Student's English name: Corbin
Article title: Tensions Mount in Devastated Capital as Nations Step Up Aid Pledges to Haiti
Source of article: The New York Times
Name of article writer: Marc Lacey
Date of article: 14 Jan 2010
Summary:
This article mainly talks about the big earth-quake happened in Haiti. This earth-quake nearly destroyed the capital city of Haiti -- Port-Au-Prince and left continuous sorrows to those Haitians. It has already been 2 days, many people are still being buried under collapsed houses and waiting for help. However, people buried can only be alive for about 3 days, there is just 1 day left. Moreover, children are more likely to die from the earth-quake and 40% to 50% of the populations in Haiti are children, so lives of those kids are worried by lots of people. Luckily, the United Nation has already began to help find those people and peacekeeping troops has been sent there to handle the unrest. The US government also says that it will try to help Haiti and promises $100 million in aid. Now, rescue teams are still trying to save more people.
Reflection:
After reading this article, I find that people are always very helpless when faced with those kinds of natural disasters and especially people in rather poor countries suffer the most. I think there are two reasons: firstly, governments do not pay much attention to the construction of buildings and people live in the houses with poor condition. Secondly, governments do not react efficiently after the earth-quake and lead the death of such a great number of people. In fact, I experienced the big earth quake happened in Sichuan in 2008. Though, I did not suffer anything because I lived in Chengdu, I still felt very nervous every day. The frequently happened aftershocks and a lot of kinds of rumours really scared me a lot. And I really realized that people's lives were rather fragile, what we should do was to live fulfillingly and happily everyday.
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Life is fragile in front of the nature.People should hold nature in awe and respect.Facing the disaster,people all over the world need to be united to help save the people in danger and in poverty.Only in this way,can we truly build a world which belongs to everyone.
ReplyDeleteHeal the world,and make it a better place.
The miserable scene in Haiti reminds me of the big earthquake in China, Sichuan province , at that time the whole country tied together to fight with the disaster,and we supported each other like brothers and sisters. I feel very sad about the people in Haiti as well. And I was happy to hear that Chinese government has taken actions to help the people there.I hope people in Haiti hold on and get recovered soon!
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Irene's comment:
ReplyDelete12 January 2010, a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake in Haiti shocked the world. As a chinese student, I am not unfamiliar with earthquake. The earthquake happening in Sichuan Province of China last year left a deep impression on me. However I never expect the similar disaster would happen again. But it did happen in Haiti. With no doult, the destroyed cities and uncountable victims has put this poor country in despair. And in Haiti, after earthquake, the situation has been out of control. Haiti's misery tounched everyone's heart. But I think it is not the time to be sad or blame anyone. After all, the people alive is who we need to protect and help immediately. Thankfully international aid is working. The UN is playing the main role in rescue work now. But we still need do more and the people in Haiti also needs more courage and hope.
365 said...
ReplyDeleteTime does not always heal old sores, whenever we lost our loved ones, it will take a long time to recover, even no possibility to recover. We care for others, no return,because the feeling is from the bottom of our heart. However ,there are people who take advantage of the diaster, to make money, to make riot. They lost the basic moral values being a humanbeing
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