中科院英语A速读 第二册1-20翻译 (修订版).docVIP

英语速读（第二册）1-20翻译 Passage 1: Quake-proofing a house 1. Most houses and commercial structures that were constructed after 1980, when Japan’s building code had its last revision, are still standing. 日本最近一次对其建筑规范进行重大修订是在1980年，之后所建的大部分房屋和商业建筑至今仍完好无损。 2. Charles Scawthorn, vice president of EQE International, a San Francisco firm that specializes in quake-resistant engineering, says that ”This is the real heart of the seismic-hazard problem. ” 国际EQE的副总裁，San Francisco 公司的抗震工程师Charles Scawthorn说：“这（改进现在的建筑结构）就是地震危害的核心问题。” 3. What he saw convinced him that relatively simple precaution could have prevent