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BBC地平线系列之《为何无法预测地震》第9期:土地即将被撕裂

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  • Six months after the disaster, geologist Mike Ellis is travelling to China to investigate the earthquake.
  • 灾难过去6个月后 地质学家麦克·艾利斯远赴中国来调查这次地震
  • Mike has worked in this region before
  • 麦克以前曾在这一地区工作过
  • so he always knew there could be a major quake here one day
  • 所以他确信这里迟早会有一场大规模地震发生
  • but he didn't think he'd ever get to see it in his lifetime.
  • 可他没想到在有生之年能亲眼看到
  • I've chased quite a few earthquakes, as we call it, um, Taiwan downwards.
  • 我追踪过一些地震 比如中国台湾地震等等
  • Big earthquakes like this happen in the ocean all the time
  • 像这样的大地震在海洋里时有发生
  • but of course you can't go there to see them
  • 当然你没法去那里看
  • so academically and scientifically it's a treat to come to an earthquake like this
  • 所以从学术和科学角度上讲 能来观测这样一次地震非常难得
  • but of course it's a very sobering experience as well.
  • 当然这也是一段发人深省的经历
  • For the inhabitants of Sichuan Province, Monday May 12th was a day like any other.
  • 对于四川省的居民来说 5月12日星期一是寻常的一天
  • Many people were at work, their children in school, while others were simply out enjoying the sunshine.
  • 许多人在上班 他们的孩子在上学 而其他人则是在外面享受阳光
  • Little did they know that the ground beneath their feet was about to be ripped apart by a rupture that would travel 100km in just 50 seconds.
  • 他们完全不知道自己脚下的大地即将会被一道 在50秒内波及100公里的裂缝所撕开


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but of course it's a very sobering experience as well.当然这也是一段发人深省的经历

as well:也;又

He shared in my sorrows as well as in my joys.

他分担我的快乐也分享我的悲伤。

Little did they know that the ground beneath their feet was about to be ripped apart他们完全不知道自己脚下的大地即将会被撕开

be about to:即将

Something unusual was about to happen.

某种不寻常的事正要发生。

As she was about to speak, I frowned her down.

她刚要开口,我就皱皱眉示意她别出声。

rip apart:把 ... 扯破

The country was ripped apart by fierce tribal hostilities.

那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

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unusual [ʌn'ju:ʒuəl]

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adj. 不平常的,异常的

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investigate [in'vestigeit]

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v. 调查,研究
[计算机] 研究

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earthquake ['ə:θkweik]

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n. 地震

 
disaster [di'zɑ:stə]

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n. 灾难

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