Earthquake fears on the west coast西海岸担心地震影响
Fingers crossed老天保佑
A row over a rickety viaduct一场关于山区高速路的争吵
AFTERSHOCKS from Japan rattled America s westcoast last week, as consumers in California rushed tobuy iodine tablets they do not need and politiciansin Seattle bickered about a quake-damaged highwaymany want to demolish.
上周,日本地震的后续灾变震动了美国西海岸地区,加州消费者疯狂购买并非急需的碘片。西雅图的官员为地震受损的高速公路争吵,其中大部分需要拆除。
Scientists say there is no chance that dangerous radiation will cross the Pacific. So the run onpotassium iodide pills, which can block the absorption of radioactive iodine, made little sense.Californian health authorities warned residents not to compound their anxiety by eating thepills, which can cause intestinal distress and severe rashes.
专家指出,危害性放射物质不会横跨太平洋,从而影响西岸地区。因此疯购碘片并认为其能减少辐射伤害的想法是错误的。加州卫生部告知居民,不要因为恐惧胡乱食用碘片,否者易患肠道疾病和严重皮疹。
In Seattle, meanwhile, the Japanese quake reminded residents that the Pacific north-west isprimed for a comparable catastrophe-and is far less prepared than Japan to cope with it. TheCascadia subduction zone, just 50 miles off the coast and stretching from northern California tosouthern British Columbia, is accumulating stresses that could unleash an earthquake ofmagnitude 9.0 and generate its own tsunami. The last big one off the coast of Oregon andWashington is believed to have occurred in 1700, and some recent studies suggest that thechance of another occurring within the next 50 years is about one in three.
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