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万物简史 第302期:地下的烈火(10)

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   Tokyo stands on the boundary of three tectonic plates in a country already well known for its seismic1 instability. 日本已经是个以多地震闻名的国家,而东京恰好又位于三个构造板块的相遇之处。

  In 1995, as you will remember, the city of Kobe, three hundred miles to the west, was struck by a magnitude 7.2 quake, which killed 6,394 people. 你会记得,1995年,近500公里以西的神户市发生了一次7.2级地震,造成6394人死亡。
  The damage was estimated at $99 billion. 据估计,损失高达990亿美元。
  But that was as nothing—well, as comparatively little—compared with what may await Tokyo. 但是,那算不了什么——哎呀,相对很小——如果与将来东京可能会遭受的损失相比的话。
  Tokyo has already suffered one of the most devastating2 earthquakes in modern times. 东京在近代遭受过一次破坏性极大的地震。
  On September 1, 1923, just before noon, the city was hit by what is known as the Great Kanto quake, 1923年9月1日快到中午时分,该市发生了有名的关东大地震,
  an event more than ten times more powerful than Kobe's earthquake. 一次比神户地震强烈10倍以上的地震。
  Two hundred thousand people were killed. 20万人死于非命。
  Since that time, Tokyo has been eerily3 quiet, so the strain beneath the surface has been building for eighty years. 自那以来,东京一直神秘地悄无动静,因此地下的张力已经积聚了80年。
  Eventually it is bound to snap. 到头来,它肯定要爆发。
  In 1923, Tokyo had a population of about three million. 1923年,东京只有大约300万人口。
  Today it is approaching thirty million. 今天,人口将近3000万。
  Nobody cares to guess how many people might die, but the potential economic cost has been put as high as $7 trillion. 谁也不愿意去猜测下一次到底会死多少人,但据估计,潜在的经济损失可能高达7万亿美元。
  Even more unnerving, because they are less well understood and capable of occurring anywhere at any time, 那种地震人们了解较少,能在任何地方任何时候发生。
  are the rarer type of shakings known as intraplate quakes. 更令人担心的是一种比较少见的地震,名叫跨板块地震。
  These happen away from plate boundaries, which makes them wholly unpredictable. 它发生在离板块相接之处很远的地方,因此完全无法预测。
  And because they come from a much greater depth, they tend to propagate over much wider areas. 由于震中很深,它往往波及广得多的范围。

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1 seismic SskyM     
a.地震的,地震强度的
参考例句:
  • Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves.地震产生两种地震波。
  • The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。
2 devastating muOzlG     
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
参考例句:
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
3 eerily 0119faef8e868c9b710c70fff6737e50     
adv.引起神秘感或害怕地
参考例句:
  • It was nearly mid-night and eerily dark all around her. 夜深了,到处是一片黑黝黝的怪影。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
  • The vast volcanic slope was eerily reminiscent of a lunar landscape. 开阔的火山坡让人心生怪异地联想起月球的地貌。 来自辞典例句
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