Central Taiwan bore the brunt of the biggest earthquake in a century. We ought to be giving these people something, helping them out in some way. But let's not use such expressions. No, we ought to be returning something to them.
「九二一地震，震垮了台灣最美麗的山河，中部的居民承擔了台灣百年的大劫難，我們不敢說，幫人家或給人家什麼；而是，能還人家什麼？