专家称现在就像以前，灾难转变成大灾祸的风险取决于事发前的当地条件和灾后的反应。

Experts say that now as then, the risk that a disaster will turn into all-out catastrophe depends on both the local conditions before the event and the response afterward.

youdao

正如索卡尔案例所表明的，受到重大灾祸袭击的人们未必就是无助的或不幸的。

As the example of Mr Sokor shows, people affected by catastrophe are not necessarily helpless or hapless.

youdao

但是也许日本人可以利用这次大灾祸的经验来重建一个以新的互相信任联结在一起的社会。

But maybe the Japanese people could use the experience of this catastrophe to rebuild a society bound together with a renewed trust.

youdao