纪录片《为何无法预测地震》 第32期:防地震演习

The school has now become a tourist attraction,

学校现在已开放参观

but Mike and Jing can see clues in the landscape

而麦克和刘静根据地势找到蛛丝马迹

that suggest this disaster could have been avoided.

证明这场灾难完全是可以避免的

The fact that beyond the school buildings,

事实上离教学大楼上远一点的地方

the land is higher and it may be there was an old scarp here.

地势较高 说明这里以前或是一个陡坎

In the topography, you can see the long-term effect of this fault

从地形上可以看出 在这个断层的长期作用下

slicing straight up that valley and giving that notch¹.

山谷受到推挤而形成切口

To be fair to the authorities,

我们想让中国政府知道的是

there are many fault scarps in these mountains

这些山脉里头隐藏着许多

and they're very, very difficult to find,

难以发现的断层陡坎

we had only just begun to find some of them,

我们还处于起步阶段 只找到其中几处

it takes a long and sustained² effort.

路漫漫其修远兮

It took people in California decades to map out

加州的同行花了数十年

the fault scarps in any sort of precision.

才标注出断层陡坎的精确位置

There were fifteen million people displaced³ by the earthquake.

地震迫使一千五百万人背井离乡

The Chinese authorities don't have time to wait

中国政府无暇等待他们标注出

until they've mapped the precise location of Sichuan's faults.

四川断裂层的准确位置

If someone shouts "Earthquake,"

听到有人喊"地震"

put your hands on your heads.

马上用手抱着头

Hands on your heads and hide under the desk.

抱着头并躲到桌子下

The best that many schools can do now is simply rehearse

许多学校现在所能做的就是

for the moment an earthquake strikes again.

进行简单的防地震演习

1 notch   

n.(V字形)槽口，缺口，等级

参考例句：

• The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
• He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。

2 sustained   

adj.持久的，持续的v.维持( sustain的过去式和过去分词 )；支撑；忍受；长期保持

参考例句：

• Without correct leadership, the enthusiasm of the masses cannot be sustained. 没有正确的领导，群众的积极性就不可能持久。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He has sustained a great loss by the death of his father. 他父亲的去世使他蒙受巨大的损失。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 displaced   

移动( displace的过去式和过去分词 )； 替换； 移走； 撤职

参考例句：

• Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines. 工厂的工人已逐渐被机器取代。
• He was displaced by another young man. 他已被另一个年轻人顶替。