纪录片《为何无法预测地震》 第26期:研究都是个人资助的

The currents causing through the rock

通过岩石产生的电流

can give rise to other oddities,

能引起其他奇异的现象

including one that Freund believes

其中包括弗罗因德认为

may explain the lights in the sky before an earthquake.

能解释地震前天空中出现亮光的现象

If it were dark here,

如果现在周围是黑的

we would start seeing little flashes of light

我们将会看到这些岩石边缘形成的

forming along the edges of these rocks.

微弱的闪光

Maybe in nature,

也许在自然界

they are sufficiently¹ strong

它们足够强大

that they could become luminous² phenomenon known

形成了在地震前 地震中

as earthquake lights that can happen before earthquakes,

以及发生余震时

during earthquakes and also during the aftershock series.

出现的被称为地震光的明亮闪光

You think there's a connection between this and...?

你认为他们之间有联系

Oh, yes, yes, there's definitely a connection.

是的 肯定有联系

Friedemann Freund is fighting a tide of opposition³

斐迪曼·弗罗因德在与主流观点的反对

from mainstream⁴ science,

作着斗争

but he's convinced that he's right

但是他坚信自己是正确的

and he's prepared to put his money where his mouth is.

并且准备为此倾其所有

So far, everything that I've shown you

到目前为止 我给你展示的这些

was essentially⁵ done on a shoe-string budget,

都是在实验经费十分紧张的情况下完成的

with lots of private money going in there and very,

其中倾入了很多私人的资金

very little funding from any government sources.

而来自政府方面的资助很少

Who's been funding it up until now?

目前为止是谁在资助呢

1 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

2 luminous   

adj.发光的，发亮的；光明的；明白易懂的；有启发的

参考例句：

• There are luminous knobs on all the doors in my house.我家所有门上都安有夜光把手。
• Most clocks and watches in this shop are in luminous paint.这家商店出售的大多数钟表都涂了发光漆。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

5 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。