If one is prepared, one will be safe; if not, one will suffer.; preparedness ensures security; unpreparedness invites disaster.

有备才能无患，无备必定吃亏。

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The aim of the charter is to raise awareness about the need to put children at the heart of disaster risk reduction as they are among those who suffer most from catastrophic events.

这项契约的目标是让人们认识到，需要把儿童置于减轻灾难风险的中心地位。因为儿童是在灾难性事件中受害最严重的群体之一。

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The disaster is also descending on the nation’s cities and towns, which already suffer from poverty, poor services and high rates of unemployment.

灾难同样也降临到该国的大小城镇，这里的人们已经饱受贫穷、市政设施破败和高失业率的折磨。

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He has co-authored studies with Japanese economist Hideki Toya that show that as economies develop, they suffer fewer disaster-related deaths and less damage as a proportion of GDP.

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Western Digital did not suffer a less severe disaster than its competitors who also have facilities in Bangkok.

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