力挽狂澜的意思安全工程专业英语

2021年1月18日发(作者：学习心得体会)
PART 1 SAFETY ENGINEERING THEORIES
第一部份 安全工程理论
1. Why do we need safety engineering?
为什么我们需要安全工程专业？
It’s difficult to open a newspaper or turn on the television and not be reminded how
dangerous our world is. Both large-scale natural and man-made disasters seem to occur on an
almost daily basis. An accident at a plant in Bhopal, India, killed over 2,500 people. A nuclear
power plant in the Ukraine exploded and burned out of control, sending a radioactive cloud to
over 20 countries, severely affecting its immediate neighbors’ livestock and farming.
无论翻开报纸或打开电视都很难不被提醒到：世界是 多么危险。大范围的自然和人为
灾难的发生似乎已成为每日的组成部分。在印度Bhopal一工厂发生 的事故，造成超过2500
人的死亡。乌克兰一核能工厂发生爆炸，燃烧无法控制，放射云蔓延超过20 个国家，严重地
影响了邻国的畜牧业。
A total of 6.7 million injuries and illnesses in the United States were reported by private
industry in 1993. Two commuter trains in metropolitan Washington, DC, collided in 1996, killing
numerous passengers. Large oil tankers ran aground in Alaska and Mexico, spilling millions of
gallons of oil and despoiling the coastline. An automobile air- bag manufacturing plant exploded,
killing one worker, after it had had over 21 fire emergencies in one year. Swarms of helicopters
with television cameras were drawn to the plant after every call, creating a public relations
nightmare and forcing the government to shut down the plant temporarily.
1993年，在美国，据报道共有670 万例受伤和疾病发生在私营行业。1996年，两列往返
于华盛顿特区内大城市之间火车发生碰撞，众多 乘客遇难。一往返于阿拉斯加和墨西哥的大
型油轮，溢出的百万加仑的原油吞噬着海岸线。一汽车安全气 囊制造厂发生爆炸，造成一人
死亡，随后在一年内又发生了超过21次火灾紧急情况。大量配有电视摄像 机的直升机每次报
警后都会前往工厂，造成公众恐慌，迫使政府临时关闭该工厂。
An airliner crashed into an apartment building in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing all on
board and many in the apartment building. Another, airplane mysteriously dipped and spun into
the ground in Sioux City, Iowa. Two airplanes collided on a runway in the Philippines. An airliner
crashed into the Florida Everglades after an oxygen generator exploded in the cargo hold, killing
all 110 people on board.
一架客机撞入巴西圣保罗市区一住宅楼，机上所有乘客及部分楼内人员死亡。另外，一客机神秘地坠毁在爱荷华州Sioux城内。菲律宾两架飞机在跑道上相撞。由于货舱内氧发
生器 发生爆炸，一飞机坠毁于佛州一湿地，机上110人全部遇难。
In 1995 the Fremont, California, Air Route Traffic Control Center lost power, causing radar
screens covering northern California, western Nevada, and 18 million square miles of Pacific
Oceans to go dark for 34 minutes while 70 planes were in the air, almost resulting in two separate
midair collisions. In another incident, a worker in downtown Chicago cut into a cable and brought
down the entire Air Route Traffic Control System for thousands of square miles.
Some of these accident occurred many years ago. Some of them occurred very recently.
Many of the accidents crossed international borders and affected millions of people in other
countries. Many more did not extend beyond national borders but still affected a great number of