San Onofre is 50 feet above the sea, and behind a concrete tsunami wall 30 feet high, 50 percent higher than the largest tsunami thought possible there.
圣·奥诺弗雷（SanOnofre）海拔50英尺，位于高达50英尺高的水泥墙后面，比预计要发生的最高级别的海啸高出50%。
Wall Street's near-death experience set off an economic tsunami, but was less dramatic in human terms.
华尔街的几乎万劫不复起了一场经济海啸，但站在人的角度看，就没有那么戏剧性了。
During the earthquake, the ground level dropped by a metre, while the tsunami destroyed Onagawa’s sea wall.
地震使得地平面沉降一米，同时海啸又冲垮了女川的海堤。
"Even if we have the protective wall against the tsunami, it is meaningless," he says.
他说：“即使我们有对抗海啸的防护堤，也毫无意义。”
Recently, the financial meltdown in Wall Street has provoked personnel tsunami in a lot of banking institutions.
最近华尔街的金融衰退已在许多金融机构引起人事海啸。
When Kimiaki Toda was a child, he watched with admiration as his village's sea wall turned back a tsunami triggered on the other side of the Pacific by the 1960 earthquake in Chile.
1960年，户田公明(KimiakiToda)还是个孩子，当看到自己村子的防波堤挡住了太平洋彼岸的智利地震所引发的海啸时，他的内心充满了敬佩。
A 10-meter tsunami washed the port in Sendai city. TV images showed a vast wall of water carrying buildings and debris across a large swathe of coastal farmland.
地震引发了强烈海啸，仙台市出现高达10米巨浪，电视画面显示，毯状巨浪将建筑及残骸卷入水中，冲向大片沿岸农田。
Kan asked that the plant be closed until a tsunami-resistant wall could be built and backup systems could be installed to strengthen the plant against earthquakes.
菅直人要求核电站关闭，直到修好海啸防护墙和安装完后备系统，加强核电站的抗震能力。
Kan asked that the plant be closed until a tsunami-resistant wall could be built and backup systems could be installed to strengthen the plant against earthquakes.
菅直人要求核电站关闭，直到修好海啸防护墙和安装完后备系统，加强核电站的抗震能力。
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