奇速英语

海地地震五年后，人们的生活是怎样的呢？

This Monday marks five years since a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, which at least 230,000 people lost their lives.

It was January 12, 2010, just before 5 p.m., when the earthquake happened, tens of thousands of people died.

Anchor Katie Couric,a reporter, met 13-year-old Pierre Larousse. The skin on his forehead had been scraped away, and his leg was broken. Like so many children, Pierre had become an orphan in a moment that day.

Three months later, things looked hopeful for Pierre and for Haiti. He was eager to return to school and had plans to move in with his grandmother, the only family he had left. He was looking forward to rebuilding his life.

More than 9 billion dollars in aid were provided to help Haiti following the earthquake. Modern hospitals were being built, and plans for new housing were in the works.

Now, five years after the quake, Pierre, who had so much hope for a brighter future, refers to himself as a “street kid.” After his grandmother died, he was forced to beg for food to live. He was doing just that when he met Julienne, a young mother of two children, who gave him a roof over his head and something to eat.

In a small village 40 minutes outside of Port-au-Prince, Julienne’s home is four walls and a concrete floor. Pierre’s bed: a sheet on the floor that the boy shares with her two children.

Today, Pierre finds it hard to imagine a future for himself. His dreams of going back to school seem all but lost. This young boy, like millions of other Haitians, is still searching for “home.”