欧美文化博览 走进墨西哥(2)

The threat lies off the coast of Arcapoca, beneath the placid¹ Pacific. Anywhere along the shore line, a quake could originate.Here the Coco sanTetonoc plates are forcing their way beneath the North America plate. The most feared section is the dreaded² Goraroad gap. For nearly a century, the pressure has beening building. The Goraroad gap lies 300 kilometers from Mexico city. But for people devastated³ by a quake just 2 decades ago.it's too close for comfort.

威胁位于太平洋海岸下的Arcapoca地震板块。沿任何海岸线,地震都会产生。这里的Coco sanTetonoc板块强迫着北美的板块。最令人惧怕的是可怕的Goraroad断差。在近一个世纪前,压力就断断续续的构成。Goraroad断差离墨西哥城市仅有300公里。但对于20年前遭受地震的人们来说。简直是如坐针毡。

Unfortunately, this is close to Mexico city in the 1995 earthquake. And we expect that it could generate a huge disaster in the city.

不幸的是,这与墨西哥城1995年地震密切相关。并且我们期待,它会对城市产生巨大的灾害。

Doctor HuaMman manages the Mexico city seismic⁴ alert system or SAS. He spend his life developing technology to detect the next big quake.

HuaMman博士研究墨西哥城的地震预警系统或SAS。他花了毕生时间来研究技术来检测的下一次大地震。

This was pushing for the develop of electricity system, it was justify⁵ the development of the system.

这是电力系统的发展,这是证明该系统的发展。

Today, along the Pacific coast, Mexico city is guarded by the first system of its kind. 12 seismic sensors⁷ to detect the earthquake trimmers. This is the city's high-tech⁸ profits of doom⁹.

现在,沿着太平洋海岸,墨西哥受其系统的保护。12个地震传感器检测地震信号。这是这个城市用高科技筑造的金钱预言。

The seismic alert system covers original wave that could be a quake were they equip like this, were we have seismic sensor⁶ they continue listen to the sound of the ground and analyze¹⁰ it.

地震预警系统包括原始波,就像他们装备的那样,我们地震传感器使他们继续听来自地球的声音并加以分析。

Listen their vibration¹¹, and measure their strength.

听其振动,测量其强度。

The force of any earthquake is measured on the rift¹² scape.

任何地震的强度都会经由这台机器检测。

Most people known it by name, few understand is diabolical¹³ mathematics. Those scale theoritically has no limit every quake,every measured as for them between 0 and 9.5, but single decimal point can be a giant increasing destruction. Each additional 0.1 means 100% more force, in Mexico city, a quake above 7.5 can destory buildings. The 1995 earthquake the devastated Mexico city, 8.0. Beyond 8.5, ruin.

大多数人只知道它的名字,但很少有人理解这是一种尖端的数学计算。那些规模理论上没有对每一次地震测量，只是用介于0和9.5之间的数字测量,但是单一的小数点可以造成巨大的破坏。每一个额外的0.1意味着100%的力量,墨西哥城,7.5级的地震可以使建筑轰然倒塌。1995年摧毁的墨西哥城地震,级别是8.0。超过8.5呢？带来的则是毁灭。

1 placid   

adj.安静的，平和的

参考例句：

• He had been leading a placid life for the past eight years.八年来他一直过着平静的生活。
• You should be in a placid mood and have a heart-to- heart talk with her.你应该心平气和的好好和她谈谈心。

2 dreaded   

adj.令人畏惧的；害怕的v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The dreaded moment had finally arrived. 可怕的时刻终于来到了。
• He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. 他害怕非得在医院过圣诞节不可。 来自《用法词典》

3 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

4 seismic   

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。

5 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？

6 sensor   

n.传感器，探测设备，感觉器（官）

参考例句：

• The temperature sensor is enclosed in a protective well.温度传感器密封在保护套管中。
• He plugged the sensor into a outlet.他把传感器插进电源插座。

7 sensors   

n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句

8 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

9 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

10 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

11 vibration   

n.颤动，振动；摆动

参考例句：

• There is so much vibration on a ship that one cannot write.船上的震动大得使人无法书写。
• The vibration of the window woke me up.窗子的震动把我惊醒了。

12 rift   

n.裂口，隙缝，切口；v.裂开，割开，渗入

参考例句：

• He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕。
• The sun appeared through a rift in the clouds.太阳从云层间隙中冒出来。

13 diabolical   

adj.恶魔似的，凶暴的

参考例句：

• This maneuver of his is a diabolical conspiracy.他这一手是一个居心叵测的大阴谋。
• One speaker today called the plan diabolical and sinister.今天一名发言人称该计划阴险恶毒。