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　　“Is she still alive?Where is she?I want to see her at once!”

　　Jiang Dejia, a Junior 2 student in Shifang Yinghua Middle School in Deyang, said this when she was rescued from the rubble(瓦砾)of a school building hit by the May 12 earthquake．

　　“She”is a Jmlior 3 girl from the same school, called Liao Li, who was also buried in the rubble．

　　Jiang and Liao didn’t know each other before the earthquake．But they encouraged each other to keep going during the two scary days．

　　Later Liao was rescued too．

　　“We were on the edge of death but friendship got us through．I’ll never forget it as long as I live．”said Jiang．

　　Hundreds of thousands of students like Jiang and Liao were in the same situation on May 12．On that day, the biggest earthquake in China for more than 30 years hit Wenehuan, Sichuan．Several thousand middle school students and teachers ended up buried．Buildings went down and cities were leveled(夷平)．

　　As from Friday the earthquake has killed about 23, 000 people across the country．The number is very likely to grow．

　　While people in those areas are facing death and disease, they know the whole nation is standing firmly behind them．

　　Only two hours after the quake．Premier Wen Jiabao got on a plane to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province．Premier Wen has been in the worst－hit areas to lead rescue work．

　　Soldiers and policemen were not able to get into Wenchuan at first because of rainy weather and blocked roads．About one day after the quake．the first army group reached the epicenter(震中)on foot．Since then, soldiers have been digging with their fingers to try to find people alive．Helicopters(直升机)have been called in to airdrop food, water and medicine for people in the quake-hit areas．Medical teams have been sent in．People are racing against time to save lives．

　　People outside of Sichuan．including overseas Chinese and people in other countries, are offering money, blood and materials(物资)to help．

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　　We were on a visit to Monkey Island．Jim thought we should try water skiing(滑水)．We can get a boat and skis at Monkey Island．

　　“Don't go water skiing near Monkey Island today, ” said the woman standing near the boats．“There might be sharks(鲨鱼)in the water．”

　　“I don't think so．” said Jim who thought he knew everything．

　　“I wouldn't go water skiing in the sea near Monkey Island today, ” said the man with the woman．“They saw sharks in the water yesterday．”

　　“The sharks won't hurt me, ” said Jim with a big smile on his face．

　　Another man getting out of a boat said, “I'm sure we just saw a shark in the water a few minutes ago．”

　　“Don't worry about me, ” said Jim．“I don't worry about sharks．”

　　Jim and his two friends, Bill and Bruce pushed the boat into the water．Jim was driving the boat．He drove very fast and sprayed water on everyone standing near the boat．

　　Jim drove the boat to the middle of the sea near Monkey Island．Everyone could see him and the boat．He wanted to show everyone how well he could water ski．

　　“You drive the boat, Bill, ” Jim said．“Bruce, you watch me and the rope while I water ski．”

　　“What about the sharks? ” asked Bill．

　　“Forget about the sharks, ” said Jim．“I'm not afraid of sharks．”

　　Jim got into the water．He was putting his feet in the water skis．Then Jim felt something large and hard touch his leg as it swam past him．Suddenly, a brown fin(鳍)moved through the water towards Jim．

　　Later, when Bill and Bruce stopped laughing, they said, “We never saw anyone move so fast! You were running on top of the water to get back in the boat! You even left the water skis in the water．

　　“There it is again! Shark! Shark! ” cried Jim．

　　Everyone laughed-even the people standing on shore．

　　The dolphin(海豚)came to surface again, took a deep breath, smiled at Jim and went back down into the deep water．

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