BBC地平线系列之《为何无法预测地震》第17期:地面倾斜
日期:2013-05-10 21:13

(单词翻译:单击)

重点解释

It's hard to imagine what this place once looked like,
很难想象这个地方以前是什么样子
but one villager has kept a memento.
但是有一个村民留下了纪念
I really liked the beautiful view
我非常喜欢家乡的
we had of the landscape here,
美丽景色
so I took this photograph from the first floor of our house.
所以我就从我们家2楼拍下了这张照片
Before the earthquake the road used to be completely level.
在地震之前 这条路非常平坦
The ground too, everywhere was level,
地面也是 到处都是平坦的
but now it's dropped by one or two metres.
但现在向下沉了一两米
The ground just slid down, it was amazing.
地面倾斜了 这太惊人了
For the people of Xiao Yu Dong,
对于小鱼洞镇的人们
May 2008 was the first time any of them
2008年5月是他们第一次
had ever experienced a major earthquake.
经历这样强烈的地震
But Mike is beginning to suspect
但是麦克开始怀疑
that there have been other quakes here in the past.
这里还曾经发生过地震
The two things that important here
这里有两点发现很重要
is that the elevation difference between
就是地面高度的差异
where I'm standing right here
我现在所站的地方
and up there is significantly higher
和那个位置高度相差很大
than it was further along the the rupture
比起断裂的其他位置
and further back along the rupture that way
高度差距更大一些
we saw the modern earthquake scarp being very irregular
我们看到现在的地震陡坎非常不规则
and this looks almost identical to that,
这个与那边的非常相像
so this is very suggestive.
这一定暗示着什么
So I would, I would love to be able to walk,
我想自己走过去
if I could just
如果我能
walk up here a long way.
走得过去

重点解释

The ground just slid down, it was amazing.地面倾斜了,这太惊人了

slide down:滑下(slid是slide的过去式)

Let's slide down this grassy slope.

咱们顺着这草坡滑下去吧。

A drop of blood slid down his leg.

他的腿上流着一点儿血。

there have been other quakes here in the past.这里还曾经发生过地震

in the past:在过去(通常用于一般过去式和现在完成时)

He could remember events far back in the past.

他能记得很早以前的事情。

I've been there many times in the past.

我从前去过那儿很多次。

常用短语:

deep in the past很久以前

live in the past按旧章程办事(因循守旧)

So I would, I would love to be able to walk,我想自己走过去

be able to:会; 能

They appear to be able to handle the problem.

他们似乎可以处理这个问题。

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重点单词
  • slopen. 倾斜,斜坡,斜面,斜线,斜率 vt. 使倾斜 vi
  • experiencedadj. 有经验的
  • handlen. 柄,把手 v. 买卖,处理,操作,驾驭
  • landscapen. 风景,山水,风景画 v. 美化景观
  • identicaladj. 相同的,同一的
  • earthquaken. 地震
  • suspectn. 嫌疑犯 adj. 令人怀疑的,不可信的 v. 怀疑
  • irregularn. 不合规格之物 adj. 不规则的,不整齐的,不合法
  • elevationn. 提拔,海拔,提高 [计算机] 标高
  • suggestiveadj. 提示性的,影射的,暗示的