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BBC地平线系列之《为何无法预测地震》第5期:观测地震的最好时机

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  • They came to town and they set up shop with instruments,
  • 他们来到镇上 设立起工作室设置好设备
  • and they're sort of hidden away and tucked away so they're not that obvious but there's a lot of them out there.
  • 他们算是隐居其中 所以并不显眼 但人数确实很多
  • And the idea was to have the instruments ready to catch the next earthquake red-handed.
  • 而目的就是准备好设备 收集下次地震的第一手资料
  • Well, what you're hoping to see, the analogy is a stick breaking,
  • 这些地质学家所希望看到的 就好比是折断一根棍子
  • so in the long term you're bending the stick, you see it, er, deform
  • 你长时间弯曲这根棍子 看着它一点点变形
  • and then maybe just before the stick actually goes snap you'll hear "Crack crack crack" Or something like that.
  • 然后也许棍子断裂前的那一刹那 你会听到 咔咔咔 或类似的声音
  • Now that they had narrowed down the time window and knew where it was going to strike,
  • 现在既然已经缩小了时间范围 而且知道哪里会发生地震
  • this was science's best chance yet to see an earthquake in action.
  • 这可谓科学史上实时观测地震的最好时机
  • Millions of dollars flooded in to fund the research.
  • 数百万美元的资金涌入来资助这项研究
  • All they had to do now was just sit and wait.
  • 他们现在只需耐心等待


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They came to town and they set up shop with instruments,他们来到镇上,设立起工作室设置好设备

set up:建立

It is now our aim to set up a factory.

我们现在的目的是创办一座工厂。

they're sort of hidden away and tucked away他们算是隐居其中

sort of:有几分地

That would sort of ruin the point.

那会有几分破坏的意图。

hide away:藏起

Why you hide away so much inside.

为何你把自己藏这么深。

tuck away:隐居

The farm was tucked away in the hills.

那个农场隐蔽在群山之中。

Now that they had narrowed down the time window现在既然已经缩小了时间范围

narrow down:减少; 限制; 缩小; 变窄

The river has narrow down over the past 20 years.

这条河在过去的二十年变窄了许多。

I cannot narrow down the rules for this game.

我不能限制这场比赛的规则。

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ruin [ruin]

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v. 毁灭,毁坏,破产
n. 毁灭,崩溃,废墟

 
obvious ['ɔbviəs]

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adj. 明显的,显然的

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deform [di'fɔ:m]

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v. 使 ... 残缺,使 ... 变形

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earthquake ['ə:θkweik]

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n. 地震

 
strike [straik]

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n. 罢工,打击,殴打
v. 打,撞,罢工,划

 
stick [stik]

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n. 枝,杆,手杖
vt. 插于,刺入,竖起<

 
crack [kræk]

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v. 崩溃,失去控制,压碎,使裂开,破解,开玩笑

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