Since he took over, Zimbabwe has seen a number of struggles, some natural, some manmade.

他在任间，津巴布韦经历了众多的风风雨雨，一些天灾一些人祸。

Mr Christensen insisted that natural disasters, unlike financial crashes and recessions brought on by economic policy mistakes, are typically followed by rapid recoveries.

然而，克里斯坦森却坚持认为天灾不同于由人为政策失误导致的金融危机和经济衰退，因为前者过后的经济回温往往较为迅速。

Yet businessmen and victims say supplies are being held up as bureaucracies fall back on tired old rules and straitjacket procedures.

面对如此天灾，政府却还一味地拘泥于繁文缛节，由此，许多商人以及难民表示，如今救灾物资根本无法落实到位。

OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this programme on natural disasters - unpredictable events or catastrophes which cannot be controlled by humans, and which are sometimes called acts of God.

好的，让我们回顾一下我们从本关于自然灾害的节目中学到的词汇。自然灾害人类无法控制的不可预测事件或灾难，有时被称为天灾。

It was disaster that fueled the road's early success.

这条路建的功利用要归功于当时发生的一些天灾。

No pandemic, no natural disaster, no war.

无论瘟疫，天灾，或者战争。

Then they sauntered over to my house and sat on the steps for half an hour while at her request I remained watchfully in the garden: 'In case there's a fire or a flood, ' she explained, 'or any act of God.'

后来他俩溜到我家，在我的台阶上坐了半个小时，她让我待在园子里把风。" 万一着火或发大水。" 她解释道，" 或什么天灾啦。"

This is not a natural disaster. This is a man-made disaster. It's not an act of God, but some would call it an act of foolishness.

不天灾，人祸。这不上帝的意思，姑且可以称之为愚蠢的行为。

People seem to consistently be linking every disaster, both those that occur naturally and those that are man-made, to the words that Michel de Nostradame wrote 400 years ago.

人类似乎和每个灾难维持联系，不论天灾还人祸，四百年前米歇尔·德·诺特达姆早已写下预言。

For example, it's clear that interpersonal trauma, like rape or violent muggings, are more likely to result in PTSD than accidents or environmental disasters.

例如，人际创伤（如强奸或暴力抢劫）明显比事故或天灾更可能导致创伤后应激障碍。

He needs to stop the bad weather before the storms come — his only hope is a special ritual he's been planning.

他需要在暴风雨来临前尽快阻止这天灾的到来——他正在准备的特殊仪式他唯一的希望。

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will strengthen farmland management and better prepare for weather-related disasters as well as plant diseases and pests.

农业和农村事务部将加强农田管理，更好地准备应对天灾植病虫害。

A camera onboard a ship docked in Valdez recorded the draining of the entire harbor as a chasm opened up on the seafloor.

停泊在瓦尔迪兹一艘船上的相机记录下了整个海港发生地震时的巨变，这海底一道裂纹撕开所导致的天灾。

Today, with a lot more flood knowledge, they'd have to better prepare the butter for the act of god defense to stick.

如今，人们对洪水有了更多的了解，他们必须更好地准备黄油，才能坚持天灾辩护。

Let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic, for America, for Israel and for the whole of the Middle East.

对于美国，以色列以及整个中东来说，这桩生意就天灾。

Together, they have the world's largest capacity to provide relief in any war zone, disaster area or natural catastrophe.

并一道在战区、灾区或天灾人祸面前提供最强大援助。

This thought is as a death, which cannot choose but weep to have that which it fears to lose.

天灾人祸，忍教我细细思量，时辰若到，我的爱终究水涸苍江。

Bishop Domenico Pompili said earthquakes do not kill, he says it was the work of man that kills.

主教多梅尼科表示，这次事件不天灾，而人祸。

But are these natural disasters simply bad weather?

但这些天灾只坏天气而已吗？

But because we're becoming butter... I mean... better at predicting those events — and recognizing our own contributions to them — the success of the act of god defense may soon be relegated fully to the margarines.

但，由于我们越来越善于预测这些事件，我的意思......并认识到我们自己对这些事件的贡献，天灾辩护的功可能很快就会完全归于人造黄油。