纪录片《为何无法预测地震》 第8期:折磨我们的星球

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 complicated¹.

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 plague² our planet³.

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!

1 complicated   

adj.错综复杂的，麻烦的，结构复杂的

参考例句：

• The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂，我理解不了它的意思。
• This is the most complicated case I have ever handled.这是我所处理过的最为复杂的案子。

2 plague   

n.瘟疫，鼠疫，祸患，灾难；v.烦扰，使痛苦

参考例句：

• Plague was then prevailing in that city.当时瘟疫正在该城流行。
• The plague once could wipe out a village.鼠疫曾一度可以夺走整个村庄村民的生命。

3 planet   

n.行星

参考例句：

• Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。
• Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。