and built shelters for those who survived the disaster. The tireless effortspaid off. Slowly£¬ the city began to breathe again.

In this fight£¬ humans showed great courage and wisdom. And what we learned from the disaster is to keep firstaidkitonhand in case of emergency. When a disaster strikes a place£¬ it’s usually difficult to deliver food and supplies within a short time£¬ but as long as we stay calm£¬ positive and united£¬ no disaster will defeat us.