Guangxi province, South West China. 中国西南部的广西省 This farms lies at the centre of an intriguing experiment 这个农场位于一个地震预测 to predict earthquakes... 实验区的中心 .. using snakes. 验证蛇能预测地震 We c...
Sometimes, humans can see the patterns and we propose 有时 我们可以观察到那些模式 something that seems to us logical 并且按照地震发生的方式 in terms of the way earthquakes behave, 按照我们的思维逻辑来提出建议 but...
Chaos theory seeks to find an underlying order 混沌理论探寻的是自然界中 in some of nature's most random processes. 某些完全随机事件的内在规律 Weather systems, 气象系统 the way birds flock together, 鸟类群集的方式 o...
Predicting the size of an earthquake is essential. 预测地震的规模是至关重要的 Millions of quakes happen all over the world each year, 每年 世界上都有数百万地震发生 but the vast majority are too weak even to be felt. 但大部...
Obviously, over time, 显然 随着时间的推移 the subtle signals for any specific earthquake 任何一次地震留下的细微痕迹 disappears very quickly, 都会很快消失 and this has virtually disappeared in less than six months, 事实上...
Before this September the ground was like at this level 今年九月以前 这里地面有这么高 and this level used to be lined up over where, 而这个平面过去在那上边 um, Mike is standing. 就是麦克站的地方 So I'm standing here o...
It's hard to imagine what this place once looked like, 很难想象这个地方以前是什么样子 but one villager has kept a memento. 但是有一个村民留下了纪念 I really liked the beautiful view 我非常喜欢家乡的 we had of the la...
This level I'm standing on right now used to be up there. 我现在所站的地方以前应是那个高度 That's a good two to two and a half, 那足有2米到2.5米的高度 possibly even three metres. 甚至可能有3米 So that entire free surfac...
Every time that Roger's machine 每一次 罗杰的仪器 measures the fault slipping, 测量断层的滑移 known as a creep event, 也被称作蠕变 this may help to calculate the amount of stress 可以帮助计算 在这座城市下面 that's bu...
I sometimes worry there's a snake under here. 我有时会担心下面有蛇 Not this time. 这次没有 There is an element of, er, 这有一点点 a Heath Robinson contraption about it. 像个荒谬的小发明 It's a very simple gadget, 它是个非...