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Elsewhere in Sichuan, they're rebuilding at a rapid rate.
在四川其他地区 人们正迅速重建家园
But the vast majority of these new homes
但大多数房屋的质量
won't be strong enough to survive another major earthquake.
并不足以抵抗另一次强震
For Roger Bilham, this is a problem
对罗杰·比尔汉来说 建筑质量低劣
that's endemic throughout the developing world.
是发展中国家的通病
I can go here here, here OK, where my fingers stab the map,
我可以指出这里或那里 地图上
there will be a magnitude seven earthquake within,
我手指的地方周围几英尺内
you know, a few inches of it,
都有可能会发生七级地震
in the next 30 years maybe in the next year.
未来三十年内 可能就在明年发生地震
I've made a forecast that it's possible right now
我作过一个预测 如今
for one million people to be killed by a single earthquake, ok?
一次地震就有可能夺去一百万条生命
Now, that's a terrible thing to say
这是很可怕的事情
and it's a thing that has no precedent,
而且是史无前例的
it's never happened in the past,
过去不曾发生过
why can I make such a crazy statement?
我凭什么说出如此疯狂的观点
Because there are now
因为在这条地震带上的城市
cities of eight and ten and twelve million people
史无前例地居住了高达八百万
along this earthquake belt that have never been there in the past
一千万 甚至一千二百万的人
and that knowledge is sufficient, surely, to drive those countries,
这足以让这些国家认识到
if they're responsible to mandate earthquake resistance.
加强建筑物的抗震性 他们责无旁贷
And it only costs about another 10% more.
而这只需多花百分之十的资金
What it means is...
也就是说
buying fewer guns and better concrete instead.
少买军械 多买质量上乘的混凝土

重点解释

But the vast majority of these new homes won't be strong enough to survive another major earthquake.但大多数房屋的质量并不足以抵抗另一次强震

vast majority:绝大多数

The vast majority of disputes are settled amicably.

绝大多数争端都得到了友好解决。

Do you even think the vast majority have broadband?

你认为大多数人都有宽带?

常用短语:

in the majority占多数

At the meeting,young people were in the majority.

在会上，年轻人占大多数。

it's never happened in the past,过去不曾发生过

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。

that's endemic throughout the developing world.是发展中国家的通病

the developing world:发展中国家

A third of the world's obese people live in the developing world.

三分之一的肥胖人口生活在发展中国家。