ChinesePremierWenJiabaopromisedthatthecountrywouldtakeactionstoimproveschoolbussafetyonSundayadayafterChinasawitssecondterribleschoolbusaccidentinNovember2011.
“Schoolbusesshouldbesafemobilecampuses(校园)forstudents”thepremiersaidatanationalmeetingonwomenandchildren“Society(社会)shouldrememberinmindthatchildrenshouldbethefirsttoenjoyallkindsofsocialcaringandthelastonestosufferfromanydisaster.”
SchoolbuseshavebecomeahottopicinChinasincethedeathsof21peopleincluding19pre-schoolstudentsinatrafficaccidentbetweenatruckandaschool-ownedminibusinGansuprovinceonNov.162011.Thenine-seatminibuswascarrying64peopleatthetimeoftheaccidentaccordingtothereports.
ThesecondaccidentinwhichaschoolbusinthenorthernprovinceofLiaoningrolledoveronFridayleft35peopleinjuredaccordingtoChinaDaily.
“Inrecentdaysaseriesofbigaccidentsinvolvingschoolbuseshasledtogreatangeramongthepeople.Theseaccidentshavealsomademeuncomfortable”saidMrWanganoldteacherfromJiangsu.Andhealsothoughtthatschoolbussafetymustbecomeaseriousproblemforschoolsandthegovernment.
PremierWenhasalreadyaskedthegovernmenttodevelopnewsafetystandard(标准)forschoolbusesandmadesuretohelplocalgovernmentwithsafebusesforschool-agechildren.
小题1:HowmanyseatsdidtheminibusinGansuprovincehavebeforeitwasturnedintoaschoolbus?