The mound protects the house in a flood-prone zone and becomes an extension of the courtyard into the landscape.

土丘保护了在洪水易发区的房子，并成为庭院景观的延伸。

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As Bushehr was located in a dangerous zone that was prone to frequent and strong seismic activity, extra funds were set aside to protect the site against the dangers of an earthquake.

由于布什尔处在地震频仍的危险地带，又另行拨款防止工地受地震威胁。

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There is more substance to the second fear: that rewarding trouble-prone economies like Latvia with euro entry will shorten the odds of a euro-zone fiscal crisis.

第二个担忧才有些实质：那些棘手却有益的经济体（如拉脱维亚）若加入欧元，也许会给欧元区国家带来财政危机。

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Also included in the report was a survey of residents in Zone A, the city's most flood-prone areas whose 375, 000 residents were under a mandatory evacuation order during Sandy.

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Flight 447 was passing through an area prone to volatile and dangerous weather known as the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone when it went down.

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