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Elsewhere in Sichuan, they're rebuilding at a rapid rate.
在四川其他地區(qū) 人們正迅速重建家園
But the vast majority of these new homes
但大多數(shù)房屋的質(zhì)量
won't be strong enough to survive another major earthquake.
并不足以抵抗另一次強(qiáng)震
For Roger Bilham, this is a problem
對羅杰·比爾漢來說 建筑質(zhì)量低劣
that's endemic throughout the developing world.
是發(fā)展中國家的通病
I can go here here, here OK, where my fingers stab the map,
我可以指出這里或那里 地圖上
there will be a magnitude seven earthquake within,
我手指的地方周圍幾英尺內(nèi)
you know, a few inches of it,
都有可能會發(fā)生七級地震
in the next 30 years maybe in the next year.
未來三十年內(nèi) 可能就在明年發(fā)生地震
I've made a forecast that it's possible right now
我作過一個預(yù)測 如今
for one million people to be killed by a single earthquake, ok?
一次地震就有可能奪去一百萬條生命
Now, that's a terrible thing to say
這是很可怕的事情
and it's a thing that has no precedent,
而且是史無前例的
it's never happened in the past,
過去不曾發(fā)生過
why can I make such a crazy statement?
我憑什么說出如此瘋狂的觀點(diǎn)
Because there are now
因為在這條地震帶上的城市
cities of eight and ten and twelve million people
史無前例地居住了高達(dá)八百萬
along this earthquake belt that have never been there in the past
一千萬 甚至一千二百萬的人
and that knowledge is sufficient, surely, to drive those countries,
這足以讓這些國家認(rèn)識到
if they're responsible to mandate earthquake resistance.
加強(qiáng)建筑物的抗震性 他們責(zé)無旁貸
And it only costs about another 10% more.
而這只需多花百分之十的資金
What it means is...
也就是說
buying fewer guns and better concrete instead.
少買軍械 多買質(zhì)量上乘的混凝土
