纪录片《为何无法预测地震》 第10期:一片废区

Months on, and Sichuan still lies in ruins,

数月过去 四川仍是一片废墟

but Mike hopes to find answers

而麦克希望找到埋藏于

among the broken houses and upturned soil.

废墟和隆起的土地之下的答案

He'll be travelling with Jing Liu, a Chinese earthquake geologist¹

他将与自五月以来 一直致力于标注断裂带的

who's been mapping the rupture² since May.

中国地震地质学家刘静[音]一同前往

The county town of Beichuan

北川县城

is 138km from the earthquake's epicentre,

距地震震中138公里

but it lies in one of the worst-affected areas.

但却是受灾最严重的地区之一

12,000 people died here,

1万2千人在这里丧生

three quarters of the population.

是全县总人口的四分之三

Coming back for the first time since the earthquake,

这是麦克在震后首次回到这里

Mike is struck by what's happened to the place he once knew well.

这片曾经熟悉的土地 让他深深震撼

It's very sobering.

非常惨重

Um, not something that you want to see, really.

不愿看到这一幕 真的

On the river, there were some trees and a cafe down there,

河那边 以前有许多树 还有个茶馆

I used to sit and play Mahjong.

我曾在那打过麻将

Now it's completely chock full of sediment³ and, er...

现在完全被沉积物淹没

1 geologist   

n.地质学家

参考例句：

• The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley.在那山谷里，地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。
• He was a geologist,rated by his cronies as the best in the business.他是一位地质学家，被他的老朋友们看做是这门行当中最好的一位。

2 rupture   

n.破裂；(关系的)决裂；v.(使)破裂

参考例句：

• I can rupture a rule for a friend.我可以为朋友破一次例。
• The rupture of a blood vessel usually cause the mark of a bruise.血管的突然破裂往往会造成外伤的痕迹。

3 sediment   

n.沉淀，沉渣，沉积(物)

参考例句：

• The sediment settled and the water was clear.杂质沉淀后，水变清了。
• Sediment begins to choke the channel's opening.沉积物开始淤塞河道口。