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Crisis
Crisis is to our life what illness is to our body. Just as fatal disease can destroy our body and sometimes even put an end to our lives, so does smashing crisis knock us down so hopelessly that we might never have chance of standing1 up again. However, most crises that frequent us in life are not such category. They, like occasional ailments2 which sometimes can bolster3 our body's immune system, are mostly minor4 and surmountable5 and therefore making us hardy6 enough to survive whatever adversities in our later life. Even those serious crises, if handled properly, can be turned to a blessing7 to us, too.
As far as a nation is concerned, crisis can be rendered beneficial. Take Wenchuan earthquake which shook most of Sichuan recently for example. The crisis has cost us Chinese a lot. Houses collapsed8, bridges broke down and many affected9 areas were cut off from the outside world. Nearly a million people lost their homes, ten thousands of people were injured and another ten thousands of people were killed. But our sufferings won't go in vain. Scientists are more determined10 to improve the means by which we forecast earthquakes with more accuracy. We should build houses which can survive the destructive earthquakes. And we also should better the mechanism11 to face the emergencies and crisis.
As for economic life, crises are not always rendered bad. During these times, we can stop the race of fast economy to speculate about some fundamental issues of humanity such as how much high-speed development in this way can contribute to the well-being12 of human life. Just take my own country for instance. Of course, in the past two decades or so, our economy has gained the highest speed man has experienced. But haven't we paid too much? Our rivers are polluted. Our natural resources are shrinking. Our national power of creation is drained. Is it worthy13 of it? Isn't it high time we gave it a serious thought? Shouldn't we stop making ourselves long in quantity and short in quality? And chance of deep thought has come with this crisis, which is now deepening in most parts of the world.
Crisis sometimes contributes to our life treasure in a way that few can imagine. It can weather us and make us strong enough to face ourselves when we feel weak. Eric, my uncle is a case in point. He had hard time in his childhood going through such a fatal disease that he had never thought he could survive. He was in due course saved by doctors. Ever since then he regarded his life as a second given by God and has been so grateful to the world that he has been doing whatever he can to give back in the same measure to other fellows. And now he is living a happy and successful life.
As a well-known ancient Chinese notion goes, the past lessons if not forgotten can be good teachers for us all. If we can bear in mind the various sufferings and ordeals14 we have experienced, then our sufferings will not go unrewarded and those of our compatriots who was killed in the earthquake did not die in vain. We should take the lessons from crisis and regard them as a chance for new growth.
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1 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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2 ailments | |
疾病(尤指慢性病),不适( ailment的名词复数 ) | |
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3 bolster | |
n.枕垫;v.支持,鼓励 | |
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4 minor | |
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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5 surmountable | |
可战胜的,可克服的 | |
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6 hardy | |
adj.勇敢的,果断的,吃苦的;耐寒的 | |
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7 blessing | |
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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8 collapsed | |
adj.倒塌的 | |
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9 affected | |
adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
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10 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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11 mechanism | |
n.机械装置;机构,结构 | |
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12 well-being | |
n.安康,安乐,幸福 | |
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13 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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14 ordeals | |
n.严峻的考验,苦难的经历( ordeal的名词复数 ) | |
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