People didn't really believe what was happening. They thought they were being lied to.
人們并不相信發生的事 他們認為自已聽到的是謊言
They remembered the German occupation and said that in 1941, there were bombs that fell. But now there was nothing.
他們想起德軍占領時期的事 表示1941年至少還有炸彈空襲 但是現在什么都沒有
The elderly people didn't believe in an invisible enemy and there was no time to explain. My soldiers and I were simply carrying out orders.
長輩們并不相信出現無形的敵人 但是我們沒時間解釋 我和士兵們僅僅執行命令而已
In three and a half hours, 43,000 people are evacuated tearfully but peacefully. Buses carry Europe's first atomic refugees.
在3個半小時之內 4萬3千人含淚但平和地疏散 巴士載走了歐洲第一批原子難民
They have been exposed to doses of radiation that will alter the omposition of their blood, and engender fatal cancers.
他們暴露在大量輻射下 這可能改變血液成分引發致命癌癥
48 hours after the disaster, the only people left in the ghost town are military personnel and members of the scientific delegation, head quartered at the Pripyat hotel.
災變發生后48小時 鬼城只剩下軍方人員以及科學代表團成員 他們將總部設在普里皮亞季飯店
As if unaware of the danger, they eat, sleep and work right on the premises.
他們似乎對危險置若罔聞 待在屋里食宿以及工作
These were upstanding people, specialists. I couldn't believe they would do something irresponsible or suicidal.
他們都是正直的人 都是專家 我不相信他們會做出不負責任或是自殺行為
No, it meant they'd underestimated the situation. Our old criteria was no good anymore.
不會 這只是代表他們低估了風險 我們的舊標準已經不適用了
There'd been nuclear accidents before, in our country as well as in the US, but that information had been kept secret.
我國與美國都曾發生過核子意外 但是所有訊息都秘而不宣
There'd never been an accident of this scope. They even thought the reactor would be back in service by May or June.
從未發生過規模如此大的事故 他們當時甚至認為反應爐到5、6月就能恢復使用
Meanwhile, clouds filled with radioactive particles are being blown north by the wind.
這時布滿放射性粒子的云層已經被風吹往北方
Between 26 and 27 in April, they drift over one thousand kilometers above Russia, then over Belorussia and the Baltics.
在4月26到27日之間 云層在俄羅斯上方飄移一千多公里 來到了白俄羅斯與波羅的海上空
On the 28th, they hit Sweden where the rise of radioactivity is detected near one of their nuclear power plants.
到了28日云層到了瑞典 瑞典一家核電廠 偵測到了升高的放射性
Soon after, TV news alerts the population. Radioactive dust from Chernobyl rains down on Stockholm.
電視新聞很快就對民眾發出警告 來自切爾諾貝利的大量放射塵在斯德哥爾摩從天而降
Authorities send a squadron of fighter planes to take readings in the clouds.
當局派出一個戰斗機中隊 測量云層的放射量
The level of radioactivity suggest there's been a major accident somewhere.
高放射性顯示某地發生了重大事故