When I was a boy, our big family would sometimes gather (聚集) together at my aunt's tiny house over the summer. 1 from all over the country would come in to 2. The adults would sit together in the living room to 3 and catch up on each other's lives. The kids would be sent out into the front yard to 4 while dinner was cooking for all of us.
We would play a good old-fashioned game of tag (捉人游戏). I remember one of those times 5. I was the youngest and smallest of all the kids there so I got 6 first and couldn't catch anyone else. Hard as I ran after my brothers and cousins, they were all too 7 for me. I grew more and more8 .
As I sat thinking how I could 9this difficult game, a good 10came to me. I aimed at one of my brothers. Unluckily, I 11. I got up with tears in my eyes. Then things started to 12. I saw one of my cousins whom I met for the first time standing there. She 13 to run but was going much slower than before. I 14 caught up and tagged her. Then she 15 to me and smiled, "You'd better run!" I ran off laughing 16she turned and started to run after others.
Now I see how her act of17 that day saved me from 18and returned me to joy. Although we hardly ever 19each other, we were family and she loved me. I always remember what she did for me and would try my best to share
20 with everyone.
About 400 people were brought together in some 20 positions throughout Stanford to carry out an earthquake drill (演习).
The earthquake drill was a year in the planning. It included both Stanford University and Stanford Medicine emergency operation (行动) centers. The university frequently practices emergency plans, but this drill was different from the earlier ones.
This drill asked the university to consider how everyone in the school took on duty after an earthquake. How would Stanford continue to feed thousands of people and take action in the face of damage to the university? How would it answer the thousands of people who called the university and who were worried about their loved ones?
"We wanted to create an experience centering mainly on recovery (恢 复), rather than the immediate life safety you would experience right after an earthquake," said Keith Perry, university emergency manager and training and communications manager for Environmental Health and Safety.
The actions of all the people surprised Police Chief Laura Wilson, whose job was to manage the many people in the main EOC in the Faculty Club. "I really wanted to express my thanks to the teamwork of everyone," she said. "My job was made much easier by the fact that people practice and know what to do. This is a finely honed (打磨) machine."
Peter is an experienced worker of Stanford Medicine EOC. He believes that with each drill carried out, people get better at protecting public safety, repairing the damage to the university and quickly returning the university to normal teaching and researching activities. "I think everyone learned a lot today," he said.
