BBC地平线系列之《为何无法预测地震》第8期:折磨我们的星球
日期:2013-05-01 19:43

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One possibility is that earthquakes are different.
有一种可能是不同次地震是不一样的
In '66 there was quite a large foreshock
66年那次的前震很剧烈
and in '34 there was quite a large foreshock
而34年地震也有大规模前震
and in both of those cases
而且在这两次地震中
the quake started up here and went that way.
震动从这里开始向那边移动
And in 2004 there was no foreshock
可是2004年地震没有前震
and it started in the South and went the other way.
它是从南边开始朝对向移动
So earthquakes are complicated.
所以地震是复杂的
Many people thought that Parkfield might solve
许多人以为通过帕克菲尔德地震预测
the mystery of earthquake prediction for good.
能从此永远解开地震预测之谜
But instead
但事实是
it was back to the drawing board for science.
科学界的地震预测 又得重头开始
Holy shit!
真该死
Holy shit.
真该死
Oh, my God.
我的老天
Holy cow.
活见鬼
And as every year goes past,
一年又一年
more earthquakes continue to plague our planet.
更多的地震接踵而至折磨我们的星球
Out here, out here!
离开这 离开这
What happened to the telescope? Destroyed.
电子显微镜怎么了 摔烂了
Go, go, go, come on!
快跑 跟上
It may fall.
会倒塌的
I got it on tape!
我录下来了

重点解释

and in both of those cases the quake started up here and went that way.而且在这两次地震中震动从这里开始向那边移动

start up:开动

The power light flashes red and green as the system start up.

当系统启动时,电源指示灯就会闪烁红色或绿色。

The machine started up with a roar.

机器一声轰鸣开动了。

常用短语:

start off出发

start out开始

start on开始进行

And as every year goes past,一年又一年

go past:经过

They watched the procession go past.

他们观看游行队伍经过。

A shadowy figure went past in the darkness.

一个模糊的身影从黑暗中闪过。

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重点单词
  • processionn. 队伍,行列 v. 列队行进
  • earthquaken. 地震
  • predictionn. 预言,预报
  • mysteryn. 神秘,秘密,奥秘,神秘的人或事物
  • complicatedadj. 复杂的,难懂的 动词complicate的过去
  • cown. 母牛,母兽 vt. 恐吓
  • planetn. 行星
  • figuren. 图形,数字,形状; 人物,外形,体型 v. 演算,
  • solvev. 解决,解答