As officials assess the damage, Chief Fiu John Saelua says people of the village are optimistic, despite their losses.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

And that was the case in our village because there wasn't a bridge across the river, and there was a little boat would take people across this awesome, swirling,dangerous river.

那就是我们村的情况,在河面上没有桥,那儿有一条小船可以载人通过那条,水波滔天的危险的河

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

But they kept that village just the way it was, and they built one next to it. In about 1952 some people, about your age, started to party, and somebody came out with a gun and said we don't party in Oradour-sur-Glane.

他们就是保留了当时的原貌,在旁边建新的村子,在1952年有人,大概你们这么大的孩子,开始在那聚会,然后有人拿着枪出来说在尔村,不能聚会

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Rungsri says, Mr.Thaksin was a corrupt leader who bought the support of local people with cheap health care and low-interest village loans.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The boat,which departed Friday from a village near the Somali port of Bosasso, was carrying 44 people.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01