High-rise buildings proved a social disaster.

高层建筑证明是个社会灾难。

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But by then it will be too late to avoid a slow-motion human and social disaster.

但那已为时太晚，缓慢袭来的人文和社会灾难已经不可避免。

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It was this contradiction that caused the personal sufferings and social disaster.

正是这一对矛盾导致了个人痛苦和社会灾难。

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As you walk outside Cobo Hall Arena, you notice that Detroit is on the brink of financial and social disaster.

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When couples find they cannot afford to care for a bedbound parent, let alone a young child, demography becomes a social disaster.

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During the height of Asia's financial crisis, for example, countries were told to stick to the prescribed high-interest rate regimen, come hell, high water - or social disaster.

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