Liao Bo hopes to go back to school as soon as possible.
HAVING correctly fitted himself into his artificial left leg, Liao Bo stood up and walked around for a few minutes. When a sudden stab of pain (刺痛) came, the 17-year-old had to stop. "It still doesn't work well," he said, with a trace of anxiety (一丝焦虑) on his face.
A lot can happen in a second. The May 12 earthquake turned this typical basketball-loving teenager into an amputee (截肢者), robbing him of both his friends and his left leg. It took six major operations to save what remains of Liao's leg above the knee.
Liao finally received his artificial leg on February 13, after spending nine months in hospital. His first excited thought, when he got the artificial leg, was that he would soon be able to go back to school! He did. He was even back in time to start the new semester. He is now a Senior 1 student at Beijing No 4 High School.
Liao says he likes his new school. His classmates, 48 in total, are "smart and versatile (多才多艺的)" he says, and everyone is nice to him. They remind him of his old classmates in Beichuan Middle School, who were as close as a family. Fifty-three of Liao's 69 classmates died in the earthquake. Only three of those who survived are healthy. They include Li Yang, who held a drip for Liao when he was buried below the rubble. Li is now a Senior 2 student at Beichuan, and Liao is thankful that he has a new "family".
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