Wang Sha was fourteen years old, a second-year junior middle school student at Huaiyuan Town Middle School in Chongqing.
One year of school cost seven hundred yuan. Her family's annual income was one thousand yuan.
That income came from her father digging sand from the riverbed and selling it.
Beside the road, a small pigsty worth about fifty yuan was destroyed, and her mother was beaten until her nose bled.
This photograph later became the founding-issue cover story of China Poverty Alleviation, under the headline, Can I still go to school next year?
中文理解说明——不是王沙口述
王沙当时十四岁，是重庆怀远镇中学的一名初二学生。
一年的学费是七百元。她家一年的收入是一千元。
这笔收入来自她父亲从河床挖沙并把沙卖掉。
路边一个价值约五十元的小猪圈被拆毁，她的母亲被打得鼻子流血。
后来，这张照片成为《中国扶贫》创刊号的封面故事，标题是《明年我还能不能上学？》。
These are archival facts, not quotations from Wang Sha. The Chinese text is a reading aid and is not presented as her oral testimony. 以上为档案事实，不是王沙直接引语；中文只作理解说明，不并入王沙口述。
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English
English narration uses an AI-generated voice. It does not reproduce or imitate the voice of any person shown.
Independent project. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by WWF.
中文对照
英文旁白使用AI生成声音，不还原、也不模仿照片中任何当事人的声音。
本项目为独立项目，与 WWF 无隶属、赞助或背书关系。
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