As we overcome the crisis created by this disaster, we must also overcome the preceding crisis, what could be called Japan's structural crisis.

在我们克服这次灾难所引发的危机之际，我们也必须克服之前的危机，这堪称日本的结构性危机。

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He said the natural disaster and nuclear crisis were a "great test for the Japanese people", but exhorted them all to persevere.

他称自然灾害和核危机为一次“对日本人民的巨大考验”，这让大和民族整体更加坚韧。

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After the disaster trifecta in Japan — quake, tsunami, nuclear crisis — Californians are asking if they might be next.

在日本的连环式的灾难(地震、海啸、核辐射)之后，加利福尼亚人在问：他们是否将是下一个受害者。

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They've been battered again and again in this new century: One of the worst natural disasters in our history, the worst environmental disaster in our history, the worst economic crisis most of us have ever known.

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"The government has a task to be close to all those citizens who have found themselves in a very difficult situation due to the earthquake, the disaster and of course also due to the financial crisis, " Berlusconi said.

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Jack Harrald of the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management at George Washington University puts it this way.

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