
菲律賓海板塊和歐亞板塊交界處
According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration, the country experiences an average of 100 earthquakes per day.
根據台灣中央氣象局的資料,台灣每天平均發生100次地震。
according to根據…an average of...平均…on average平均來說per每一
While most of these are too small to be felt, the huge daily number of tremors has made many people call Taiwan “a world leader in earthquake frequency.”
雖然大部分地震很小,感覺不到,但每天龐大的地震次數讓許多人稱台灣是「世界上地震頻率最高的地方」。
while(conj.)雖然=althoughtoo...to...太…以致於不能…the number of+可數名詞;the amount of+不可數名詞tremor(n.)小地震、輕微地震frequency(n.)頻率daily(adj.)每天的=day-to-day
So what causes all of these tremors?
那麼是什麼導致了這些地震呢?
cause(v.)引起、導致=lead to, bring about, result in
The reason is Taiwan’s location on the Ring of Fire.
原因在於台灣位於環太平洋火山帶上。
geographic location地理位置
This is an area that runs along the Pacific Ocean from South America in the Eastern Pacific all the way to New Zealand in the Western Pacific.
這是一個沿著太平洋,從東太平洋的南美洲一直延伸到西太平洋的紐西蘭的區域。
stretch(v.)延伸
Taking the shape of a horseshoe, the Ring of Fire is more than 40,000 kilometers in length and contains the boundaries of many tectonic plates.
環太平洋火山帶成弧形,全長4萬多公里,包含許多板塊的交界處。
in the shape of...以…的型態mold(v.)雕塑、塑造sculpture(n.)雕刻品horseshoe(n.)馬蹄鐵、馬蹄形之物in length長度上=longin width寬度上=widein depth深度上=deepboundary(n.)交界、分界處tectonic plate板塊plate(n.)盤子have a lot on one’s plate某人有很多工作要做
These plates, which are huge pieces of the Earth’s crust, are sliding past, running into or moving above and below each other all the time.
這些板塊是地球地殼的巨大組成部分,一直在彼此滑動、相撞,或者相互上下移動。
crust(n.)(某物的)硬皮、外殼slide(n.)溜滑梯(v.)滑run into sth.撞到某東西run into sb.偶遇某人all the time總是=at all times
As a result, the Ring of Fire is home to 90% of the world’s earthquakes and around two-thirds of its volcanoes.
因此,世界上90%的地震和約三分之二的火山都發生在環太平洋火山帶上。
be home to...…的棲息地、所在地
Within the Ring of Fire, Taiwan is located near where the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate meet.
在環太平洋火山帶中,台灣位於菲律賓海板塊和歐亞板塊交界處附近。
此處的where為關係副詞,等同於in which
It is because of these two plates constantly running into each other that Taiwan experiences such frequent tremors.
正因為這兩個板塊不斷相互碰撞,台灣才會經常發生地震。
constantly(adv.)經常地=on a constant basis