六级Passage 2 (2/2)-英语听力

[00:00.000]These measures can help to limit the destruction by natural disasters.
这些措施可以帮助减少自然灾害带来的损失。 [00:05.950]The comparatively mild effects of the Northern California earthquake in 1989 are good evidence that we do have the technology to prevent vast destruction.
1989年加州北部地震造成的影响就相对比较小，这很好地证明了我们的科技是可以预防大规模破坏的。 [00:16.954]The recent disasters, on the other hand, prove that people will suffer if we don't use that technology.
同时，最近的这些灾难也证明了，如果我们不去用这些科技，人们就会遭受更大损失。 [00:23.716]When a highway collapsed in Northern California, people were killed in their cars.
加州北部一条公路坍塌，人们都死在了自己的车里。 [00:29.459]The highway was not built according to today's strict standards to resist earthquakes.
这条公路就不是按照如今防范地震的严格标准建造的。 [00:36.193]Individuals and governments have to be far-sighted.
个人和政府都要把眼光放长远。 [00:40.464]We should take extra time and spend extra money to build disaster safety into our lives.
我们要更多地投入时间和金钱来让防灾安全融入我们的生活中。 [00:47.214]Although such a program can't hold back the winds or stop earthquakes, they can save people's lives and homes.
尽管这个项目既不能控制住大风，也不能阻止地震，但这些措施能挽救人们的生命和家园。