双语：中国在地震废墟中找到力量和希望

　　Chinese find strength and hope in earthquake rubble

　　Kai-Fu Lee

　　李开复

　　Wednesday, May 28, 2008

　　2008年5月28日

　　San Francisco Chronicle

　　旧金山纪事报

　　On May 12, 2008, an earthquake of 8 magnitude struck in Sichuan. Everyone in China was shocked, and quickly became heartbroken as reported deaths climbed from 10,000 to 32,000 to more than 62,000 people. The death toll is still rising, and the number of injured and missing is many times more.

　　2008年5月12日，中国四川发生了里氏8级的大

　　The Chinese people faced this disaster with compassion and courage. I was touched by the teacher who died forming a bridge with his body between two desks, protecting four surviving students under him, by the trapped child who told the rescue workers to save others first, and by the dying mother who texted her baby, "My Treasure: If you survive, always remember I love you." She died using her own body to shield her 3-month-old from harm. But don't worry about this baby growing up without a family. Thousands of families in China have already volunteered to adopt earthquake orphans.

　　中国人民用爱心和勇气来面对这场灾难。我被种种场面感动：一位遇难的老师，他把自己架在两个课桌之间，像一座桥的样子，保护着身下4名后来获救的学生；一名被困的孩子，告诉赶到的救援人员首先去救其他的人；一位母亲，她把才出生3月大的孩子护在自己的身体下面，临死之前，她给她的孩子留下了这样的话：“亲爱的宝贝：如果你能活着，一定要记住我爱你”。这位母亲不用担心她的小孩会在一个没有家庭的环境中长大，中国已经有成千上万个家庭申请领养地震孤儿。

　　And the Chinese people faced this disaster with resourcefulness and tenacity. A brave executive took his weekend SUV, drove hundreds of miles, started digging, and saved several lives. A child used his hands to dig out two fellow students. His hands were severely injured, but his friends survived. Cab drivers turned their cars into ambulances and delivery trucks. More than 100,000 brave soldiers risked (and some gave) their lives to find every survivor.

　　中国人民用智慧和勇气来面对这场灾难。一个勇敢的白领开着他的周末越野车驱车数百公里赶到灾区帮助挖掘，营救了数条生命；一个小孩用他的双手挖出了2名同学，他的手严重受伤，然而他的伙伴得救了；出租车司机把他们的车变成了救护车和运货卡车；超过1万个英勇的士兵冒着生命危险寻找每一位幸存者，他们中有些已经牺牲了。