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Over in China, the devastation in Sichuan Province
中國的四川地震帶來的破壞
serves as a stark reminder of the potential cost
深刻揭示了建在地震斷層上的
of building on earthquake faults.
建筑物的潛在隱患
Mike and Jing have come to Bailu, a mountain town
麥克和劉靜來到白鹿鎮
around 50 kilometres from the earthquake's epicentre.
一個距離震中五十公里的小山鎮
The fault passes right through this valley,
斷層貫穿整個山谷
heading straight for the town's middle school.
直指小鎮的中學
Well, this is quite something.
破壞力真是驚人
Thanks to an astonishing stroke of luck,
感謝幸運之神的眷顧
the rupture missed both of the buildings containing classrooms,
斷裂沒禍及兩座教學樓
but at the end of the playground,
但在操場盡頭
the earthquake demolished a block of housing,
地震摧毀了一片房子
killing several teachers.
幾位老師遇難
From a societal point of view,
從社會角度出發
what we would, er, be very happy about seeing here,
我們很慶幸看到
um, extraordinarily happy,
十分的慶幸
is that these buildings that are built
建在斷裂地帶兩邊的
either side of the rupture didn't collapse,
建筑物安然無恙
and that one over there appears to have very little damage,
而那邊的建筑物除了玻璃被震毀以外
you know, apart from broken windows,
只遭受到少許損壞
but, er, this rupture goes through
但斷裂帶穿過的地方
what used to be the dormitory for the school teachers
也就是以前的教師宿舍
and that's completely gone.
現已被夷為平地
Um, so first lesson, don't build across a rupture.
所以首條教訓是 不要在斷裂地帶興建房屋
