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地震背景知识 Epicenter：震中 magnitude:级别，震级 hypocenter:震源 Positioned as it is at the northern end of the Pacific ring of fire, and at the convergence of the Eurasia plates and Pacific plates, Japan is a pretty seismic place. ring of fire：地震带 =seismic belt at the convergence of 在…的交界处 Eurasia plates and Pacific plates亚欧板块和太平洋板块 seismic地震的 袭击，打击 v hit 破坏 v destroy 摇动；摇撼 v shake 颠簸，摇晃 v jolt 振动 v rock 起伏，横摇 v roll across 裂开，破裂 v rip through 破坏；捣毁 v shatter 蹂躏，摧毁 v devastate 推倒，夷平 v level 夷为平地 v flatten 地震影响 aftershocks：余震 Be bracing for the next one准备接受下一个 Death toll 死亡人数 Nikkei Stock Index日经指数 It will aggravate the pressure of financial deficits aggravate：加重，是恶化 financial deficits：财政赤字 Entire Tokyo man-troll system is knocked out. man-troll system:城域网 knock out:摧毁，瘫痪 paralyze：使瘫痪，使麻痹 contact at relatives ：与亲人联系 rebuild the affected areas.灾后重建 These waves are very unpredictable【出乎意料的，不可预知的】 respond to the earthquake and tsunami应对地震和海啸 Despite heavy casualties, the consequence of nuclear accidents is also quite terrible. But economically speaking, the situation in Japan is almost worse to the extreme. casualty：意外事故，伤亡人数 economically speaking：从经济上讲 worse to the extreme：糟糕到极点 The disaster has pushed the already over-valued yen exchange rate, either because investors and insurance companies are conducting the repatriation of funds, or because some people else bet they will. Experiencing power outage and flooded plants, exporters will have to face the declining price competitiveness of their products. the already over-valued yen exchange rate本已高估的日元汇率 investors and insurance companies投资者和保险公司 conduct the repatriation of funds把资金调回国内 power outage停电 declining price competitiveness产品价格竞争力下降 Bank of Japan may (actually will) increase its asset purchases and intervene in currency markets to prevent the over-appreciation of the yen, even though the effect did not last long when it adopted the latter measure last time. Bank of Japan日本中央银行 increase its asset purchases增加其资产购买 intervene i