“I just want to drink a coke now...” a fragile voice said by a little girl who was just saved out from the ruin. It was the earthquake that made this girl lies down in the ruin for several days without eating or drinking anything. The 2008 Szechwan earthquake was a deadly earthquake that killed at least 68,000 people. Have you ever thought about something that touched your heart deeply? For me, it was the great Szechwan earthquake which shocked me and made me sad for a long time. It didn't only touch me, but also my family and the whole country. It made my family and me reflect a lot.
The event inspired my family and me to be enthusiastic to help people. After that day, all of the news was about the earthquake. Many organizations were built to organize people to donate things or money to help the survivors. "We should do something!" My father said. "We can't just sit here and watch how it gets worse!" My mother said with tears in her eyes. A warm-hearted action began at my home. We took out some clothes and some other things that we thought were useful to the victims, and then packed them and took them to the donation place to donate them. It made us feel pleasant after doing these things because we did help people.
Also, the event made us students more united. After the earthquake happened, some positive actions occurred on our campus. We made a donation box to call for contributions from other students. Many donated money immediately. Besides, thousands of students brought candles to the square. We lit up the candles and put them on the ground, arranging them to be heart shape. Then we prayed for the victims. Not only our school students did these activities, almost every school students across the country took actions like these.
In addition, this earthquake changed my perspective of life. Before the earthquake happened, I didn't care about my life. I didn't treasure anything I had. Until this event happened, I began to think about things that I never thought were very important. Life is fragile. Some parents lost their children and looked for them in the ruins. One mother used her back to prop up the heavy wall in order to protect her baby; then the mother died and the baby survived. A husband carried his dead wife on his back to walk back to their hometown which was very far from the epicenter. A woman drank her blood to survive under the rubble because she clearly knew that she still had a son in other city that needed her. After knowing so many touching stories in that earthquake, I really reflected that I should treasure what I had. I had a complete family, I had a chance to study in school, and I can even survive in the wonderful world.
If someone asked me what made me grow up a lot, I would say it was the Szechwan earthquake. When I close my eyes to think about this event, the scenes of the broken buildings and the anxious faces appear. This event took up space in my mind. It made my family and me treasure each other more. It also made me realize how important life was, and treasure whatever I had. Besides, it made our nation more united. This event will be kept in my mind forever.
“I just want to drink a coke now...” a fragile voice said by a little girl who was just saved out from the ruin. It was the earthquake that made this girl lies down in the ruin for several days without eating or drinking anything. The 2008 Szechwan earthquake was a deadly earthquake that killed at least 68,000 people. Have you ever thought about something that touched your heart deeply? For me, it was the great Szechwan earthquake which shocked me and made me sad for a long time. It didn't only touch me, but also my family and the whole country. It made my family and me reflect a lot. 
The event inspired my family and me to be enthusiastic to help people. After that day, all of the news was about the earthquake. Many organizations were built to organize people to donate things or money to help the survivors. "We should do something!" My father said. "We can't just sit here and watch how it gets worse!" My mother said with tears in her eyes. A warm-hearted action began at my home. We took out some clothes and some other things that we thought were useful to the victims, and then packed them and took them to the donation place to donate them. It made us feel pleasant after doing these things because we did help people. 
Also, the event made us students more united. After the earthquake happened, some positive actions occurred on our campus. We made a donation box to call for contributions from other students. Many donated money immediately. Besides, thousands of students brought candles to the square. We lit up the candles and put them on the ground, arranging them to be heart shape. Then we prayed for the victims. Not only our school students did these activities, almost every school students across the country took actions like these. 
In addition, this earthquake changed my perspective of life. Before the earthquake happened, I didn't care about my life. I didn't treasure anything I had. Until this event happened, I began to think about things that I never thought were very important. Life is fragile. Some parents lost their children and looked for them in the ruins. One mother used her back to prop up the heavy wall in order to protect her baby; then the mother died and the baby survived. A husband carried his dead wife on his back to walk back to their hometown which was very far from the epicenter. A woman drank her blood to survive under the rubble because she clearly knew that she still had a son in other city that needed her. After knowing so many touching stories in that earthquake, I really reflected that I should treasure what I had. I had a complete family, I had a chance to study in school, and I can even survive in the wonderful world. 
If someone asked me what made me grow up a lot, I would say it was the Szechwan earthquake. When I close my eyes to think about this event, the scenes of the broken buildings and the anxious faces appear. This event took up space in my mind. It made my family and me treasure each other more. It also made me realize how important life was, and treasure whatever I had. Besides, it made our nation more united. This event will be kept in my mind forever.
The earthquake of Sichuan Province broke the hearts of all of people in China. You cannot imagine that destroy everything just spend a few seconds. I hope that the people of Sichuan Province will get the God's blessing and rebuild homes very quickly.
ReplyDeleteyeah, I hope so! I was very sad about the earthquake! I never imagined this kind of thing happened until the earthquake occurred. It made me sad for a long time...I hope this kind of thing will never happen!
ReplyDeleteI've never experienced earthquake, but I can imagine how cruel it is. Your essay reminds me of recent earthquake in Japan. They might go through the same difficulties as Chinese in Szechwan did. I hope that everything will be taken care of soon in Japan.
ReplyDeleteI have never experience a earthquake either. I don't know how to feel. Anyway, there's a lot of earthquake in China and many family need to face family departure. I think it's sad and horrible inside me because the children lose their parents.
ReplyDeleteYour essay made me very emotional and i was ammazed with the cases you menyion about the survivers. I haven't been in an earthquake but i hope one day this will not affect you much.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the natural disaster that kills people coldly. Like the one that happened in Japan. I got on the Internet everyday and I saw news all about it. What we can help was only to donate our stuff or money to them.
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