日本大地震预言引热议

近日，日本漫画家龙树谅的漫画作品《我所看见的未来》中对“2025年7月5日日本将发生毁灭性大地震”的预言在社交平台引发热议。

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🤔️小作业：

1. What is the likely attitude of scientists like Robert Geller toward manga-based earthquake predictions?

A. Skeptical and dismissive

B. Supportive of public concern

C. Curious and cautiously optimistic

D. Alarmed by the accuracy of past predictions

无注释原文：

Manga doomsday prediction spooks tourists to Japan

From: Reuters

Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with some airlines cancelling flights from Hong Kong where passengers numbers have plunged.

Japan has seen record numbers of visitors this year, with April setting an all-time monthly high of 3.9 million travellers.

Steve Huen of Hong Kong-based travel agency EGL Tours blamed a flurry of social media predictions tied to a manga that depicts a dream of a massive earthquake and tsunami hitting Japan and neighbouring countries in July 2025.

"The rumours have had a significant impact," said Huen, adding that his firm had seen its Japan-related business halve. Discounts and the introduction of earthquake insurance had "prevented Japan-bound travel from dropping to zero," he added.

Hong Kong resident Branden Choi, 28, said he was a frequent traveller to Japan but was hesitant to visit the country during July and August due to the manga prediction. "If possible, I might delay my trip and go after September", he said.

Ryo Tatsuki, the artist behind the manga titled 'The Future I Saw', first published in 1999 and then re-released in 2021, has tried to dampen the speculation, saying in a statement issued by her publisher that she was "not a prophet".

The first edition of the manga warned of a major natural disaster in March 2011. That was the month and year when a massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster struck Japan's northeastern coast killing thousands.

Some have interpreted the latest edition as predicting a catastrophic event would occur specifically on July 5, 2025, although Tatsuki has denied this.

Situated within the Pacific Ocean's 'Ring of Fire,' Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world. In recent days there have been more than 900 earthquakes, most of them small tremors, on islands off the southern tip of Kyushu.

But Robert Geller, a professor at the University of Tokyo who has studied seismology since 1971, said even scientifically-based earthquake prediction was "impossible".

"None of the predictions I've experienced in my scientific career have come close at all," he said.

Nevertheless, low-cost carrier Greater Bay Airlines became the latest Hong Kong airline on Wednesday to cancel flights to Japan due to low demand, saying it would indefinitely suspend its service to Tokushima in western Japan from September.

Serena Peng, 30, a visitor to Tokyo from Seattle, had initially tried to talk her husband out of visiting Japan after seeing the social media speculation.

"I'm not super worried right now, but I was before," she said, speaking outside Tokyo's bustling Senso-ji temple.

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含注释全文：

Manga doomsday prediction spooks tourists to Japan

From: Reuters

Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with some airlines cancelling flights from Hong Kong where passengers numbers have plunged.

源自漫画预言的灾难传言在网络上疯传，日本旅游热潮受到冲击，中国香港部分航司已因旅客骤减而取消航班。

manga /ˈmæŋɡə/ 从日语借用过来的词汇，表示“（源于日本的）漫画”，英文解释为“Manga is a style of drawing, originally from Japan, that is used in comic books with adult themes.”举个🌰：Known as manga, Japanese comic art has grown into a cult here. 日本漫画艺术在这里已经十分风靡。

doomsday /ˈduːmz.deɪ/ 表示“世界末日”，英文解释为“the end of the world, or a time when something very bad will happen”

spook /spuːk/ 表示“惊吓；吓唬”，英文解释为“to frighten a person or animal”举个🌰：Seeing the police car outside the house really spooked them. 看到房子外面的警车，真把他们下了一大跳。

表示“即将发生的，逼近的”，英文解释为“An impending event is one that is going to happen very soon.”举个🌰：She had a sense of impending disaster. 她有种大祸即将临头的感觉。

stem from sth 表示“源自；由…造成”，英文解释为“to start or develop as the result of something”举个🌰：Her problems stem from her difficult childhood. 她的问题主要是由艰难的童年生活造成的。

表示“使某事物失去光泽或光彩‌”，常用于描述削弱事物原有的吸引力或优势。该短语多用于比喻场景，例如让胜利或经历失去原有的辉煌。"To take the sheen off" something means to reduce its brightness, gloss, or attractiveness. It can also mean to make something seem less perfect or impressive, often by causing a slight negative impact or spoiling the initial positive experience.

plunge /plʌndʒ/ 可以作动词，也可以作名词，1）表示“使突然前冲（或下落）”，英文解释为“to move or make sb/sth move suddenly forwards and/or downwards”举个🌰：She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death.她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

2）表示“骤降”，英文解释为“If an amount or rate plunges, it decreases quickly and suddenly.”举个🌰：His weight began to plunge.（动词）他的体重开始骤然下降。Japan's banks are in trouble because of bad loans and the stock market plunge.（名词）日本各家银行处于困境，缘于不良贷款以及股市的暴跌。

📍2020年4月瑞幸咖啡怎么了？文中就提到了CNN的标题China's Luckin Coffee plunges 75% on accounting probe用的是plunge一词，表示股价暴跌。

3）plunge (sb/sth) into sth表示“（使）陷入；（使）经历”，英文解释为“to suddenly experience a bad situation or unhappiness, or to make someone or something suddenly experience a bad situation or unhappiness”举个🌰：He was plunged into despair when his wife left him. 他妻子离开他时，他一下子陷入绝望之中。

📍类似的表达「暴跌」的词有：plummet，tank，sink，slump，...

📍slump表示“（价值等）暴跌”，英文解释为“If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.”举个🌰：Net profits slumped by 25%. 净利润暴跌了25%。

📍plummet /ˈplʌmɪt/ 表示“（数量、比率、价格）暴跌”，英文解释为“If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount.”举个🌰：Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again. 一想到又要见到他，她的心情便直往下沉。

📍tank，熟词僻义，作名词是坦克的意思，作动词有“表现得很糟糕，快速减少，衰落，下跌”的含义，英文解释为“If something such as a stock price or a movie tanks, it performs very badly, for example because it loses a lot of money.”举个🌰：Tech stocks have tanked. 科技股票暴跌了。

Japan has seen record numbers of visitors this year, with April setting an all-time monthly high of 3.9 million travellers.

今年赴日旅游热度再创新高，其中4月份单月游客数达390万，刷新历来纪录。

Steve Huen of Hong Kong-based travel agency EGL Tours blamed a flurry of social media predictions tied to a manga that depicts a dream of a massive earthquake and tsunami hitting Japan and neighbouring countries in July 2025.

总部位于中国香港的EGL旅行社负责人Steve Huen表示，社交媒体上大量疯传的漫画“地震海啸梦”预言造成了影响。该漫画描绘了一场将在2025年7月袭击日本及邻国大地震和海啸的梦境。

flurry /ˈflʌr.i/ 1）表示“一阵忙乱（或激动、关注）”，英文解释为“a sudden, short period of activity, excitement, or interest”举个🌰：The prince's words on marriage have prompted a flurry of speculation in the press this week. 本周王子就结婚问题所说的话引起新闻界一片猜测。

2）表示“小阵雪（或雨等）”，英文解释为“a small amount of snow, rain, etc. that falls for a short time and then stops”如：snow flurries 小雪阵阵，flurries of snow 阵阵小雪。

📍这个词来源于“flurr”，意味着“轻微的风”或“突然的小雪”，用来形容“一阵繁忙”或“一阵风雪”。想象新项目宣布后引发了一阵忙碌。联想宫殿：在宫殿的一个房间，你看到人们在新项目宣布后忙碌起来，就像“一阵风雪”般突然。近义词：burst（爆发），常用短语：in a flurry（匆忙地）

depict /dɪˈpɪkt/ 表示“描写，描述，描绘；描绘，绘画”，英文解释为“to describe something or someone in writing or speech, or to show them in a painting, picture etc”举个🌰：The artist had depicted her lying on a bed. 画家画了她躺在床上的画像。

"The rumours have had a significant impact," said Huen, adding that his firm had seen its Japan-related business halve. Discounts and the introduction of earthquake insurance had "prevented Japan-bound travel from dropping to zero," he added.

“这些传言造成了重大影响，”Huen说，并补充称公司赴日业务量已腰斩。他还表示，通过推出优惠和新增地震险服务，“才勉强保住了基本客流。”

1）bound /baʊnd/ 作动词，表示“跳跃；跳动；跳跃着前进”，英文解释为“to move quickly with large jumping movements”

2）bound作形容词 表示“去…的；准备前往…的；开往…的”，英文解释为“If a vehicle or person is bound for a particular place, they are travelling toward it.”通常用法：be bound for，举个🌰：The train was bound for Hangzhou. 这火车是开往杭州的。

🍸如果你留意的话，坐地铁时会有这个用法。例如上海地铁2号线上，经常会听到的：

🍸本次列车终点站广兰路，到浦东国际机场方向的乘客请在广兰路换乘。The terminal station is Guanglan Road. You can transfer to the train bound for Pudong International Airport at Guanglan Road.

3）be bound to表示“一定会；很可能会”，英文解释为“certain or likely to happen, or to do or be sth”举个🌰：There are bound to be changes when the new system is introduced. 引进新系统后一定会发生变化。

4）表示“受束缚的，受约束的；（法律或道德上）有义务的”，英文解释为“having a moral or legal duty to do something”举个🌰：The company is bound by a special agreement to involve the union in important decisions. 公司受一项特殊协定的约束，须请工会参与重大决策。

📍-bound后缀，还可以表示“受限于…的，不能离开…的”，英文解释为“(causing people to be) unable to leave a place because of an unwanted condition”举个🌰：During his long illness he was completely housebound (= he could not leave the house). 久病期间，他只能一直呆在家里。

Hong Kong resident Branden Choi, 28, said he was a frequent traveller to Japan but was hesitant to visit the country during July and August due to the manga prediction. "If possible, I might delay my trip and go after September", he said.

28岁的香港居民Branden Choi表示，他自己经常赴日旅行，但受漫画预言影响，他对7、8月前往日本有所顾虑。“如果可以，我可能会推迟到9月之后再去。”

Ryo Tatsuki, the artist behind the manga titled 'The Future I Saw', first published in 1999 and then re-released in 2021, has tried to dampen the speculation, saying in a statement issued by her publisher that she was "not a prophet".

这部名为《我所看见的未来》的漫画由龙树谅（Ryo Tatsuki）创作。她通过出版社发表声明，试图平息猜测，称自己“不是预言家”。该漫画1999年首次出版，2021年再版。

dampen /ˈdæmpən/ 表示“抑制，控制，减弱（感情、反应等）”，英文解释为“to make sth such as a feeling or a reaction less strong”举个🌰：None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasm for the project. 任何挫折都不能减弱他对这个项目的热情。

speculation /ˌspek.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“推测；猜测；推断”，英文解释为“the act of forming opinions about what has happened or what might happen without knowing all the facts”举个🌰：There was widespread speculation that she was going to resign. 人们纷纷推测她将辞职。

2）表示“投机，投机买卖”，英文解释为“the act of speculating in order to make a profit”

prophet /ˈprɒf.ɪt/ 表示“预言家，先知”，英文解释为“a person who is believed to have a special power that allows them to say what a god wishes to tell people, especially about things that will happen in the future”

The first edition of the manga warned of a major natural disaster in March 2011. That was the month and year when a massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster struck Japan's northeastern coast killing thousands.

该漫画初版曾预示2011年3月会发生重大自然灾害。而这一年确实发生了导致数千人遇难的日本东北大地震、海啸及核灾难。

Some have interpreted the latest edition as predicting a catastrophic event would occur specifically on July 5, 2025, although Tatsuki has denied this.

尽管龙树谅已对此予以否认，有些人仍将新版漫画解读为预言2025年7月5日将发生灾难性事件。

interpret /ɪnˈtɜː.prɪt/ 1）表示“诠释；说明”，英文解释为“to explain the meaning of sth”举个🌰：The students were asked to interpret the poem. 学生们被要求诠释那首诗的意义。

2）表示“把…理解为；领会”，英文解释为“to decide that sth has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way ”举个🌰：The data can be interpreted in many different ways. 这份资料可以从多方面解读。

3）表示“演绎（按自己的感觉演奏音乐或表现角色）”，英文解释为“to perform a piece of music, a role in a play, etc. in a way that shows your feelings about its meaning”举个🌰：He interpreted the role with a lot of humour. 他把这个角色演得十分幽默。

4）表示“翻译，口译”，英文解释为“to change what someone is saying into another language”

catastrophic /ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk/ 1）表示“灾难性的”，英文解释为“Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.”举个🌰：The water shortage is potentially catastrophic. 水资源的匮乏很可能是灾难性的。

2）表示“极糟的；失败的”，英文解释为“If you describe something as catastrophic, you mean that it is very bad or unsuccessful.”

Situated within the Pacific Ocean's 'Ring of Fire,' Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world. In recent days there have been more than 900 earthquakes, most of them small tremors, on islands off the southern tip of Kyushu.

位于太平洋“火环”地带的日本，是世界上最易发生地震的国家之一。日本近期在九州南部离岛区域已发生逾900起地震，绝大多数为轻微地震。

situated /ˈsɪtʃ.u.eɪ.tɪd/ 作形容词，1）表示“位于…的”，英文解释为“in a particular position”举个🌰：The school is situated near the park. 该学校位于公园附近。

2）表示“处于…的”，英文解释为“in a particular situation”举个🌰：With this new product, we are well situated to beat (= we have a good chance of beating) our competitors. 有了这种新产品，我们很有希望打败竞争对手。

be prone to 表示“易于（受某事物影响或做某事）的”，英文解释为“To be prone to something, usually something bad, means to have a tendency to be affected by it or to do it.”举个🌰：For all her experience as a television reporter, she was still prone to camera nerves. 尽管有丰富的做电视记者的经验，她仍然倾向于在镜头前紧张。

📍-prone 表示“较常碰到…问题的；有做…倾向的；易于遭受…的”，英文解释为“likely to experience a particular problem more often than is usual”如：accident-prone 易出事故的，injury-prone 易受伤的，an earthquake-prone belt 地震多发带。

But Robert Geller, a professor at the University of Tokyo who has studied seismology since 1971, said even scientifically-based earthquake prediction was "impossible".

自1971年起研究地震学的东京大学教授Robert Geller表示，即使依据科学方法，地震预测也“根本不可能”。

seismology /saɪzˈmɒl.ə.dʒi/ 表示“地震学”，英文解释为“the scientific study of the sudden, violent movements of the earth connected with earthquakes”

"None of the predictions I've experienced in my scientific career have come close at all," he said.

他说：“在我的科研生涯中，一切所谓预测都毫无准头。”

Nevertheless, low-cost carrier Greater Bay Airlines became the latest Hong Kong airline on Wednesday to cancel flights to Japan due to low demand, saying it would indefinitely suspend its service to Tokushima in western Japan from September.

尽管如此，香港廉航大湾区航空周三仍宣布，因赴日旅客需求疲软，9月起将无限期停飞前往日本西部德岛的航班。

indefinitely /ɪnˈdef.ɪ.nət.li/ 表示“不确定地；不清楚地；无限期地”，英文解释为“for a period of time with no fixed end”举个🌰：The negotiations have been put off/postponed indefinitely. 谈判被无限期地推迟了。

suspend /səˈspend/ 1）表示“（因犯错而）暂令停职；暂令停学；暂令停止参加活动”，英文解释为“If someone is suspended from work, school, etc., they are temporarily not allowed to work, go to school, or take part in an activity because of having done something wrong.”举个🌰：He was suspended for four games after arguing with the referee. 跟裁判发生争执之后，他被停赛4场。

2）表示“暂停”，英文解释为“If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it”举个🌰：The union suspended the action this week. 工会本周暂停了这一行动。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述英国房价上涨的文章中提到：Britain has temporarily suspended stamp duty, a tax on buying houses. 英国已经暂停征收购房印花税。

3）表示“悬挂”，英文解释为“to hang”举个🌰：The builders worked on wooden platforms, suspended by ropes from the roof of the building. 建筑工人站在用绳子从房顶上吊下来的木制平台上作业。

Serena Peng, 30, a visitor to Tokyo from Seattle, had initially tried to talk her husband out of visiting Japan after seeing the social media speculation.

来自西雅图、现年30岁的东京游客Serena Peng表示，在看到社交媒体上的传言后，一开始曾劝丈夫别来日本。

"I'm not super worried right now, but I was before," she said, speaking outside Tokyo's bustling Senso-ji temple.

“我现在不是特别担心，但之前确实有些担忧。”她在东京热闹的浅草寺外说道。

bustling /ˈbʌs.lɪŋ/ 可以当形容词，表示“熙熙攘攘的；热闹的”，英文解释为“If a place is bustling, it is full of busy activity.”举个🌰：This used to be a bustling town but a lot of people have moved away over recent years. 这儿曾经是个繁荣的市镇，但近年来许多人都搬走了。

bustle本身作动词时，可以指“忙乱，忙忙碌碌；匆忙做”（to move around quickly, looking very busy）举个🌰：Jane bustled around the house, getting everything ready. 简在公寓里忙着把所有东西都准备好。

也可以直接作名词，短语：hustle and bustle表示“喧闹嘈杂”（noise and activity）举个🌰：I love the hustle and bustle of the marketplace. 我喜欢市场里的熙攘喧闹。

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