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地震
Using Technology to Provide Early Earthquake Warnings
dì zhèn地震shì是wú fǎ无法zǔ zhǐ阻止de的 ，dàn但kē jì科技kě yǐ可以bāng zhù帮助wǒ men我们tí qián提前zhī dào知道dì zhèn地震lái lín来临 。
Earthquakes cannot be stopped, but technology can help us know about them in advance.
xiàn zài现在 ，rén gōng zhì néng人工智能hé和shǒu jī手机kě yǐ可以yì qǐ一起gōng zuò工作 ，bāng zhù帮助rén men人们gèng更zǎo早shōu dào收到dì zhèn地震jǐng bào警报 。
Now, artificial intelligence and smartphones can work together to help people receive earthquake alerts earlier.
bǐ rú比如 ，gǔ gē谷歌yòng用shǒu jī手机lǐ里de的chuán gǎn qì传感器 ，shōu jí收集hěn很duō多shǒu jī手机de的zhèn dòng震动xìn xī信息 。
For example, Google uses sensors in phones to collect vibration information from many phones.
rú guǒ如果hěn很duō多shǒu jī手机tóng shí同时gǎn dào感到zhèn dòng震动 ，xì tǒng系统jiù就huì会fā chū发出dì zhèn地震jǐng bào警报 。
If many phones feel vibrations at the same time, the system will send out an earthquake warning.
zhè yàng这样 ，rén men人们kě yǐ可以tí qián提前jǐ几miǎo zhōng秒钟dào到jǐ shí几十miǎo zhōng秒钟zhī dào知道dì zhèn地震yào要lái来le了 ，yǒu有shí jiān时间lí kāi离开wēi xiǎn危险de的dì fāng地方 。
This way, people can know about the earthquake a few seconds to tens of seconds in advance, giving them time to leave dangerous places.
rì běn日本 、mò xī gē墨西哥děng等guó jiā国家yǐ jīng已经yǒu有le了zhè yàng这样de的yù jǐng xì tǒng预警系统 ，bāng zhù帮助jiǎn shǎo减少rén yuán人员shāng wáng伤亡hé和fáng wū房屋sǔn huài损坏 。
Countries like Japan and Mexico already have such early warning systems to help reduce casualties and property damage.
suī rán虽然yǒu shí hòu有时候xì tǒng系统yě也huì会chū cuò出错 ，dàn但kē jì科技ràng让wǒ men我们gèng更ān quán安全 。
Although sometimes the system can make mistakes, technology makes us safer.
kē xué jiā科学家men们hái还zài在nǔ lì努力gǎi jìn改进zhè xiē这些xì tǒng系统 ，xī wàng希望yǐ hòu以后néng能ràng让gèng更duō多rén人jí shí及时shōu dào收到dì zhèn地震jǐng bào警报 。
Scientists are still working hard to improve these systems, hoping that more people can receive earthquake alerts on time in the future.