Hi and welcome to this week’s ‘question of the week’! For this week, the word ‘soothe’ will be covered in the following question:
How do you soothe a nation that has been struck by a natural disaster?
The term soothe stands for something that calms, relaxes, or relieves. For instance, after having a long jog in the heat, drinking water has a soothing effect. It relieves your thirst. Watching a movie or listening to music after a long day of work also soothes your mind as it takes your attention off of the heavy workload and makes your relax. Also, when a person is in pain, medicine helps soothe it.
When looking at the effects of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami strike, the country was devastated. Natural disasters devastate populated areas, leaving a lot to recover. However, each country does in the end recover from the trauma experienced. Haiti’s earthquake in 2010 may have resulted in the loss of life and destruction of infrastructure, but foreign countries, institutions, and individuals are soothing it by providing aid in the forms of food, manpower for rebuilding, and money for buying equipment. This will and currently is occurring in Japan. Other forms of soothing come from the affected country’s government dedicating transportation routes for delivering aid, debt relief, and technical assistance from professionals.
In short: To soothe means to comfort, relieve, or relax somebody or something. When looking at natural disasters, a nation soothes itself by accepting foreign aid through donations, debt relief, food and water, manpower, and money, just to name a few. It is this soothing process that turns an affected country back to normal.
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