Readers learn how and why earthquakes occur, and what scientists can do to prevent casualties. The expansive back matter includes a list of sources to discover more about these fearsome catastrophes.
读者可以在本书中了解地震是如何发生的、发生地震的原因，以及科学家该采取何种措施避免更多的人员伤亡。
No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place.
不管我复述了多少遍我的故事，我们还是回到了同一个地方。
No matter where people go and no matter how far they go, they will go back home enjoying family time during Spring Festival.
无论人们身在何处、走了多远，在春节期间，他们都会回家享受团圆时光。
"It does not matter," thought she, "when we turn back, I shall be so much nearer home than he."
“没关系。”她想，“等我们往回走的时候，我离家就会比他更近了。”
It is only a matter of time before a satellite comes back to the earth.
卫星返回地球只是时间问题。
In the new year, no matter how far it is, we come back to have a big dinner together with all the family members.
过年时，我们不管多远都会回来，全家团聚，一起吃一顿丰盛的晚餐。
If you scratch my back, then I scratch yours - no matter how much later - that's not selfless either.
如果您帮助了我，然后我又帮助了你，——-不管以后怎样，这也并不是无私的。
In the top 200 metres or so of the sea, some dead or faecal matter is turned back into CO2 by microbes and may then re-enter the atmosphere.
在海洋上层200米左右的水体中，有些死亡或排泄物质在微生物的作用下转变为二氧化碳，并重新进入大气层。
No matter what, they were leaving there and then; once they arrived, they would come back for Mrs. Kimble.
不管怎么样，他们当即离开了学校——他们回家后，也还会去上学。
No matter where the radar signal hits the plane, some of the signal gets reflected back.
雷达信号接触到飞机的任何部位，都会有部分被反射回来。
Back when our universe was still in its earliest birthing throes, matter and antimatter were colliding and annihilating each other out of existence constantly.
回到我们宇宙诞生之初，物质和反物质不断碰撞、互相湮灭。
It does not matter if your back hurts, you are tired after a long day at work or you just can't take all the responsibilities anymore.
不管是否是你的背受伤了，一天工作后很劳累了或者不再能负担所有的责任了，都可以寻求帮助。
Once that happens, it can't be taken back, no matter how earnestly you proclaim otherwise afterwards.
这种事一旦发生便不可挽回，不管事后如何矢口否认。
IT SEEMS only a matter of time before Tony Hayward is granted his wish to get his life back.
托尼·海沃德重获新生似乎是早晚的事。
Then, find items in your budget on which you can cut back, no matter how small they are.
然后从预算中找出你可以削减开支的项目，不论这部分削减的数量多么微小。
Ever notice how some people just seem to be able to be content and bounce back no matter what the circumstances?
你有没有注意到，总有这样一些人，无论在什么情况下，似乎特别能够满足并苦中求乐？
I joined the crush and quickly found seat 084. My seat — essentially a plank of wood with some back support — placed me next to a window that, no matter how hard I tried, would not budge open.
我也在人群中，病很快找到了084号座位——必不可少的一块厚木板外加一个靠背——我的座位临着窗户，但是无论我用多大的力气，也打不开它。
But it is fair to ask: Why don't we scale back the obsession with "bubbling things in" and challenge students everywhere - no matter their ZIP code - to show their innovation and creativity?
但是问一问是公平的：问什么我们不成比例缩减对“泡沫事物”的痴迷，向四处的学生挑战——不管他们的邮政编码——以激发他们的革新力和创造力？
Various underground experiments back on Earth have been trying to detect dark matter, using different techniques.
各种返回地球的地下实验一直使用各式各样的技术，努力地检测暗物质。
As the report suggests, once the truth gets twisted, straightening it back out is no easy matter.
报告表明，一旦真相会扭曲、矫直它退出可不是件容易的事情。
No matter what a person's income bracket is, most can usually find a way to cut back on frivolous spending, just like a few frugal billionaires.
不论一个人的收入是多少，大多数人还是可以找到削减不必要开支的办法的，就像这些节约的亿万富翁一样。
And no matter what school you study at, a US degree is apt to lead to a job with higher compensation back in China.
无论你在哪所大学上学，一个美国学位都会使你在回国后找到报酬较高的工作。
Rarely is the migration of a production run time environment a simple matter of shutting everything down, installing new hardware and starting everything back up.
迁移生产运行时环境绝大多数情况下不可能是简单地关闭所有程序、安装新硬件和重新启动所有程序。
In that virtual version of the gigantic encounter, dark matter falls to the centre of the collision, and then rebounds back out.
在这个虚拟大碰撞中，暗物质先是落在碰撞区的中心，然后又向外反弹。
In this case the fact that we could grab the records from the database really doesn't matter, since what we would be testing is our ability to sort the records coming back.
在这种情况下，我们的问题不在于是否能够从数据库获取这些记录，因为我们想要测试的是我们是否能够对返回的记录进行排序。
So it is just a matter of time before the Beveridge curve snaps back into shape.
因此，贝弗里奇曲线突然恢复原形也仅仅是时间问题。
You can turn your back on the social networks that matter in your field and be free and independent running your own site on your own domain.
你可以离开对你利于来说重要的社交网络，自由地在你自己的域名下运行你自己的网站。
Thus, it is able to bring the filesystem back to a consistent state in a matter of seconds.
因而，它能够在几秒钟时间内将文件系统恢复到一致性状态。
Thus, it is able to bring the filesystem back to a consistent state in a matter of seconds.
因而，它能够在几秒钟时间内将文件系统恢复到一致性状态。
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