纪录片《为何无法预测地震》 第26期:研究都是个人资助的（在线收听）

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 sufficiently strong

它们足够强大

that they could become luminous 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 opposition

斐迪曼·弗罗因德在与主流观点的反对

from mainstream 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 essentially 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