Every one feels that a disaster is imminent, as if a catastrophe is about to come.
谁都感到大事不好，似乎有什么极大的灾难即将来临。
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。
As the rest of the world waits to see if Japan can avert a nuclear catastrophe, a small band of experts is putting their lives at risk to prevent the disaster.
正当世界的其他人等待着看日本人是否能避免核灾难时，一小部分专家正将他们的生命置于危险之下以阻止灾难。
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。
And we've seen this powerful natural disaster cause even more catastrophe through its impact on nuclear reactors that bring peaceful energy to the people of Japan.
同时，我们也见证了强大的自然灾难，通过影响曾给日本人民带来和平能源的核反应堆，甚至引发了更大的灾难。
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。 。
China is not only the earthquake disaster, but also human catastrophe.
地震不仅仅是中国的灾难，也是人类的灾难。
Catastrophe, we use the highest praise of the re-interpretation of his life, after the disaster, we need to love life on the interpretation of the highest praise.
灾难中，我们用最高的礼赞诠释了生命之重，灾难过后，我们要用爱去诠释关于生命最高的礼赞。
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。
A natural disaster in a rich country like the United States can be an inconvenience. In an impoverished nation like Mexico, it is a human catastrophe.
自然灾难对于美国这样的富饶国家而言只是一个麻烦而已，但是对于像墨西哥这样的穷困国家而言就是一场人类的大灾难了。
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。
The people personally experienced the catastrophe had a profound self-examination of the root causes of the disaster and found solutions to avoid such a tragedy from happening again.
亲身经历这些浩劫的人对产生灾难之根源进行了深刻反思，并为避免这种历史悲剧的再次发生寻找解决方案。
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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