In my 2004 book Catastrophe: Risk and Response, I discussed a number of disaster possibilities.
在2004年出版的《灾难：风险与应对》一书中，我讨论了一些灾难发生的可能性。
Their solidarity was important in the face of every catastrophe (disaster) such as hurricanes and other mortal misfortunes.
每一次面临诸如飓风和其他致命的灾难时，他们的团结一致是很重要的。
Experts say that now as then, the risk that a disaster will turn into all-out catastrophe depends on both the local conditions before the event and the response afterward.
专家称现在就像以前，灾难转变成大灾祸的风险取决于事发前的当地条件和灾后的反应。
Thee secret of a successful marriage is to regard the great disaster as a minor accident, rather than as a catastrophe.
成功的婚姻的秘诀在于：把大灾难看成小事故，而不要把小事故看成大灾难。 。
Facing the catastrophe, the most practical thing that we can do is to donate as we are away from the center of the quake-hit area and lack the special skills to help relieve the disaster victims.
对于灾难，像我们这样远离地震中心，又没有救灾一技之长的人，捐款可能是最容易做到的善举。
However, all of them may be about to face their greatest challenge as Japan's disaster may be turning into an unmitigated catastrophe, "said Ed Yardeni, founder of Yardeni Research."
不过，随着日本的天灾可能转变为一场真正的大灾难，上述所有方面都可能面临最严峻的挑战。
All in all, our ancestors were conscientious and compatible. Their solidarity was important in the face of every catastrophe (disaster) such as hurricanes and other mortal misfortunes.
总之，我们的祖先是勤恳尽责而且易于相处的。每一次面临诸如飓风和其他致命的灾难时，他们的团结一致是很重要的。
Rescuers speak of finding whole communities washed away and engineers are scrambling to prevent a nuclear catastrophe at a power plant damaged in the disaster.
救援人员谈到自己搜救被水冲走的人群，工程师们紧急工作，以免受损核电站引发核灾难。
They were glad that they had survived the catastrophe and had met with no disaster.
他们庆幸的是躲过了这场灾难，没有遇到什么不幸。
It was a natural disaster but also a man-made catastrophe;
这是一场自然灾难，但是也是一次人为悲剧。
On Friday morning, Americans awoke to news of an unfolding catastrophe in Japan. This latest disaster will certainly fall among the more serious natural calamities in modern times.
星期五一大早，美国人民伴着关于日本地震延绵不绝的报道醒过来。显然这次天灾会成为现代以来最严重的自然灾害的例子之一。
On Friday morning, Americans awoke to news of an unfolding catastrophe in Japan. This latest disaster will certainly fall among the more serious natural calamities in modern times.
星期五一大早，美国人民伴着关于日本地震延绵不绝的报道醒过来。显然这次天灾会成为现代以来最严重的自然灾害的例子之一。
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