Facing the catastrophe, the most practical thing that we can do is to donate as we are away from the center of the quake-hit area and lack the special skills to help relieve the disaster victims.

对于灾难，像我们这样远离地震中心，又没有救灾一技之长的人，捐款可能是最容易做到的善举。

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If today it takes a bunch of enthusiasts with plenty of funding many months to retrieve the data from a few well-preserved magnetic tapes, imagine the difficulties facing those post-catastrophe.

现今有大批的热心人士会提供大笔资金，从这些保养得很好的磁带中提取出数据，那我们可以想象一下如果人类面临灾难之后的情况会怎样呢？

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Across the globe once rich and fertile lands are facing the same catastrophe.

全世界范围内曾经肥沃与富饶的土地都正面临着同样的灾难。

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Officials from the council (CEA) and the White House have kept mum about the report's findings, but we do know it will address the following issues: productivity growth, pro-growth tax policy, the fiscal challenges facing Medicare, catastrophe risk insurance, energy and infrastructure in the transportation sector, currency markets, international trade and investment and immigration.

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Except, if he is right and we really are facing a catastrophe comparable to the Great Depression, it is reasonable to ask whether cutting VAT from 20% to 17.5% is really a match for the occasion.

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But he claimed the country was facing an "almost unbelievable catastrophe" because of low rainfall.

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