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Unit4ANIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN’TSLEEP

StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheastHebei.Forthreedaysthewaterinthevillagewellsroseandfell.Farmersnoticedthatthewellwallshaddeepcracksinthem.Asmellygascameoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide.Fishjumpedoutoftheirbowlsandponds.Atabout3:

00amonJuly28,1976,somepeoplesawbrightlightsinthesky.ThesoundofplanescouldbeheardoutsidethecityofTangshanevenwhennoplaneswereinthesky.Inthecity,thewaterpipesinsomebuildingscrackedandburst.Buttheonemillionpeopleofthecity,whothoughtlittleoftheseevents,wereasleepasusualthatnight.

At3:

42ameverythingbegantoshake.Itseemedasiftheworldwasatanend!

Elevenkilometresdirectlybelowthecityoneofthegreatestearthquakesofthe20thcenturyhadbegun.ItwasfeltinBeijing,whichismorethantwohundredkilometresaway.One-thirdofthenationfeltit.Ahugecrackthatwaseightkilometreslongandthirtymetreswidecutacrosshouses,roadsandcanals.Steamburstfromholesintheground.Hardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirt.Infifteenterriblesecondsalargecitylayinruins.Thesufferingsofthepeoplewasextreme.Two-thirdsofthemdiedorwereinjuredduringtheearthquake.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorseriouslyinjuredreachedmorethan400,000.

Buthowcouldthesurvivorsbelieveitwasnatural?

Everywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyed.Allofthecity’shospital,75％ofitsfactoriesandbuildingsand90％ofitshomesweregone.Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves.Nowind,however,couldblowthemaway.Twodamsfellandmostofthebridgesalsofellorwerenotsafefortravelling.Therailwaytrackswerenowuselesspiecesofsteel.Tensofthousandsofcowswouldnevergivemilkagain.Halfamillionpigsandmillionsofchickensweredead.Sandnowfilledthewellsinsteadofwater.Peoplewereshocked.Then,laterthatafternoon,anotherbigquakewhichwasalmostasstrongasthefirstoneshookTangshan.Water,food,andelectricitywerehardtoget.Peoplebegantowonderhowlongthedisasterwouldlast.

Allhopewasnotlost.Soonafterthequakes,thearmysent150,000soldierstoTangshantohelptherescueworkers.Hundredsofthousandsofpeoplewerehelped.Thearmyorganizedteamstodigoutthosewhoweretrappedandtoburythedead.Tothenorthofthecity,mostofthe10,000minerswererescuedfromthecoalminesthere.Workersbuiltsheltersforsurvivorswhosehomeshadbeendestroyed.Freshwaterwastakentothecitybytrain,truckandplane.Slowly,thecitybegantobreatheagain.