China quake survivors have bittersweet baby boom
中国地震幸存者苦乐参半育儿潮
A year after the tragedy in Sichuan, couples who lost an only child are rebuilding their families for emotional and economic reasons.
地震一年后的四川，失去孩子的夫妇为了寻找精神寄托都在努力开始重新孕育新生命。
By Barbara Demick
May 3, 2009
Reporting from Mianzhu, China -- Ten months and 25 days after he buried his only child, Luo Gang became a father again at a makeshift hospital cobbled out of aluminum trailers.
绵竹人罗刚，地震中失去了唯一的孩子，在孩子遇难 10个月零25天之后，他又再次成为了父亲。
For weeks after his 11-year-old daughter was killed in last May's massive earthquake here in Sichuan province, his wife cried so uncontrollably that her family feared she might be having a breakdown.
11岁的女儿在地震中遇难几个星期后，罗刚的妻子一直都处于悲痛之中，其家人非常担心妻子不能承受打击。
"If you don't have another baby, my sister will be grieving her whole life," Luo said his brother-in-law advised him.
“如果没有孩子，我的妹妹会一生都处于悲痛之中， ”罗刚的姐夫经常劝他们再要一个孩子。
Luo said he was shocked by the tactlessness of the suggestion.
罗刚说，妻子家人的建议让他意外。
