Chinadaily-Feb. 9, 2023. Civilian rescue workers across the nation are rushing to join China’s official rescue team to find 【小题1】 (survive) from the ruins of destroyed buildings in Turkey, hit by a major earthquake of 7.8 magnitude (震级) on Monday, Feb. 6th.

【小题2】 powerful earthquake caused severe and widespread destruction and damage in Turkey and neighboring Syria at 4:17 am local time on Monday, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, 【小题3】 (claim) more than 11,000 lives in the two nations as of Wednesday.

Many civilian teams actively joined rescue work 【小题4】 China increased its aid to Turkey and neighboring Syria. Among the civilian teams that left for Turkey on Wednesday 【小题5】 (be) Blue Sky Rescue, a nonprofit Chinese civilian organization, 【小题6】 members come from provincial-level regions of China. Besides, the China’s 82-member official rescue team, with large amounts of disaster relief materials and equipment 【小题7】 board, landed in Adana in southern Turkey at 4:30 am local time on Wednesday. The Chinese team, with certification from the UN, 【小题8】 (consist) of high-quality and well-equipped personnel with the capacity to carry out search and rescue operations 【小题9】 (efficient) at the same time in two locations. Overseas branches of Chinese companies are also lending a helping hand. Chinese machinery giant Xu-Zhou Construction Machinery Group has assigned its branch in Turkey to join the relief efforts, with dozens of pieces of equipment stationed 【小题10】 (help) in the rescue work.

A unique exhibition of paintings opened at the Shanghai Mental Health Center on Thursday—all the 49 paintings are created by three hospitalized artists with schizophrenia (精神分裂).

With the theme of “loud hailer”, the exhibition offers people with the mental disorder a chance to express themselves artistically and allows their voice 【小题1】(hear) by the public, officials from the center said. This can arouse 【小题2】(aware) and promote better understanding and support for people with mental diseases, they added.

“Loud hailer means two-way communication. These paintings are created by patients 【小题3】have been hospitalized for a long time. They live in a 【小题4】(relative) closed environment. So we want to use this exhibition to achieve communication between these hospitalized artists 【小题5】the audience,” said Chen Mengyuan, the curator.

Dr Xie Bin from the Shanghai Mental Health Center said the exhibition also aims to remove the stigma (污名) attached   【小题6】 people with schizophrenia.

“We hope more people with mental disease will become 【小题7】(scholar), artists and even great scientists like John Nash through medical treatment and a good 【小题8】(society) environment.”

Nash was an American mathematician who 【小题9】(award) the 1994 Nobel Prize for Economics and whose life as 【小题10】schizophrenia patient was described in the movie A Beautiful Mind, based on his book of the same name.

A civilian rescue team of named Ramunion from Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province is expected to arrive in Turkey on Wednesday, with an advance team【小题1】 (consist) of eight experts with rich international earthquake rescue experiences.Thisis【小题2】first Chinese civilian assistance force sent to Turkey,【小题3】a series of earthquakes destroyed parts of the region.

The advance team is equipped with【小题4】(advance) radar life-searching instruments, and other rescue【小题5】(equip)and a search and rescue canine(犬)．

Deng Boqing, vice chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA),said in an interview that Chinese government 【小题6】(immediate) launched its emergency humanitarian assistance mechanism to provide emergency aid to Turkey and Syria.

China announced 40 million yuan ($5.8 million) of emergency assistance to Turkey and the dispatch of a rescue and medical team. It will also provide Syria       【小题7】emergency aid, according to the CIDCA.

Chinese【小题8】(citizen) in Turkey have volunteered for disaster relief, and relief materials including tents, sleeping bags and blankets 【小题9】(expect)to be distributed on Tuesday.

More than 4,000 people have been killed and nearly 20,000 people injured after two【小题10】(power) earthquakes rocked Turkey and Syria, according to media reports.