Qarshi muhandislik iqtisodiyot instituti ingliz tili fanidan I kurs talabalarining II semestrda

A MONUMENT OF FRIENDSHIP

It was on April 26, 1966 when a heavy earthquake awoke the citizens of Tashkent. It was a deep night and people were sleeping and couldn’t understand what was happening. The houses were shaking and crushing and people began to run out with sleeping children in their arms. When morning came many people became homeless and almost all the buildings were dangerous for life.

The earthquake ruined the city. People were living in tents and in the open air. It seemed that it was impossible to rebuild a new city. But the heroic people of the city with the help of people from different republics began to rebuild it.

For several years after the earthquake the people of the city were reconstructing the old buildings and were building new ones and in some years the city became hardly recognizable.

New wide streets appeared in the city. Its squares, big blocks of flats, fine houses and offices are very beautiful. The building teams from all the republics were taking part in the reconstruction of Tashkent.

In the very centre of the city there is a monument of friendship of those who helped to rebuild the city. Tashkent citizens are great patriots of their city and they will be working much to make it more beautiful and comfortable.