纪录片《为何无法预测地震》 第1期:地震来袭（在线收听）

It's Sunday 11th May, 2008.

2008年5月11日星期五

For millions of people,

对芸芸众生来说

it's just another ordinary day.

不过又是寻常的一天罢了

Meanwhile,

其间

at earthquake monitoring stations around the world,

世界各地的地震监测站

there's nothing special to report.

也没有任何异常报告

What no-one knows is that 24 hours later,

没人知道 24小时之后

an extraordinary natural disaster is going to strike.

一场极其严重的自然灾害即将来袭

A massive rescue operation is under way...

大规模的救援行动正在进行

.. 7.28 this morning, sending shock waves around Asia.

今晨7点28分 强烈震波席卷亚洲

.. A magnitude of 7.8 struck Sichuan Province...

一场7.8级地震袭击了四川省

An enormous earthquake tears

一场剧烈的大地震

into Sichuan Province in Western China.

在中国西部的四川省突然发生

Over 50 million people are affected.

超过5千万人受灾

Five million lose their homes and 70,000 die.

造成近7万人死亡 500万人无家可归

And all because science can't answer

这一切都是因为目前的科学水平

what seems like a simple question.

尚无法回答这个看似简单的问题