30.A Volcano Eruption火山爆發
As the best candidate, I was appointed to collect and evaluate information for a database about diverse natural disasters, such as hurricanes, typhoons or thunderstorms. Sometimes I did this by giving out questionnaires to those who went through them. But sometimes I had to go through actual disasters myself. The Musaki Volcano was one of them.
作為最好的候選人,我被委派為一個數據庫收集和評估各種自然災害的信息,例如颶風、颱風或
At that time, I lived in a bungalow alongside the volcano with a novelist, who came for the appreciation of its eruption. One day, when I was drawing diagrams on the balcony and he was bathing inside, the volcano erupted unexpectedly. The ash and lava fountains shooting highly in the sky varied from 50 to 100 meters in height. It was absolutely fantastic! I even noticed a rainbow appear in the fog caused by a heat wave
那時,我和一名來欣賞火山爆發的小說家同住在火山邊上的一座平房裡。有一天,當我正在陽臺上畫圖表而他在屋裡洗澡時,火山突然爆發了,噴射到天空中的火山灰和岩漿噴泉從50米到100米不等,這一情景絕對地奇異,我甚至還注意到一條彩虹出現在熱浪造成的霧裡。
But, glancing through our surroundings, I foresaw the potential danger and found no guarantee of our safety. The uncomfortable gas almost made us unconscious. Sweats of anxiety began to drop. Managing to stop panicking and trembling, we quickly put on our protective suits, helmets and boots and eventually made our way to a safe place. How lucky we were even though my precious equipment and documents were all burnt to the ground!
然而,我向四周看了一下,馬上預見到了潛在的危險,也發現了我們的安全毫無保障。令人不舒服的氣體幾乎使我們失去知覺,憂慮的汗水