1·Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience in January, the team warned that the danger of a quake greater than magnitude 8.5 remained along the segment under Padang.
这个小组一月份在《自然地球科学》杂志上发表文章警告说巴东地区下方爆发8.5级以上地震的可能性依然存在。
2·If that were to be the case for the Padang earthquake, the event could reduce the likelihood of a great quake at that location anytime soon.
如果巴东地震属于这种情况，那么这次地震将降低在该地区近期任何时候发生特大地震的可能性。
3·Officials say that the death toll in Padang will certainly rise, possibly into the thousands, as more bodies are found in the rubble.
官方称，随着瓦砾下找到的尸体增多，巴东当地死亡人数无疑还会上升，可能达到数千人。
4·A string of car showrooms along the main street - two and three storeys high, grand by Padang standards - are nothing more than rubble.
主街边上的一排汽车陈列室——两三层楼高，按照巴东的标准可算豪华——也化为废墟。
5·While most of the early attention has focused on Padang, concern was rising over the fate of towns and villages in the surrounding countryside.
人们一开始的注意力都集中在巴东，而周围城镇、村庄的命运也愈发引起人们的担忧。