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They came to town and they set up shop with instruments,
他們來到鎮上 設立起工作室設置好設備
and they're sort of hidden away and tucked away
他們算是隱居其中
so they're not that obvious
所以并不顯眼
but there's a lot of them out there.
但人數確實很多
And the idea was to have the instruments ready
而目的就是準備好設備
to catch the next earthquake red-handed.
收集下次地震的第一手資料
Well, what you're hoping to see,
這些地質學家所希望看到的
the analogy is a stick breaking,
就好比是折斷一根棍子
so in the long term you're bending the stick,
你長時間彎曲這根棍子
you see it, er, deform
看著它一點點變形
and then maybe just before the stick actually goes snap
然后也許棍子斷裂前的那一剎那
you'll hear "Crack crack crack" Or something like that.
你會聽到 咔咔咔 或類似的聲音
Now that they had narrowed down the time window
現在既然已經縮小了時間范圍
and knew where it was going to strike,
而且知道哪里會發生地震
this was science's best chance yet to see an earthquake in action
這可謂科學史上實時觀測地震的最好時機
Millions of dollars flooded in to fund the research.
數百萬美元的資金涌入來資助這項研究
All they had to do now was just sit and wait.
他們現在只需耐心等待
