Since the well is 40 miles offshore and the weather has been relatively clement, there has been time to test dispersal techniques and prepare coastal defences.

因为漏油井距离海岸线40英里并且气候相对温和，所以有时间检验消散浮油技术的效果并做好保护海岸的准备。

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The need to choose how to adapt to the future highlights the choices-about town planning, or forestry, or coastal defences, or immigration-that have shaped the present.

如何去适应未来的这种需要突出了选择的重要，有关城市规划、林业管理、海岸防御和移居，这些都造就了现在的局面。

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As the quake lifted the ocean floor, it triggered a tsunami (the word is Japanese) that breached with ease some of what were considered to be Japan's best coastal defences.

地震使海床升高并由此引发了海啸(该词源于日语)。这次海啸来势凶猛，不费吹灰之力就将日本最好的海岸防备系统破坏殆尽。

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Guernsey needs new ways of making money to fund projects like improving coastal defences, the chief minister has said.

BBC: Peter Harwood

The flood victims died on 31 January when sea water breached the coastal defences causing widespread damage along England's east coast.

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This can include clearing drains, improving storm barriers and coastal defences, or putting in place planning regulations to discourage development in high-risk areas such as flood plains.

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