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What can people do when natural disasters (灾难) happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to 1 after the disasters.
Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and 2 raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used 3 instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.Schools 4 and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n) 5 world.
Because of the flood, lots of 6 broke out. Some people 7 . The soil and other things made the water become very, very 8 . That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the 9 was still high. The hot weather and dirty water 10 the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for 11 .
When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 12 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very 13 , I think.We had to 14 our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just
15 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.
