1·In the past few centuries, the subduction zone off the coast of Sendai has generated earthquakes of up to magnitude 8 or so, but nothing as powerful as a 9, which releases 30 times more energy.
在过去的几个世纪里，仙台沿海地区的俯冲带发生的地震震级最大才达到8级，从未达到过9级，而这次地震释放的能量是8级地震的30倍。
2·Given that history, seismologists in Japan did not consider great earthquakes to be a threat to the Sendai area.
基于这个历史记录，日本的地震学家过去并不认为仙台地区受到大地震的威胁。
3·In a foyer of the engineering department of Tohoku University in Sendai stands a handsome yellow robot with claws and caterpillar tracks.
在坐落于仙台的日本东北大学机械系的大厅中站着一个高大的黄色机器人，有爪子也有履带。
4·But some clues suggested that the Sendai region might be capable of greater violence.
但也有一些线索表明仙台区域是有可能发生更强烈的地震的。
5·Sendai airport was inundated with cars, trucks, buses and thick mud deposited over its runways.
仙台机场的跑道整个被汽车，卡车，公交车和厚厚的淤泥淹没。
1·MODIS detected a fire burning near the shore north of Sendai.
MODIS探测到仙台市北部海岸的一处着火地点。
2·MODIS detected a fire burning near the shore north of Sendai. The fire is marked with a red box. It is also surrounded by floods.
MODIS探测到仙台市北部海岸的一处着火地点。这场火被标识为一个红色的方块，四周也被洪水围绕。
3·"The tsunami was unbelievably fast," said Koichi Takairin, a 34-year-old truck driver who was inside his four-ton rig when the wave hit Sendai.
在大浪袭击仙台市那一刻，34岁的卡车司机广一正在他四吨重卡车的钻机内，“海啸快得让人难以置信。”
4·In Sendai city, which was hit hard along its coast, as many as 500 people stayed Sunday night in the undamaged prefectural office.
在沿海地区受袭严重的仙台市，周日晚上多达500人滞留在未受损的市政厅。
5·Worst hit was the city of Sendai where hundreds have been found dead and the toll is expected to rise.
仙台市已找到数百名澳大利亚籍死者，死亡人数仍在不断的上升。