1、    It so happens that while we in China are organized to fight the worst snow disaster in memory, many people in the United States are celebrating the 30^th   21   of anther snow crisis.

Going down in history as the “Great Blizzard(暴风雪) of 1978”, the “white hurricane” that   22   North America in late January and early February 30 years ago   23   many Americans with no power, no heat, and no transportation for days or weeks on   24  . People were trapped in their houses or offices or on roads. A state of emergency was   25   in several states, and National Guard troops were called in to aid   26   people on highways.

Many Americans who lived through the blizzard have never forgotten it, nor will the Chinese people   27   their snow disaster 30 years later.

Statistics show that the 1978 blizzard   28   $500 million in damages to Massachusetts alone. It is not yet known how much the ongoing snow disaster will   29   China, but it is certain we will be hit harder since it struck right in the middle of the peak travel time for the country’s most important festival. And the snowstorms have hit parts of the country where such weather is   30  .

What is noteworthy is the similarity of the challenges posed by the two crises, though they are separated by three decades.