今天同诸位在一起,我感到很荣幸,并对于你们邀请我到你们这美妙神奇的国家做客,表示感谢和敬意。对减少地震危险的共同兴趣,使我们会聚在一起。我工作和生活在南加州首府——洛杉矶,在那里从事结构工程工作已超过35年,且亲自见过破坏性地震的响(?)。这一地区曾不止一次地发生过造成生命伤亡和价值数百万美元财产损失的地震。通过多年的工作,我从很多地震效应中吸取不少有益的教训。 I feel honored to be with you today, and I would like to express my gratitude and respect to you for inviting me to visit you in this wonderful and magical country. The common interest in reducing earthquake risk will allow us to come together. I have lived and worked in Los Angeles, the capital of Southern California, where I have worked in structural engineering for more than 35 years and have personally seen the quake of a destructive earthquake. More than once in the area there have been earthquakes that have caused deaths and injuries and millions of dollars in property damage. Through years of work, I have learned many useful lessons from many earthquake effects.